Three Abrahamic Faiths?

While doing my short post on Facebook regarding the 10/40 Window, I googled articles that pertains to this topic and saw a link with an internationally recognized magazine. Of course, my first thoughts were, “hey this is a good source, this particular source is known for reliable journalism” – maybe…. The article has in its [...]

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Inerrancy of the Bible

This is a portion of a lengthy article on a highly important subject, entitled “A Layman’s Historical Guide to the Inerrancy Debate”written by William Evans and can be read in its entirety at Reformation 21 website. Please click this link . What can be read below are: the reasons for the authority of the Bible and what innerancy does [...]

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Yawning at the Word

Mark Galli | posted at Christianity Today It’s really hard to listen to God when there are really interesting things to think about. When I preach, I often quote the Bible to drive home my point. I think it more persuasive to show that what I’m saying is not merely my opinion but a consistent theme [...]

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Questions on Divorce and Remarriage

Foreword:  It is also recommended here that articles linked below are read to get a fuller picture of what David Instone-Brewer and John Piper wrote in order to give additional light to what Andreas Kostenberger is responding to. It is my hope that this article by Kostenberger answers some, if not all, questions we have [...]

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D. A. Carson on the Purpose of the Parables

by Andy Naselli D. A. Carson preached on “The Purpose of the Parables” from Matthew 13:10-17, 34-35 in chapel at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School on October 29, 2009. Here are some notes: Why did Jesus tell stories and use parables? Three answers are common. Jesus told stories because he used them as illustrations. But that doesn’t [...]

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Book Review: The Truth About Man

Book Review: The Truth About Man, by Paul Washer At the beginning of his classic Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin heads his very first paragraph thus: “Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God”. This observation is strikingly true, and if one would take the time to discuss the gospel in [...]

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Cartooning the Word — R. Crumb’s “The Book of Genesis”

Foreword: Here is another interesting article by Albert Mohler concerning R. Crumb’s project of cartooning the narratives in the book of Genesis.  You can reach the original article through this link. My very first encounter with the Bible wherein I had very vivid memories has to do with a cartoon-style frame by frame presentation of main narratives of the Bible.  [...]

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Keep the Fork

Foreword: A couple of years a go, I encountered a story that  tickled my thoughts and I have used it once as part of a sermon because it was relevant to the text of the message. I have not forgotten that story since. In the original article by Roger William Thomas, there was no mention of any Scripture [...]

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Christian Preaching

By Eric Costa   Preach to Glorify God The ultimate goal of Christian preaching—as with all other things—is the glory of the Triune God. When the minister proclaims God’s true and beautiful Word, he honors the Persons, attributes, and works of God. But the glory really radiates when the Spirit uses his Word to change [...]

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Book Review: Him We Proclaim

  Foreword:  This is one of the books in my reading list since May of this year. The other two are Heroes and Heretics, and Why We’re Not Emergent. I have not finished Him We Proclaim till now because I want to make sure that I get the point of every section I am reading, realizing [...]

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