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Archive for July, 2009
24 Jul
On Rating Biblical Commentaries
From time to time in the spirit of Jim Roscup we like to rate commentaries here at ET. One thing that i was reminded of again this week is that every commentary rating is somewhat misleading. What I mean by that comment is that sometimes commentaries really surprise you. For example, one of my favorite [...]
23 Jul
On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
John Broadus, one of the founding professors of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), famously penned the classic homiletics textbook On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. The original was excellent but the “revised” copies you find around today . . . not so much. The following is one of the amazing stories behind [...]
17 Jul
Nasty Narratives
I am doing a bit of writing on preaching NT narrative at the moment and thought I would share a fun gem from Dale Ralph Davis who has written a helpful little book on OT narrative called The Word Became Fresh: H. C. Leupold wrote a commentary on Genesis about 1942-not a bad commentary by [...]
16 Jul
The Great Sacrifice
I’ve finally come to the majestic “song of the redeemed” (Revelation 5:9-10) as I work my way through the book of Revelation. As I prepare for Sunday morning’s sermon I marvel again at the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. That you my King, Heaven’s Hero, would die for me? The most helpful book I’ve read on this subject [...]
14 Jul
My response to Dever’s BIG statement
Mark Dever makes some very helpful points in this sermon but he also draws a very strange application lesson out of the John 17 text. I say “Amen” to the first paragraph below but don’t follow the logic of paragraph two. ”Therefore, I conclude that it is sin to divide the body of Christ—to divide [...]
14 Jul
Dever’s BIG statement
Between Two World’s has posted the following article at http://theologica.blogspot.com/. I think Pastor Mark Dever said some things that he should not have said in this sermon but I’d like to hear your thoughts on this? Please remember to include your first and last name if you decide to comment here at Expository Thoughts. I hope to share my thoughts [...]
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