That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
Anyone interested in the history of biblical interpretation in the twentieth century should read Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism to understand the political movements and forces that formed the wider context in which biblical scholars have done their work. This book will also serve as a kind of apologetic antidote to the selectively told story (if …
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In God’s kindness, Kenwood Baptist Church voted to call me as their pastor of preaching the last Sunday of March, 2009. The first book I preached through was the book of Revelation. While some might question the wisdom of jumping right into apocalyptic literature, the book of Revelation pronounces a blessing on those who read, …
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That’s what my sweet wife said to me yesterday morning: “So are you ready to go to jail?” I haven’t done anything illegal, but the meaning of the word “illegal” seems to be shifting. The question was prompted by my sending her Dr. Mohler’s post on the preacher arrested in Britain for saying that homosexuality …
Some think we should sell everything and give it all away, or that we should be constantly rearranging the furniture of our lives. It’s almost as though they think not having an experience like Abram’s–where God calls you to leave everything and go to the land he will show you–is a lack of integrity or …
I recently had the privilege of expositing Revelation 20 at Kenwood Baptist Church. The main point of the text? The glory of God will cover the dry lands of this earth like the waters cover the sea when Christ reigns with his resurrected followers in the millennium. Revelation 20:1-15 – The Millennium
When the ESV Study Bible came out, all the members of my immediate family received copies as their Christmas gift that year. I wrote this to give them with their new Bible. I read it as the conclusion of a recent sermon at Kenwood. What a blessing to have the Bible! This the Book This …
Note: Tomorrow (Thursday, March 10, 2010), Lord willing, it will be my privilege to participate in a panel discussion at SBTS chapel moderated by Dr. Mohler with my esteemed colleagues, Drs. Ware, Wellum, and Wills. We will be discussing Brian McLaren’s book, A New Kind of Christianity. I am posting this parable in the hopes …
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It looks like persecution for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus may be on its way to us, so why don’t we use the calm before the storm to study up to stand firm in the hour of testing? God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology is available for pre-order …
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Revelation 14:1–13 enables endurance to the end by showing the salvation of the redeemed and the judgment of the wicked. John gives assurance to the redeemed in Revelation 14:1–5, warns the wicked in 14:6–11, and then encourages the righteous in 14:12–13. Sermon audio from November 8, 2009 here.
On January 31 it was my privilege to preach at Kemp Road Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. I attempted to set the role of the family in the wider context of God’s purposes in Old Testament theology, moving from the father’s role in Deuteronomy 6 to the king’s role as a father to his people …
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Matthew Montonini has the scoop, cover and all. HT: Mike Bird via email.
If you have kids and like Andrew Peterson and Randall Goodgame’s Slugs, Bugs, and Lullabies, then you need to check out Ross King’s new kids CD, Words that Rhyme with Orange. This music will have you laughing out loud and dancing with your little ones.
My friend Jonathan Leeman is the director of communications for 9Marks and edits their eJournal. It has been a blessing to know him for lo these many years now, and I’m excited about the appearance of his first book, The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and …
I appreciate this from Tim Keller: 1. First, we sent our services out into different locations so that people could worship closer to where they lived. People can become more deeply involved in the community and can more easily bring friends if they attend services in their neighborhood. This was an ‘anti-mega-church’ move, since huge …
There are loads of Roman Catholics here in Louisville. Our neighbors on both sides of us are Roman Catholic, so I’m thrilled to see the publication of Chris Castaldo’s Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Roman Catholic. I would commend this book to anyone interested in seeing the gospel believed by Roman Catholics. …
Congratulations to Andreas Köstenberger on the publication of his massive A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters. This is the first volume in what looks like an exciting new series from Zondervan, and this one is comprehensive. This book has been long in coming, and it is well worth the wait. The volume eclipses everything …
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Tim Keller will be speaking in Louisville Monday night, November 16. The details can be found here. HT: Ross Shannon
Jason T. Parry and Peter J. Gentry teamed up to review Natalio Fernández Marcos, Septuaginta: La Biblia griega de judíos y cristianos (Biblioteca de Estudios Bíblicos Minor 12; Salamanca: Ediciones Sígueme; 2008). 157 pp. Softcover. EURO 15. ISBN: 9788430116898. The review provides a nice overview of key points in the discussion of the Greek translation of …
I hadn’t seen this video on the prosperity gospel before I preached Revelation 13:11-18, but it is relevant. Here are my last two sermons on Revelation: Revelation 13:1-10 keeps us from being deceived by Satan so that we can persevere to the end in the true faith. and Revelation 13:11-18 gives us wisdom to distinguish …