On Preaching
“An expository sermon rises and falls on exegesis. Exegesis involves a thorough, analytical study of a biblical passage in order to develop a useful interpretation of the passage. Before we can preach any passage, we need to thoroughly understand it;…
And You Will Be Saved
I recently heard two public proclamations of what most people have come to believe and upon which most also stake the well being of their souls. The good folks I heard on these two separate occasions each appealed to passages…
I Never Knew You
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord” shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but those who do the will of my Father which is in Heaven. (Matthew 7:21)
I wonder. Do you suppose the Savior of mankind, the…
Regeneration
“The human mind is prone to mystery and superstition. Unwilling to be satisfied with things that are simple and easily discerned, it aims at the discovery of the ultimate principles and relations, and trusting to the feeble bark of reason,…
Romans 12:1-2 and the NET Bible
The NET Bible continues to be one of the most underutilitzed and unknown English translations of the scriptures. This is unfortunate because it really is a gem. It is readable, but does not dumb down key terms. It is accurate…
Natural Law: The Hope for Solid Footing in a Sea of Objectivity
In his new book Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults, Christian Smith writes:
“[W]hen we interviewers tried to get respondents to talk about whether what they take to be substantive moral beliefs reflect some objective…
More Scraps
From the third and up to the tenth century, all of the identified Greek manuscripts of the New Testament were called uncials as they had been copied using capital letters. The characters were written one letter at a time with each…
Scraps
In the latter half of the nineteenth century, a man by the name of Constantin Tischendorf identified a papyrus fragment as containing a portion of the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church. The fragment (later catalogued by scholars…
Romans Commentary Review
One thing I hate is to purchase a commentary with hope of learning only to be completely let down by the effort. As a minister, I want to read as much material as I can for a study. But all…
Ever Learning
When I watch the televangelists on TV I get the impression that there is a lot of selling going on. I see those same things in politics, and it makes me uncomfortable there too. Unfortunately, the product appears to be…