One evening during my freshman year in college at the University of Arkansas, I asked my wise Sunday School teacher, “Do you believe in predestination?” He responded simply, “The word is in the Bible.” The word is in the Bible, but what does it mean and how does it work? If you or someone you …
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5 Paths to the Love of your Life
I am so glad to be married. That was the sentence resounding in my head as I looked through 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life, edited by Alex Chediak. In God’s kindness and providence he gave me a wife even though I didn’t have the benefit of a book such as this. If …
Interview on God’s Indwelling Presence
You can download last night’s interview about God’s Indwelling Presence on the Converse with Scholars program from this page (or you can right click the words “The Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments” and hit “save as”). UPDATE: The links above seem to have died, but you can still get the interview here. …
Discuss God’s Indwelling Presence Thursday Night
Tomorrow night, Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 8pm CST, 9pm EST, I will be participating in the Converse With Scholars program put on by Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. I’m honored to be a part of this. Here’s their schedule for this spring: Upcoming CWS Guest Schedule Feb. 8th, 2007 9pm Eastern – James Hamilton The …
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The Case for Formal, Active Church Membership
A week ago Eric Schumacher preached a great sermon defending the idea of formal, active church membership. This is a great presentation of the biblical evidence for “church membership,” even though the Bible doesn’t explicitly say: “Make a list of all the members of the church and have new people formally join the church.” I …
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9News on Elders
The February edition of 9News is now available. Here is the table of contents: SELECTING ELDERS A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum We asked a roundtable of pastors and theologians one question: “What lessons have you learned the hard way in selecting elders?” Answers from John MacArthur, Michael Lawrence, Phil Newton, “Ed Roberts,” Sinclair Ferguson, Bruce …
John Piper is Blogging
Well, at least he’s engaged in a group blog. You can check out his post about this Sunday’s sermon, which looks quite interesting, here. HT: JT
Book of the Month: Piper’s Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
February is black history month, and that with the February 23rd release of Amazing Grace, a movie about the life of William Wilberforce, make John Piper’s recently released Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce a must read for this month. This is a brief 76 page book that tells a beautiful story of …
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Time Interviews Dr. Mohler
Great interview here on the intersection of Dr. Mohler’s theology and his recent illness. Praise God for this faithful servant, and praise God for his continued life! HT: JT
Prayer of the Month: Jude 24-25
Jude 24-25 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Equal Yet So Very Different, by Mary Farrar
This is a great essay in the most recent issue of the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Q & A on Paul and Jesus, Women and the Law
From comments I have received I present these brief responses in question and answer format. For a fuller presentation of my position, see my essay, “What Women Can Do in Ministry: Full Participation within Biblical Boundaries.” For answers to other questions, see Schreiner and Köstenberger’s Women in …
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A Well Bound Bible
As a person who marks up the Bible as I study it, I don’t want to switch to a new copy anytime soon. Once I have worked slowly through a text, my notations are invaluable for future readings and for answering questions in class. They’re also very helpful when teaching survey courses on the Bible, …
N. T. Wright and John Stott on Different Sides of the Issue
According to this report, N. T. Wright is not pleased with some evangelicals in the Church of England who have announced that they will no longer fund the COE’s apostasy: The Bishop of Durham, The Rt. Rev. Dr. N. T. Wright has come out blasting a Covenant drawn up by a coalition of Church of …
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Volume 2 of NACSBT: Believer’s Baptism
Volume 2 of the NAC Studies in Bible and Theology series is now available. This book was edited by my mentor, Tom Schreiner, along with my good friend Shawn Wright. This is sure to be the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and useful discussion of all the swirling questions about who should be baptized, when, why, how, …
Q & A on N. T. Wright
Why all this fuss among evangelicals about N. T. Wright? He is a great communicator, which makes him fun to listen to and fun to read. And he helps people think in fresh ways about Jesus and Paul—ways that often seem like the key that fits the lock of both the Old Testament and …
Is the Bible Sufficient for Those Who Are Depressed?
What do you read when you want to help someone who is depressed? What do you suggest they read to help themselves out of their melancholy? John Piper has thought as carefully about these things as anyone in our day, and he gives us his conclusions in When the Darkness Will Not Life: Doing What …
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Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis
The New Testament profs at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) have put together a volume in honor of the long-time chair of the department, Dr. Harold Hoehner. This volume will probably serve as a textbook for the third and fourth semester Greek classes at DTS. The first half of the book contains chapters on method, and …
The Sufficiency of Scripture in 2007
My sermon on 2 Peter 1:1-11 is online here.
Prayer of the Month: Philemon verse 6
NAS Philemon 1:6 and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.