I echo the sentiments of the good Dr. Burk: If the Lord has called you into ministry and you are wondering what seminary to attend for training, you need to know that there is no better place than The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I’m not just saying that because I work here. I work here …
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Dan Phillips’ Book Free on Kindle
Right now you can get the Kindle version of The World-Tilting Gospel by Dan Phillips of TeamPyro for free at Amazon. Like the grace of God, it’s free: this book explains how the gospel rightwises your understanding of the world.
Alexander Pushkin’s “The Prophet”
Alexander Pushkin – The Prophet With fainting soul athirst for Grace, I wandered in a desert place, And at the crossing of the ways I saw a sixfold Seraph blaze; He touched mine eyes with fingers light As sleep that cometh in the night: And like a frightened eagle’s eyes, They opened wide with prophecies. …
Lit! Let Tony Reinke Help You Read
I love books. I love literature. I’m really grateful for the way the Lord has used books in my own life, and I’m really confident that those who deal in words, people who preach and teach, have much to gain from the best put thoughts of the clearest thinkers the world has known. Add to …
George W. Bush Sounds Like Lincoln on Prayer
The conclusion of this must read article: I visited President Bush in the Oval Office one more time. I was thinking about doing a book about how Americans pray, and I had remembered that way back in Midland, he had advised me to read the Bible cover-to-cover, something I had done since then. He agreed …
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Fascinating Article on President George W. Bush
I haven’t even finished this article yet, but I find it riveting, informative, and inspiring. Enjoy.
Jeremiah 3:6–4:4, Repent and Be Restored
In 1988, Jimmy Swaggart was caught with a prostitute. He was famous. On television. Known worldwide as an evangelist and preacher. He was initially suspended for three months, then the Assemblies of God suspended him for two years. When he resumed preaching after three months, the Assemblies of God defrocked him. In 1991 he was …
Perseus Classics Free for Logos
The Perseus Collections will be released from Logos on September 30, 2011. If you pre-order them, you get them free. You read that right – free if you pre-order. Tony Reinke writes: The collection is a library in itself of over 1,100 ancient Greek and Latin titles and includes many corresponding English translations and helpful …
“Jabberwocky” Proves the ESV Isn’t Too Difficult
What does Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky” have to do with the ESV not being too difficult a translation for people to understand? Much in every way! Before I explain, let me invite you to enjoy Carroll’s foray into sniglets (words that don’t appear in the dictionary but should) and logatomes (made-up words that obey phonotactic …
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Congrats to Stinson and Jones on “Trained in the Fear of God”
Do you have questions about Family Ministry? You’ll want to thank Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones for editing Trained in the Fear of God: Family Ministry in Theological, Historical, and Practical Perspective. Don’t miss this book. Here’s the Table of Contents: Foreword by Richard Ross Introduction: The Problem with Family Ministry, Bryan Nelson with …
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Jeremiah 2:1–3:5, Will You Drink Sludge or Living Water?
Imagine a wedding, with the bride standing at the doors in the back about to enter the worship hall for the ceremony. She’s dressed in her gown, and her friend Jerry is standing by one of the doors, ready to fling it open when the moment comes. Just at that moment a well dressed older …
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Andy Naselli on the Trip We Enjoyed through Grand Canyon
I had a blast with Andy Naselli in Grand Canyon this summer, and today he posted his reflections, with some pics and video. Here’s a taste: God’s power is immense. The sheer grandeur of the Grand Canyon is breathtaking. God’s creation is creative. He combines raging rapids with calm waters, towering rugged canyons with short …
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Is Biblical Theology a Bridge?
Brevard Childs writes (481), “the major function of Biblical Theology is to provide a bridge for two-way traffic between biblical exegesis and systematic theology’s reflections on the subject matter.” Here’s my view (“Biblical Theology and Preaching,” 199) of what we’re after when we do biblical theology: “When we do biblical theology we are trying to …
Grudem’s Essay, “Are Only Some Words of Scripture Breathed Out By God?”
Crossway has generously granted me permission to post a free copy of an important essay by Wayne Grudem: “Are Only Some Words of Scripture Breathed Out by God? Why Plenary Inspiration Favors ‘Essentially Literal’ Bible Translation” This essay was published in Translating Truth: The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation (Wheaton: Crossway, 2005) 19–56. Grudem’s …
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Brevard Childs on the One Basic Fault of OT Theologies (according to James Barr)
James Barr (Concept of Biblical Theology, 49) recounts that in B. S. Childs’ essay “Old Testament in Germany 1920–1940”: “Childs argues that the acceptance of the historical-critical method as a base is the one basic fault running through the entire series of modern Old Testament theologies before his own.”
The Word of God Is Living and Active (unless your translation philosophy emasculates it)
In Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture, Peter Leithart writes (3–6), “It is easy for Christians to blame secularists for ‘letting the Bible go,’ but the church is at least as culpable. As [Clive] James points out, translation is a key symptom of our willingness to emasculate our own Scriptures. [here Leithart presents two …
A Prophet Like Moses: Jeremiah 1
Derek Kidner could really write. Here are the opening paragraphs of his book on Jeremiah: “In the last decade of the longest, darkest reign in Judah’s history, two boys were born who were to be God’s gifts to a demoralized and damaged people. The reign was that of Manasseh, a half-century of deliberate reversion to …
He is no fool . . .
You can probably finish the quote from Jim Elliott begun in the title of this post: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” If you need an illustration for that line, Mike Wittmer has a good one for you titled Golden Handcuffs.
SBTS Dissertation Template
If you’re a PhD student at SBTS you won’t want to miss this from the folks at the James P. Boyce Centennial Library: The James P. Boyce Centennial Library recently released a Microsoft Word template for dissertations to help ease the dissertation creation process for doctoral students at SBTS. In an effort to improve the …
Failed Humblebrag? Mosaic Self-Promotion? Or True Humility?
Some people think it ironic that Moses purportedly wrote Numbers 12:3, “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth” (NAS). The irony is obvious, right? It’s hardly humble to declare yourself the most humble man in the world. Unless it’s true. In which case, …
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