The comedian Brian Regan has said that you know you’re getting old when you can pull a muscle in your sleep. There are days in which we feel our human frailty more than others. To be sure, the aching back, the sore knees, and the like are a part of, what we might call, growing [...]
Archive for January, 2011
27 Jan
Making Disciples
To many churches put too much emphasis on ‘getting decisions’ and not enough emphasis on ‘making disciples.’ The emphasis evident in the Great Commission clearly stresses discipleship: ‘Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations’ (Matthew 28:19). Stress is also placed on the empowering presence of Christ to make discipleship a reality: Christ has all authority [...]
27 Jan
Polycarp’s blessing
“Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal High Priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity, and may he give to you [...]
21 Jan
Where did Peter deny Jesus?
In the upper room of a house in Jerusalem, Jesus made a break with the Jewish Passover and instituted a New Covenant meal that would be ratified the next day in His blood. It was also on this occasion that Jesus looked at the faces of His disciples and said something none wanted to hear, [...]
21 Jan
More prayers for children
See the first ones here along with the explanation for their structure. Mission Pursuing Father, The nations without Your Son are dark Spread your Word and create a spark That we will be a light for You Ever faithful, ever true Telling of Jesus as we go His salvation ready to show Amen. Covenant [...]
20 Jan
No, that’s what churches are supposed to do
I realize that this is a sacred cow and a much larger conversation than a blog affords but it needs to be said. Seminaries cannot fully prepare a man for ministry. Thinking like this is like assuming that buying a ratchet at Sears will automatically change the oil on your car. It usually comes out [...]
20 Jan
Ezekiel and the “call” to ministry
Daniel Block, reflecting on Ezekiel’s call to ministry in Ezek 3 notes an important theological implication concerning the “call” to ministry. His statement is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject yet it’s worth considering. First, whoever would serve as a messenger of God must recognize that the calling comes from God [...]
20 Jan
Answering Bart Ehrman
Probably the most popular alumnus from Moody Bible and Wheaton College is a well-known scholar in the area of textual criticism and the historical Jesus. Unfortunately for both of these schools his name is Bart Ehrman. He is the darling of the media, taking the place of the now deceased Robert Funk, when they need [...]
19 Jan
You don’t don’t look a day over 446.
The earliest form of the Heidelberg Catechism was published January 19, 1563. Q: What is your only comfort in life and death? A: That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins [...]
28 Jan
Christian Liberty and Colossians 2:16-17
Posted by Caleb Kolstad in commentaries, New Testament, NT Preaching. 1 Comment
Colossians 2:16-17, writes H.C.G. Moule, are an appeal for “Christian liberty,” as earnest … as [Paul’s] appeal to the Galatians “not to be entangled again in the yoke of bondage.” But let us note well that the “liberty” he means is the very opposite of licence and has nothing in the world akin to the [...]
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