That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
As we cross the finish line for the fall semester, we know that a starting line is just in front of us. The end of the fall portends the beginning of the spring. If you’ve just finished your first semester of Hebrew, Solomon has a word for you: “Go to the ant, you sluggard, consider …
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This year’s Crossway Lecture at ETS was presented by G. K. Beale. Beale argued that Inerrancy is not a scholastic theological deduction made by interpreters of the Bible, but rather that it is an exegetical observation of a theological deduction that at least one biblical author has already made within the text of the Bible itself. …
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Andrew Chester, Messiah and Exaltation: Jewish Messianic and Visionary Traditions and New Testament Christology, WUNT 207. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007. 716pp. ISBN: 978-3-16-149091-0. $215.00. Cloth. Published in BBR 18.2 (2008), 348-50. Encouraged to do so by Martin Hengel, Andrew Chester has revised or expanded several published essays, written three substantial new ones, and given them …
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If I wasn’t with my family for Thanksgiving, I probably wouldn’t have known this had even happened. But here we are and we’ve watched a football game (I’m a hypocrite!). What a finish! The Hogs beat the Tigers. My brother tells me this makes two years in a row, Denny.
Lee Irons has done us all a great service in making available these helpful resources for planning your annual trip through the Greek NT: Annual Greek Reading Program (PDF 2 pp.) Read-Greek Calendar 2008 (PDF 1 p.) Read-Greek Calendar 2009 (PDF 1 p.) The semester is almost over, which means that many students will have more time on …
As promised, in the last day of my class on the Messiah in the Old Testament, I delivered this rap that I wrote as I was preparing for the forum on Christ in the OT that was held earlier this semester here at SBTS. I think one of the students got the audio, so if …
Michael Haykin has reviewed Francis Beckwith’s book Return to Rome. One of the reasons I think that the ETS needs to do what Denny Burk and Ray Van Neste are proposing is to help people like Beckwith understand that the founders of the society did not mean to welcome “evangelical” Roman Catholics. The proposed amendment …
If Porter and Fanning are over your head and out of your price range, Constantine Campbell has come to your rescue (and mine!). Campbell has produced a volume that is accessible in terms of content, and the price won’t bomb your book budget. And there’s even a preview: Campbell has done a series of posts …
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I’m on board with what my friends Denny Burk and Ray Van Neste are trying to do. I think doctrinal boundaries are beneficial for those within them and for those outside of them. The doctrinal boundary markers being proposed are hardly restrictive. What evangelical couldn’t sign the Tyndale Fellowship statement? This seems to me to …
All this week the folks at the CBMW blog will be posting installments of Thomas R. Schreiner’s review of Scot McKnight’s book, The Blue Parakeet. Part 1 is up. Part 2 is up. Part 3 is up. Part 4 is up. Part 5 is up.
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This article quotes Mark Dever as follows: working to reduce the number of abortions misses the point: “It’s like saying, ‘Let’s work to make sure they kill fewer Jews in the concentration camps this year,”‘ said the Rev. Mark Dever, a pastor in Washington D.C. HT: DLP
Denny Burk has the details on a resolution passed this week by the Kentucky Batpist state Convention on the need to protect the unborn. For the full resolution, see Denny’s post. Here’s the bottom line: WHEREAS, some religious leaders in the United States have called for churches to move beyond the abortion discussion so that …
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My friend and former pastor, Tommy Dahn, has been interviewed by my friend and former co-pastor, Travis Cardwell. These are two dear saints and faithful servants of the Lord. I praise God for them both and count myself privileged to know them.
There was a time when the elites of the United States of America thought it beneficial for the country as a whole for black people to be enslaved. There were economic advantages. It was convenient (for the slaveholders). It was accepted as normal in the society. Then some people began to object. They objected that …
Last week it was my joy to share many of the ways that God has been merciful to me. I could never enumerate them all! If you’re interested in the audio from that event, it’s here.
Denny Burk has the details on the new Boyce College Diablogue, which you’ll want to add to your reader. He also alerts us to a significant interaction with Scot McKnight’s new book, The Blue Parakeet, by Thomas R. Schreiner. Check it out.
Justin Taylor indicates he has some friends posting on their reactions to the election. I commend to you the thoughts of our mutual friend, Eric Redmond: A Guest Post by Eric C. Redmond Eric C. Redmond is the author of Where Are All the Brothers? Straight Answers to Men’s Questions About the Church (Crossway, 2008). He most …
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Piper posts two follow up comments on the election: Why a Women Shouldn’t Run for Vice President, but Wise People May Still Vote for Her and A Prayer for the Election. Denny Burk quotes the USA Today on how crucial the next president is for the future of Roe v Wade–one justice tips the balance of power. …
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Justin Taylor has the details on the new ESV Audio Bible: From the ESV blog: ESV Hear the Word Audio Downloads—the audio found at the ESV Online Study Bible—are now available.Prices are $29.99 for the complete Bible, $19.99 for just the Old Testament, $14.99 for just the New Testament, $4.99 for Psalms and Proverbs, and …