As a former Mormon, I try to keep up with the latest developments in Mormon scholarship and the defense of their faith. As many have pointed out, their approach has changed significantly over the last few decades. For those who would like to know more about this...
On Liturgical Calendars
The liturgical calendar seems to be the cool thing these days. I think the liturgical calendar was instituted with Dominical authority - 52 Lord's Days per year!
Another classic from Carl Trueman – not for the thin-skinned
“Indeed, the bash I was at — New Word Alive – reminded me of a number of contrasts between the UK and America.
First, the conference was built around content not speakers.”
2 Cor. 6:14 – No business partnerships with unbelievers?
I am of the opinion that the Bible does not forbid business partnerships
with unbelievers, though these must be entered into with great care.
The Hero Story (The Messiah in the Old Testament), James Hamilton
“Those notes may be nothing in isolation, but in aggregate they form a song more lovely than the lectures of learned scoffers.” James M. Hamilton
Brief survey of the history of hermeneutics – 5. Justin to Hippolytus
From Justin to Hippolytus
The Lord’s Supper as a Means of Grace audio is up
How is the Lord’s Supper a means of grace?
Family-Integrated Church 10: Is the Old Testament Adequate to Provide the Church’s Philosophy of Ministry? (Part 2)
I am affirming that texts on the family and especially texts on the family from the Old Testament cannot provide us with an adequate philosophy of ministry for the New Testament church. Here is why. Old Testament Israel in contrast to the Church was (as to its very...
Family-Integrated Church 9: Is the Old Testament Adequate to Provide the Church’s Philosophy of Ministry? (Part 1)
In previous blogs I reached the conclusion that when the NCFIC calls the church a family of families they are talking about their “philosophy of ministry.” Here is what I said: “To make a long story short, I hear Scott and Voddie affirming that when they say the...
Brief survey of the history of hermeneutics – 4. Excursus
The Hermeneutical Task of the Second-Century Church
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