14
Aug
2012
Could You Stick the Landing?
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This is a guest post by Matt Owen, my friend and associate pastor of Community Baptist Church in Trenton, MI. Only a few days have passed since the Olympic torch was extinguished at the conclusion of the 2012 summer games. London has no doubt wearily willed herself out of bed these last few mornings... Read More
12
Aug
2012
Church Planting in Rocky Places: Colorado Springs
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One of the great things about attending a smaller seminary is the fact that you are able to get to know most of the other students. Jason Parker and I were in a number of classes together during our MDiv work at DBTS. I recently had the opportunity to ask Jason about the ministry where... Read More
10
Aug
2012
The Role of Seminary in the Spiritual Formation of Students
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What is the role of the seminary in the spiritual formation, as it now called, the spiritual growth and maturity of the seminary student? Carl Trueman begins the discussion in this post in which he says: This is a real challenge for theological educators as it is one area where seminaries cannot go very far... Read More
8
Aug
2012
How Long Lord? Will You Forget Me Forever?
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I have cried out with these words from Psalm 13:1a on a few occasions. How do I know that it is legitimate to apply this verse to my life? And what about other psalms? While there are many ways to determine this, one is to consider a psalm’s historical setting. In examining this, there are... Read More
6
Aug
2012
Will My Heaven Visa Be Revoked if I Didn't Eat at Chick-fil-A?
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I did not eat at Chick-fil-A on August 1st. I’ve got a good excuse: they don’t have Chick-fil-A’s in Michigan, and Toledo is forty miles away. But honestly, I probably wouldn’t have gone anyway, because I don’t like fast food chicken (my refined fast food palate favors pink slime instead) and I don’t like eating where it’s crowded.... Read More
4
Aug
2012
Detroit and Futbol
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When people think of Detroit, a few things may come to mind: Motown music, the auto industry, blue-collar workers, crime, poverty, etc. It’s unlikely that soccer (or futbol) would be one of the first items on anyone’s list. Yet the Detroit City Futbol League has surprisingly grown over the last three years. This recent article on MLive gives a... Read More
3
Aug
2012
A Steep, Uphill Battle in Evangelical Missions?
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I received the most recent issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly with some anticipation. The title article was “Proclamation vs. Social Action: A Symposium.” With the 2011 release of Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert’s book What is the Mission of the Church? (Crossway), I was hoping an emphasis on the Scripture-induced priority of proclamation in missions (not... Read More
1
Aug
2012
The Point of the Miracle at the Pool
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We just read through John 5 in our Greek refresher course. After working through the miracle story at the beginning of the chapter—the one where Jesus heals the lame man at the pool—I spent some time trying to figure out what it is that John wants us to take away from the story. I’ll just... Read More
30
Jul
2012
Iron Pokers, Misguided Evangelists, and Other Strange Tools
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God sometimes uses strange instruments to accomplish his gracious purposes. Such was the case in late 1830 when a young man named Alvah Strong (1809–1875) was converted under the ministry of Charles Finney (1792–1875). For roughly six months during the fall and winter of 1830 and ’31, Finney held revival meetings in Rochester, New York. At... Read More
29
Jul
2012
Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament
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This is a new online journal that has apparently just become available with volume one, number one. The articles can be accessed on the home page as individual pdfs, or one can download the entire issue. Check it out here.