In case you haven’t seen the news, Leon Morris the Evangelical theologian has died. I have really enjoyed his books, including a commentary on Luke (he has a whole NT set) and Testaments of Love: A Study of Love in the Bible (out of print,...
The Reformed Baptist has a decent post on idendifying bad preaching, though it shows signs of neo-fundamentalism. Here’s my summary list. The preacher fails to read or refer to scripture during the sermon. The preacher bases his points around some non-biblical metaphor or story, using...
For my own reference, I am publishing this list. But you might enjoy it also. I’ll update it often. Revision History 09/29/06 – added NET bible 09/20/06 – first draft
I am a big fan of the saying "In the essentials, UNITY, in the non-essentials, LIBERTY, in all things, CHARITY." But what are the essentials of the faith that we must agree upon or admit that we can not call ourselves Christians? Steve Cowan has...
Today, Al Mohler used a word I hadn’t heard before – perpescuity. It means that the scripture is clear on matters of central doctrine, and that the great masses can understand the gospel – it is not esoteric. I found this article on perpescuity at...
I heard a really great teaching today from the Beatitudes on the oft quoted "thou shalt not judge lest ye be judged" scripture, a favorite scripture taken out of context and out of balance by liberal theologians, who, in the name of love, dispel with...
Sunday after Sunday men are called on to pray and they utter some form of the phrase, “Thank You for letting us come out to God’s house” or “May we leave here saying it has been good to have been in the house of the...
Have you ever been on the losing side of a cultural debate? What do you do when your own intellect seems to be tapped? You know there are some better explanations out there, much more accurate and precise, but you don’t have time for that....
