Thanks to the valiant efforts of Dan Born, Kenwood Baptist Church has a new website. Check out the revamped www.kenwoodbaptistchurch.com, and if you’re interested, you can podcast the sermons here.
Author Archives: JMH
Review of Hurtado, Earliest Christian Artifacts
Larry W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006. 248pp. $22.00, paper. Larry Hurtado is on a mission to help Christians know their own treasures. In this book Hurtado makes pertinent observations on what can be known from the earliest Christian manuscripts. The five chapters of this volume are …
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The Churchill Project: Stop the Slaughter of the Unborn
Check out this new blog seeking to stop the slaughter of the unborn: The Churchill Project. Along these lines, my brother gives an account of how one little baby’s life was saved.
The Evangelical View of Scripture: 66 Inerrant Books
Mike Bird graciously invited me to contribute an essay to a volume he is editing entitled The Sacred Text. The book is on Scripture, and my essay is on the evangelical view of Scripture. My word limit was 5,000 words, and my argument is that the 66 books of the Protestant Canon are inspired by …
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Risking the Truth, edited by Martin Downes
I commend to your consideration this timely volume of interviews with key scholars, theologians, and pastors: Here’s my blurb from the back cover: “Serious. Thoughtful. Humble. Godly. Loving. Bracing. Encouraging. These interviews will be a blessing to anyone seeking to be faithful in Christian ministry.” You can get it here: Risking the Truth.
Revelation 5:1-14, The Lamb Standing as though Slain
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 5:1-14, The Lamb Standing as though Slain
Are Liberal Politicians/Judges Like Liberal Theologians?
That’s a genuine question in the title to this post, and I have my suspicions about the answer. Here’s what prompts the question: Justin Taylor posts some things said by Sonia Sotomayor that sound very, very conservative. The quotes in his post look like she is saying exactly what conservatives would want her to say, …
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Do Government Handouts Breed Immorality?
The question in the title of this post is not based on a large sample of data. It is only based on two recent conversations I have had with people receiving government handouts. In both cases, I was speaking with unmarried people. In both cases these unmarried people were living with a person of the …
Revelation 4:1-11, The One Seated on the Throne
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 4:1-11, The One Seated on the Throne
Southern Seminary (male) Student Hospitality
Earlier this year our family had the joy of a meal at the home of 9 male students, one of whom is my younger brother. These guys are training to be pastors, and they’re practicing hospitality. It was a blessing.
Happy Birthday to John Calvin! Celebrate with Robert Godfrey’s Book
Tomorrow is the the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, I suggest you give yourself a present for Calvin’s birthday: Robert W. Godfrey’s John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor. For a long time I’ve looked for a Calvin biography that would stand with Bainton’s biography of Luther, Here I Stand, and I’m hopeful that …
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This world will be Troy
From Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead: “In eternity this world will be Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets.”
Revelation 3:14-22, I Will Spit You Out of My Mouth
Sermon audio from this morning available here: Revelation 3:14-22, I Will Spit You Out of My Mouth
Interviews with Nettles and Wills on Their New Books
SBTS has a new news blog, and there you can find an interview with Greg Wills on his history of the school, as well as a two part interview with Tom Nettles on his new biography of James P. Boyce. There’s also a post on the two collections of the writings of Boyce and Many, …
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Justin Taylor Diavlogs with Russell Moore on Adopted for Life
I’m fans of both Justin Taylor and Russell D. Moore, and this is really cool. These guys must be on Macs or something. They have recorded a conversation on Dr. Moore’s new book Adopted for Life. Aside from the coolness factor of this video, I can’t speak highly enough of this remarkable book. Theological precision. …
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Greg Wills’ History of Southern Seminary
It’s out: Gregory A. Wills, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859-2009 It is my understanding that today is its first day being sold at the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus. I was browsing the book and was surprised to see Scott Hafemann’s name. I won’t type up the whole story surrounding his name, but it …
Yahweh Is Everything, Baal Is Nothing
This past Sunday at Kenwood Baptist Church my fellow elder Josh Philpot brought a strong word from 1 Kings 18. Get it here: 1 Kings 18:20-40, If the Lord is God, Follow Him
Eric Schumacher’s Biblical Theology of Cooperation
As the annual meeting of the SBC draws nigh, Pastor Eric Schumacher has a timely post on how cooperation fits in biblical theology. Check it out.
Revelation 3:7-13, An Open Door No One Can Shut
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 3:7–13, An Open Door No One Can Shut Keep the word of Jesus and you will be kept.
New Nettles Biography of Boyce!
I happened to be in the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus just now and they were setting up the display of this new book by Tom Nettles on James Petigru Boyce, founding father of Southern Seminary. I’m thrilled to have a copy, and eager to read it in this the 150th year since the …