God’s Indwelling Presence: Chapter 3 Online

What does the Old Testament have to say about the dwelling of God? Does it indicate that God indwelt members of the old covenant remnant? What about those figures in the OT that we read about having the Spirit? What about passages like Jeremiah 31 (law on the hearts) and Ezekiel 36 (“I will put …

Powlison on Desire

Justin Taylor is posting important snippets of David Powlison’s book, Seeing with New Eyes. The first post introduces the lusts of the flesh, and the second explores how the New Testament describes what is wrong with us. You should read these two posts. This is important material for counseling ourselves and others in the fight …

Why Preach?

Here’s a great question that beatifully describes the Word given us to proclaim: What if you were led to believe, as profoundly as you believe yourself to exist, that God has spoken . . . that within the covers of the Bible there on your table, incarnate in the syllables of our own language, throbs …

Chosen for Life, by Sam Storms

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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 …

What Will You Do When the Bulls Run?

Biblical illiteracy is rampaging through our culture like a bull through the streets of Pamplona. We won’t put a stop to it by fleeing, but by facing the beast and, though it trample us, standing our ground. Maybe that’s a little extreme, since reading the Bible won’t necessarily be physically dangerous for you, but it …

Baptism

I got a note from an old friend today asking if I had written anything on baptism. That prompted me to search my blog for the things I’ve written on Baptism, and I thought maybe others would be interested in these links as well: Why Don’t Baptists Commune with Presbyterians? Baptism, Church Membership, and “Together …