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Archive for May, 2009
22 May
What are you reading?
What are you reading? This question has opened many doors for me to explore topics and issues that I may have never studied. Let us hear from you what you are reading outside of your regular preaching resources. Currently, I’m working through the following: God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas Kostenberger The Book of Torah: [...]
21 May
Premillennialism and Revelation 20:7-9
In the final chapter of his book A Case for Amillennialism, Kim Riddlebarger sets forth a number of problems he sees with the premillennial view. One of them concerns the deception of the nations in Revelation 20:7-9. According to Riddlebarger: If premillenarians are correct about their reading of Revelation 20, Jesus rules upon the earth [...]
20 May
Can You Hear Me Now?
The source of escalating conflicts between believers can often be traced to the arrogance of heart which manifests itself in a simple failure to listen. Proverbs 18:13 says: “He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.” The next time you’re involved in some kind of tension-filled back-and-forth with [...]
20 May
Thomas on Hermeneutical Objectivity
“Our quest for objectivity in interpretation resembles our quest for Christian sanctification. Rather than expending all our energies explaining why we cannot attain absolute holiness, let us set our sights on the target of being holy as he is holy (1 Pet 1:16). The fact that we cannot attain unblemished holiness does not excuse us [...]
19 May
Top 40 Dispensational Resources
Michael Vlach’s latest contribution to the issue of dispensational premillennialism comes in the form of a reading list—“40 Recommended Resources for Understanding Dispensationalism.” In his introduction to the list, Vlach explains: Sometimes I am asked about which books and articles have influenced me the most in regard to my understanding of Dispensationalism. My [...]
16 May
James 1:27 in Action
Two of my modern-day spiritual heroes are my good friends, Josh and Marda Mack. The Macks, who are preaching the Gospel and caring for orphans in South Africa, recently started 1Hope Ministries International, which is dedicated to helping orphans and refugees in that part of the world. Their website is here—check it out.
11 May
How to Recognize Symbolic Language
“So, do you take the Bible literally?” The guy sitting next to me in Music Appreciation class had just discovered I was a Christian, and he was eager to start a debate. His question took me a bit off guard, and so I paused, not knowing what to say. I had only been a believer [...]
3 May
Sunday Prayer
“O Lord, we praise Thee for keeping alive a testimony for the truth in the land. There have been dark and evil days, and some that professed to be Thy servants have turned traitors to the gospel; yet still Thou hast heard the cry of the faithful, and the candle is not put out, neither [...]
1 May
A Footnote from Flannery O’Connor
Ironically, last night before I went to sleep, I pulled Flannery O’Connor’s Collected Works off my bedside stand and randomly opened to an address she gave at Georgetown University in 1963. Early in her speech, O’Connor told an interesting story: I was recently at a college where a student asked me, in a voice loaded [...]
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