That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
I don’t usually post this sort of thing, but sometimes we all need some amusement. So, a friend of mine sent me his collection of boxing quotes, and I post them here with his permission. Bob Arum, replying to a reporters question. “Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth.” Alan Minter: “Sure …
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The third post in Dr. Finn’s “Unplugged” series is up, and it gives a fascinating look at the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. Every young Southern Baptist should read it for the encouragement (and for another opportunity to thank God for the way he has used Paige Patterson to lead Bible believing people to reclaim …
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I am preaching through Daniel right now at Baptist Church of the Redeemer, and that enterprise drew my attention to Rodney Stortz, who wrote the Preaching the Word volume on Daniel. I was inspired by the account of Stortz’s life, and I am not alone. He died well, and being dead, he still speaks. I …
I very much enjoyed Prof Nathan Finn’s address at the recent Building Bridges Conference, and I’m glad to see that he is now giving straight answers to questions younger leaders are asking. These questions are a helpful window into what students at Southeastern College are thinking about, and Dr. Finn gives respectful, informed, frank, and …
Richard H. Bell, The Irrevocable Call of God: An Inquiry into Paul’s Theology of Israel, WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005. xxv + 550pp. ISBN: 3-16-148009-0. $175.00. Cloth. Published in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 18.1 (2008), 161-64. Having noted his shift in persuasion from the “new perspective” to a “more traditional ‘Lutheran’ approach” in his preface …
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In God’s great mercy I will be joining the faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall. Here’s the story in the Towers Online. Here’s what I said when I shared this news with our church family at Baptist Church of the Redeemer: Psalm 139:16, “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your …
In his fascinating lecture on “Reading the Psalms Messianically,” Gordon Wenham recommends The Letter of St. Athanasius to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of the Psalms. Having followed that recommendation, I am now passing it on, and I would also recommend having a listen (or multiple listens) to Wenham’s lecture. The most striking thing, for me, …
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I’ll be speaking on the most biblical form of ecclesiology at Redeemer Community Church in Katy, TX tomorrow night, Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 7pm. If you’re in the area, I would love to see you. I’ll be arguing that the most biblical form of ecclesiology is the one practiced historically by Baptist churches: elder-led …
Here at the Hamilton House we’re celebrating the recent birth of a little one, and someone sent us a fitting onesie–fitting, that is, for our family, even though the little baby doesn’t fit in it quite yet. He’ll grow into it! We don’t know who sent this to us, but we want to thank whoever …
My friend Mike Bird posted some questions in response to what is happening at Westminster Seminary with Peter Enns as a result of Enns’s book, Inspiration and Incarnation. My responses to those questions in the comments section on Bird’s blog became such that I thought it might be useful to post them here. For the …
I met Justin Hardin a few summers ago when I visited Tyndale House, Cambridge. Justin was there doing his Ph.D., and I feel blessed to call him a friend. His dissertation explored the question of whether Paul is engaging the Imperial Cult in Galatians, and he now teaches at Oklahoma Baptist University, but in September …
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Just out from Crossway and just arrived in my mail, I’m eager to read this new book by D. A. Carson, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson. A few years ago Carson had a short piece on his father in the SBJT Forum that was a powerful reminder that …
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I just noticed that my essay, “Old Covenant Believers and the Indwelling Spirit: A Survey of the Spectrum of the Opinion,” is one of the “sample articles” made available at present from the Trinity Journal website. I don’t currently have permission to post that essay here, but for the present you can download it from …
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How can evangelicals best influence the United States of America? I submit that there is a better answer than the one that would be given by either Chris Matthews or Rush Limbaugh. The greatest influence evangelical Christians can have upon American society and politics will not come by lobbying Washington, getting out the vote, or …
Guy Waters, The End of Deuteronomy in the Epistles of Paul, WUNT 2/221. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. 302pp. ISBN: 3-16-148891-1. $99.50. Paper. This volume is the published version of a dissertation written under the supervision of Richard B. Hays at Duke University. Guy Waters, who now teaches at RTS in Jackson, MS, is also the …
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To hear the story of the missionary Doctor, Bill Wallace, who was martyred in China in 1951, go to the SEBTS chapel webpage and download the sermon “Jesus Is Everything to Me” on Philippians 1:21 preached by Dr. Danny Akin on October 30, 2007. Highly recommended. Don’t waste your life.
Have you ever wondered if there’s a Christmas album that presents salvation history in song? If that’s what you’re looking for, look no further. Last Christmas a friend gave us Andrew Peterson‘s album, Behold the Lamb of God. This CD is practically a biblical theology in verse. The contents of the album are as follows: …
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People who are great teachers love their students and they love the truths they teach. For an example of a teacher doing something altogether unexpected on behalf of his students, see below. Timmy Brister writes: Dr. Jim Orrick, professor of Literature and Culture at Boyce College (Southern’s undergraduate school), expresses himself in this rap he …
Anyone interested in Pauline Theology will want to read Lee Irons’s notes on John Barclay’s presentation at SBL. Barclay presents a searching response to Wright’s argument that Paul is speaking directly against the Roman Imperial Cult. Those interested in these discussions will also want to watch for Denny Burk’s forthcoming essay in JETS. Lee Irons …
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In the mercy and providence of God, my younger brother, David, became a Christian in March of this year. He has an insightful account of what happened in his brain as the Lord drew him, and there’s a lot of other good stuff on his blog, too. By the way, note that I referred to …