God’s best gift to me (excepting salvation) was born on this day. What a gift! Mere words could never communicate my gratitude and joy at being married to this woman. Thanks be to God, and thanks be to Jillian Ashley Hamilton for marrying me. Hallelujah! On this day I think of the little book put …
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Download a Free PDF of Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament
Mark Goodacre writes: I have added a link over on the Lexica page to Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, which is now available on archive.org in a variety of formats, including downloadable PDF. I have also taken the opportunity, as usual on occasions like this, to refresh and update all the other links …
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Christian History Project, Volume 1
I recently learned of The Christian History Project. These books would be a great addition to the library of any pastor or home-school family. Here’s the Foreword to the first volume: The most dangerous people, said the twentieth-century Christian essayist G.K. Chesterton, are those who have been cut off from their cultural roots. Had he lived …
N. D. Wilson on Writing
Prediction: N. D. Wilson’s Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl is this generation’s Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis) and the one before that’s Orthodoxy (G. K. Chesterton). Only those books may not deserve to be classed with this one. It’s that good. So do I think you should get it and read it? Definitely. Here’s a trailer …
The Gods of the Copybook Headings
The Gods of the Copybook Headings is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Denny Burk has put it to music and sings it beautifully. Dear Denny, please consider this post a formal request to get a recording of your musical setting of the poem online so I can link it up! Here’s the text of Kipling’s …
Trevin Wax on the GCR in a Nutshell
Curious about what’s happening in the Southern Baptist Convention, especially with the Great Commission Resurgence? I’m thinking especially of those of you who might be coming to SBTS from non-SBC backgrounds–and that includes those of you thinking about coming to SBTS but your hesitations about the SBC are in the way. You really should read Trevin …
Andy Naselli’s Let Go and Let God Now Available
The published version of Andy Naselli’s first dissertation is now available for pre-order from Logos. Here’s my endorsement for the book: The history presented in this book is fascinating, and Andy Naselli is a gentle but firm guide away from pitfalls and precipices to straight and narrow exegetical and theological paths. You can see many …
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Jay Nordlinger on Political and Religious Ironies in America
Jay Nordlinger is always entertaining, and he has a great ear for the English language. He recently posted some toothy observations on how left of center politicians can say anything they want about religion, whereas if anyone right of center says something similar the talking heads go crazy: When the Left Talks Religious. Here’s a …
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Baptism Now Saves You?
Have you ever wondered why Peter says (1 Pet 3:20-21) that the waters of the flood through which Noah and a few others were saved correspond to baptism? In the sermon it was my privilege to preach yesterday, I tried to pursue a biblical-theological explanation of how the flood was an expression of God’s wrath …
Never Been to Rome?
That doesn’t mean you can’t check out the Sistine Chapel. Scroll around. Click and drag yourself around the room. Enjoy! HT: Joseph Bottom
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
I first heard this song when I went to a Weekender at CHBC, and we’ve been enjoying it recently in family devos. May the Lord grant in his mercy that someday we’ll sing in a choir that sounds this good:
At Redeemer This Sunday
This is a shout-out to the Houston homies. Lord willing, I’ll be preaching on “The Floodwaters of Judgment” this Sunday at Baptist Church of the Redeemer. It would be a joy to see you if you can make it.
With Both Guns Blazing
I enjoy Douglas Wilson’s blog, and in this recent stroll through one of James Davison Hunter’s chapters, Wilson recounts an anecdote involving Robert P. George: So is not as though Christians could just stroll into the important cultural centers, or walk in unimpeded provided they were willing to do the work. At a dinner we …
Not to us, O Lord, but to Thy Name give glory
Great scene in a great play with great music, but the best part is the message. The song sets the Latin text of Psalm 115:1a to music: “Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam” (“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Thy Name give glory”).
What Is the Old Testament?
Over on the MCTS blog there’s an answer with which I heartily agree!
Dr. Mohler Describes Them Well
Realistically, I won’t have time to read any of the books on Dr. Mohler’s list this summer, but his description of them is fascinating in itself. Maybe someday I’ll get to them. . . perhaps on audio. It’s a great list! Check it out.
Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
We were introduced to this song by John Newton (recent tune by Laura Taylor) at a worship night at Kenwood recently and have sung it a few times in worship. We’re now enjoying it in our family devos at night. I especially love the fourth verse: 1. Let us love and sing and wonder Let …
A Reproach to Any People
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34, ESV
Rob Plummer on Theological Interpretation of Scripture
I can’t improve on JT’s recommendation of Rob Plummer’s book, but I will say that it is a required text for my Hermeneutics course this fall. I very much appreciate his judicious description of Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS), and I found his projections about where it’s going worth noting: Initial euphoria over this new …
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The Latest Issue of JBMW
The latest issue of JBMW has appeared. Tom Schreiner has an important review of Philip Barton Payne’s new book, and a sermon that I preached a few years ago at Northwestern College (Minneapolis, MN) in their Chapel has been published. Every item in the table of the contents looks like an interesting read: Denny Burk Editorial …