Bruce Ware’s Big Truth for Young Hearts

I’m so glad Dr. Ware got this book written just in time for my sons to be old enough to have it read to them! If you’re in the Louisville area, you’ll want to check out that reading that Dr. Ware is doing TODAY at 10am at the Lifeway Campus Store on the SBTS Campus. …

The Love of Wisdom, by Steven B. Cowan and James S. Spiegel

When I was in college at the University of Arkansas, Steve Cowan was there doing his Ph.D. in Philosophy. I came to know him through various contacts in Christian circles there, and we’ve stayed in touch as we’ve seen each other at ETS meetings and such. I’m thrilled to say a hearty congratulations to him …

Tom Schreiner’s Sermon from This Morning

My mentor, Dr. Tom Schreiner, preached a sermon this morning at Kenwood Baptist Church to install me as pastor there. It was a strong word from 1 Timothy 4:10-16. May the Lord seal it to my heart and bless you with it: 1 Timothy 4:10-16, Tom Schreiner: Installation Service for Jim Hamilton

Schreiner, Seifrid, Vickers, and Burk Respond to Wright’s Response to Piper

Denny Burk has all the details on and his reaction to yesterday’s forum. I would encourage you to read his opening statement, and I am in agreement with his assessment of the conversation. The audio from the conversation is here. I thought the moderator did a fine job, and the participants were both informative and …

“Arise, O Star” at Songs of Southern Friday Night

Last summer I posted the lyrics to “Arise, O Star,” which is my attempt to put the Messiah in the Old Testament to music. This spring there was an invitation here at SBTS for folks to submit songs they had written, so I turned this one in along with another (an attempt to put the …

The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham

I have just been alerted that my Tyndale Bulletin essay, “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham,” is now online: “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham,” Tyndale Bulletin 58.2 (2007), 253-73. Here’s the abstract: Might the blessing of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 be a direct answer to the …

Revelation 1:9-20, Jesus Christ Risen and Glorious

It was my privilege to celebrate the resurrection at Kenwood Baptist Church today from Revelation 1:9-20, John’s Vision of the Risen Christ. The audio is up here: Revelation 1:9–20, Jesus Christ Risen and Glorious. In a bulletin insert there were three charts that might be helpful in studying this passage: I think I failed to …

Schreiner, Seifrid, and Vickers to Discuss Wright’s Response to Piper

Denny Burk has the details on a conversation that he’ll moderate on Wednesday, April 15 at SBTS. This should be a fascinating conversation, and if you have a particular question Prof. Burk is offering the opportunity to pose it in his comments section. If you can’t be there in person, I suspect the audio will …

Two Months of Sundays at Kenwood Baptist Church

In God’s mercy and kindness I have been called as the (bi-vocational) preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church here in Louisville. As noted earlier, I’m thinking a lot about the book of Revelation these days, which influences the selection of the sermon series I’ll begin, Lord willing, on Sunday. Below is what can be expected …

Logos Scholar’s Gold

I have recently come into possession of the resource rich Logos Gold. As I prepare to travel this weekend, I’m installing the software on my laptop. My suspicion is that most everyone younger than me, along anyone more techno-savvy than me (which includes most people), will prefer digital books to the printed and bound kind. …

Greg Wills on “Southern Seminary, Southern Baptists, and the Two Religions”

Dr. Greg Wills gave his Faculty Address here at SBTS last week, and it was a fascinating analysis of the “realist” policy pursued by liberals who knew they had to hide what they really thought from the people in the churches who funded their livelihoods. So, those liberals happily took money given to train pastors, …

Review of Schwesig, Der Rolle Der Tag-JHWHS-Dichtungen im Dodekapropheton

Paul-Gerhard Schwesig, Die Rolle der Tag-JHWHs-Dichtungen im Dodekapropheton, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 366. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2006. IX + 347pp. ISBN-13: 978-3-11-019017-5; ISBN-10: 3-11-019017-6; ISSN 0934-2575. $132.30. Cloth. Published in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 19.1 (2009), 104–105. This slightly edited dissertation was accepted by the faculty of the Martin Luther …

Mullins Lectures with Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old, March 3-5, 2009

Here’s the schedule for the Mullins lectures at SBTS with Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old this week:   Tuesday, March 3rd 10:00 a.m.      Chapel Service, Alumni Chapel, “Preaching as Telling the Story of God’s Mighty Acts of Redemption” 1:00 p.m.       Lecture, Heritage Hall, “A Balanced Diet of Public Prayer” Wednesday, March 4th 10:00 a.m.       Lecture, Heritage …

Keeping Holiday, by Starr Meade

“I love this book! I am so glad I am reading this book. You have got to read it!” Those are usually phrases that go out of my mouth into my wife’s ears, but this time she was saying these things to me! She absolutely loved Starr Meade’s Keeping Holiday, and she has me convinced. …