David Instone-Brewer is always informative on electronic resources, and he’s just come out with his latest update focusing on OT Studies.
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Winter Bible Conference, Grace Church Tallahassee
Grace Church of Tallahassee, Florida is hosting a Winter Bible Conference January 25–27, 2013. I’ll be speaking on the Holy Spirit. Here are the session topics and times: Friday, January 25, 7pm, The Holy Spirit and Old Covenant Believers Saturday, January 26, 9am, The Promise of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Saturday, January …
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From Conception to Birth
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Amen: Credo Interview with Schreiner on Biblical Theology
The first few questions and answers from the Credo Interview with Dr. Thomas R. Schreiner on his new book, The King in His Beauty: There has been something of a “renaissance” in the publication of “whole bible” theologies in recent years. Where does your contribution stand in relation to these other works? First of all …
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Where Eyes Don’t Go by The Gray Havens
Did you see David Radford on American Idol? His audition is here. So now he’s 24, married, and he and his wife have formed a duo called The Gray Havens, and they’ve come out with a Josh-Ritter-esque literary set of songs with a great sound called Where Eyes Don’t Go. I can’t stop listening to …
Denny Burk’s Word in Season: What Is the Meaning of Sex?
You would have to be hiding under a rock to have failed to notice that controversy swirls about human sexuality. You remember that thing Luther is purported to have said about where the battle rages? Well, in our day, the battle rages on the sexual-morality front. Only fools or cowards would urge that we shrug …
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New Year’s Resolutions
1) Resolved: in stray and sundry moments when I find myself waiting in line or sitting in traffic, to meditate on the Scripture I know and seek to apply it to life rather than fretting about the way I could be using that time to study more Scripture. 2) Resolved: to obey Deuteronomy 6 and …
Please Defend Hobby Lobby, Senator Pryor
Dear Senator Mark Pryor, You introduced Eric Metaxas at the National Prayer Breakfast, and you mentioned that you had read his books Amazing Grace and Bonhoeffer. Those books are about men who stood for conscience in the public square, William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. You now have your own chance to stand for conscience in …
Through the Prince Not Proud
The one who gave life, entered into life. The one who spoke the curse of death took the curse of death. The one who defines good and evil, who is nothing but good, took evil on himself. The holy one gave himself for the unholy, The righteous for the unrighteous, The undying for the dead. …
What Jesus Is
The baby in the manger is the lynchpin of the fulfillment of God’s promises. The whole Bible hangs on that baby born of Mary. God’s faithfulness depends on that boy’s life. God’s faithfulness is shown in that man’s death. God’s faithfulness is sealed in his resurrection. Jesus is everything to us.
What Jesus Did at the Incarnation
The infinite, unlimited one, became finite and took the limitations of a baby. The immortal, undying one, became mortal and took a body that could die. The omnipresent, everywhere one, located himself in one spot. The invisible, unseen one, became visible and his glory was beheld. The all wise, all knowing one, learned obedience and …
Guest Post from Adam Richardson: 52 Hours with My Son Jon
My friend Adam Richardson and I were students together at DTS. After Seminary, Adam served as a missionary in Russia for eleven years, and he is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Leicester, doing his work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. At the time the events he relates below took place, he was in …
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Update on Beijing Shouwang Christian Church
Some time back there was a lot of interest in what was happening to the Beijing Shouwang Christian Church. I don’t think the interest has faded, but the stream of information has run dry. Recent days have given me the opportunity to see some Chinese friends face to face. With the language barriers and the …
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New Post at Christianity.com: Do You Love Controversy or People?
Some people think it’s either/or. Here’s a bit from (near) the beginning: A few years ago I would have been suspicious of anyone who mentioned the need to engage in theological controversy in a loving way. I would have done one of those mental clucks of the tongue and inched the person toward the “needs-to-firm-up-conviction” …
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Logos 5 is Live
Logos 5 has released and has a crisp new look and feel. You can find out more about what’s new on their site and in this video: http://youtu.be/Os0CS1DF-Dw
The Other 2013 Book I’m Most Excited to See
Tom Schreiner’s New Testament Theology was hailed by Simon Gathercole as “a magnificent acheivement.” What shall we say, then, about his new whole Bible theology, bearing the matchless title, The King in His Beauty? I can say that there’s not a saner, clearer, shrewder, godlier scholar I know. No one humbler or happier, no one …
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The 2013 Book I’m Most Excited to See
Warning, hyperbolic statement ahead: More than any other book that will be published in 2013, I’m excited to see this new one from Brian Vickers. Having already published on imputation (which if you haven’t read it already, you should click right here and get yourself a copy of Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness), and having spent …
Abortion in the Case of Rape?
It seems like pro-life politicians are hearing the “gotcha” question from reporters more and more: what’s your position on abortion in the case of rape? Perhaps pro-lifers can say something along these lines: I had no control over the circumstances of how I was conceived, but I’m glad to be alive, grateful for the opportunity …
J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy
What’s with Rowling’s new book? Is it an “adult” novel? I saw one report where, rejecting some connotations of the word “adult,” Rowling said she preferred to say the novel is for grown-ups. That’s right. This is not a book that titillates. This is not a book that seduces people, luring them to fantasize about …
On the Eve of the Release of Rowling’s Next Book
I’ve been thinking for a while about what J. K. Rowling teaches us in the Harry Potter stories through her depiction of Remus Lupin, the werewolf who is a good guy. I finally got around to writing up my reflections, and they’re now posted over at Christianity.com. Here’s the opening: I love the Harry Potter …
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