Peter Robinson on “Uncommon Knowledge” takes A fascinating look at secular feminism with Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield here. There are five segments total (segment 4 is linked above), and the first, on the reason Ivy League schools lean (perhaps “collapse” would be better than “lean”) left, was particularly interesting. Find all five here: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER …
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Interview with David King on Church Discipline
Jonathan Leeman interviews David King on how their church removed 575 non-attenders from the roll. That church got a lot healthier as it got a lot smaller. David King: “The pastor really shouldn’t expect to whack a hornet’s nest and not get stung. Thankfully, the majority of the church shared my belief that the pain …
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Praise God for True Religion at Kenwood (James 1:27)
I remember hearing John Hannah say at DTS: There are two things that you need to learn at seminary. First, the Bible is God’s word. Second, the Bible is the tool God uses to conform his people to the image of the Lord Jesus. To see God’s word at work in the hearts and lives …
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Brad Green on What Kenneth Starr Faces at Baylor
Justin Taylor recently noted: Brad Green has a very informative essay in Touchstone Magazine about Starr, the future of Baylor, and the trajectory of Christian higher education. Here’s a snippet: Sloan voluntarily resigned in 2005, served as chancellor for a brief time, and then left Baylor to become president of Houston Baptist University in 2006. After he …
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Vote for My Sister’s Family
Here’s a little Saturday something from my brother in law: We entered into a little cooking video contest with our apartment company. Check it out and vote for us using the little green thumbs-up below the video. Tell all your friends. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu6eJQYnWsE You may have to click through to see the video …
About This Time Thirteen Years Ago
It is 11am, September 17, 2010. About this time thirteen years ago, September 17, 1997, I was sitting in the dining hall on the campus of Dallas Theological Seminary, having lunch with my good friend Denny Burk. Up walked a young lady who began to converse with Denny, and my life was changed forever for …
Discount Code for “Merciful to Me”
From Reformed Praise: We’d like to give readers of For His Renown a 20% discount on the album. To use it they should: Purchase the album at: http://www.reformedpraise.org/store/albums/merciful-to-me/ Enter the coupon code “jimhamilton” at checkout. 20% will be deducted from the price of the album (download or CD). The coupon is good through October 16.
“Merciful to Me” from Reformed Praise
I’ve noted before that I think Eric Schumacher is one of the best poets at work on the craft in this generation. He writes to help the people of God praise the name of God, celebrating God’s saving mercy in Christ by the power of the Spirit. Eric writes of the new album from Reformed …
A New Fragment of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter
David Brakke has published a signifcant essay with a fresh translation of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: “A New Fragment of Athanasius’s 39th Festal Letter: Heresy, Apocrypha, and the Canon.” Harvard Theological Review 103 (2010): 47-66. He points to some of the implications of a “new fragment of the Coptic text” of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: …
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Mullin Reviews MacLeod’s Biography of Woods
From the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals: Book Review: A. Donald MacLeod. C. Stacey Woods and the Evangelical Rediscovery of the University. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2007. pp. 283. $25.00 by Miles Mullin Donald MacLeod, Research Professor of Church History at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, has produced a much-needed biography of the indefatigable C. Stacy …
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1 Peter 5:1-11, Shepherd, Submit, Stand
It was my privilege to preach at the installation of Ryan Bishop as the Pastor of Graham Bible Church in Graham, TX this past Sunday. The apostle Peter, the rock, follows Christ by humbling himself to serve others, identifying himself as a fellow-elder as he exhorts elders to model Christ-like self-sacrificing shepherding (1 Pet 5:1-4). …
Hunter Baker Gheens Lectures
From Southern Seminary: Dr. Hunter Baker will deliver the Fall 2010 Gheens Lectures, “The System Has a Soul: Lectures on Christianity and Secularism,” in Heritage Hall on September 14-15. Dr. Baker is Senior Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at Union University. He has written for …
Sermons on Ezra
It has been my privilege to preach through the book of Ezra at Kenwood, and here are the sermons in one post: June 27, 2010, Ezra 1-2, God Keeps His Promises July 4, 2010, Ezra 3, Disappointing Fulfillment July 18, 2010, Ezra 4, In the World You Will Have Trouble August 1, 2010, Ezra 5-6, The Second …
Qumran Scrolls and the Date of Daniel
Here are some highlights from Gerhard Hasel’s essay, “The Book of Daniel Confirmed by the Dead Sea Scrolls,” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 1/2 (1990): 37-49. “At this juncture we need to make the point that according to current historical-critical opinion with its ‘Maccabean hypothesis,’ the book of Daniel originated in its present form …
Ten Pitches in Paradise
My buddies in Houston got to take batting practice–two rounds of five pitches each–at Minute Maid Park when the Astros were on the road recently. I don’t know how they got to do this, and I don’t know why it didn’t happen before August of 2008! Here are Travis, Billy, and Mark taking their cuts:
Free PDF of Leningrad Codex
Download a PDF of the manuscript behind BHS for free here. I searched the database for “Leningrad Codex” and the results of the search are on this page. It’s great to have these manuscripts, of course, but they’re worthless if unread. May we live in the book. HT: Charles Halton
Andrew Peterson and the Extravagant Gamble
Many of us enjoyed Part 1 of Andrew Peterson’s thoughts on money, and Part 2 is just as good. Here’s a great quote. The Kingdom, God’s will done on earth, stabs into the wide blackness like a bright sword in the hands of missionaries, doctors, pastors, and Christians who die for love every day. And …
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The Office at Redeemer
This is pure joy. Even if you don’t know these people, you’ll appreciate this humor. Travis Cardwell writes: Here it is. . . the video that introduced our Family Camp this year—an exclusive look at the elders ironing out the final details of our retreat. Big thanks to Jason Allison for his wonderful work on …
Christians Don’t Believe What Mormons Believe
JT has a nice summary in Q&A form showing that Christians and Mormons don’t believe the same thing. Because of the prominence of some Mormons in our culture, it is important for Christians to be clear on this.
For the First Ten, A 25% Off Coupon for Visual Latin
I know I don’t always read comments, so I thought I would draw attention to this. In a comment on my earlier post on Visual Latin, Thomas writes: To show my thanks, I’ve created a coupon code for readers of this blog: just type in jimhamilton and if you’re one of the first 10 users, …
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