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  • Ben Edwards - Wed, 07/31/2019 - 8:47am
    Joshua Harris, Purity Culture, and Christian Strangeness
    By now most have heard the news that Joshua Harris is leaving his wife and Christianity. Harris is most well-known for his book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye. It was a popular book when I was in high school, though I never read it. (Someone I respected later told me his second book, Boy Meets Girl,... Read More
  • Mark Snoeberger - Tue, 07/09/2019 - 10:16am
    What Is the Gospel of the Kingdom?
    When John the Baptist, firstly, and then Jesus began announcing that the kingdom of heaven was “at hand” (Matt 3:2; 4:17, 23) they were announcing that the anticipated Israelite kingdom of OT prophecy was being immediately offered to Israel, and that their predominantly Jewish hearers should repent and prepare for its arrival (so the explanation... Read More
  • Jacob Elwart - Wed, 07/03/2019 - 12:08pm
    Why Go to Seminary When the Fields are Already White for Harvest?
    In preparation for representing the seminary at a conference in Iowa, I have been reflecting on why go to seminary. Why should a future pastor pursue a seminary education? On occasion, I’ll come across a college graduate who suggests that seminary is not for him. When I inquire as to why, he tells me that... Read More
  • Mark Snoeberger - Mon, 06/24/2019 - 10:12am
    New Issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal Available
    I am excited to announce the release today of the 24th volume of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal. Articles include: Andrew David Naselli, What the New Testament Teaches About Divorce and Remarriage Ryan E. Meyer, The Interpretation of Matthew 10:23b Timothy E. Miller, The Meaning of “Milk” in 1 Peter 2:1–3 Scott Aniol, The Holy Spirit’s Work... Read More

Religious Affections (about)

  • Kevin T. Bauder - Fri, 08/16/2019 - 11:38am
    Tried with Fire: Lest I Should Be Exalted
    Kevin T. Bauder The apostle Paul was not given to self-aggrandizement. He understood himself to be the chief of sinners, rescued only by God’s grace. Only when forced to defend his ministry and apostleship was he willing to talk about his gifts and attainments—and even then he spoke with a kind of wry embarrassment. Nowhere […]
  • Scott Aniol - Wed, 08/14/2019 - 6:32am
    Episode 2 of “By the Waters of Babylon” podcast is available: “Singing the Lord’s Song in a Pagan Culture”
    I have posted episode 2 of my new podcast, “By the Waters of Babylon.” You can listen here. In this episode, I continue my discussion of Psalm 137, highlighting the fact that many of the imagery from this psalm is used in the New Testament to describe the church’s current situation by way of analogy. […]
  • David de Bruyn - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 7:00am
    Emotional or Affected?
    While C. S. Lewis encourages us to not place too much stock in our feelings, he was adamant that the whole point of education was to create right affections. Affections are not a matter of bodily sensations, but a matter of judging value and responding appropriately: “Until quite modern times all teachers and even all […]
  • David Huffstutler - Mon, 08/12/2019 - 7:00am
    Preach, Be Bold, Conversion, Repeat: The Cycle of Events in Acts 13:44–52 and 14:1–7
    Within Paul’s first missionary journey to the Gentiles in Acts 13–14, Luke gives two quick accounts in Acts 13:44–52 and Acts 14:1–7 to show the play-by-play of how events usually transpired in the cities that were evangelized. First, Paul would attend a synagogue on the Sabbath and preach the word of the Lord (Acts 13:44; […]
  • Scott Aniol - Sun, 08/11/2019 - 7:00am
    He will dress himself for service.
    What is he doing? The servant stared with bewilderment as his master girded up his garment and bent down to the bowl of water. He had done as his lord had commanded—he was dressed and ready for service; the lamps were burning, even though it was already the third watch. He was still awake. He […]
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Institute for Nouthetic Studies Blog (about)

  • Jay Adams - Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:00am
    Bird Life in the Church

    There isn’t a single thing that the birds at my feeder do to deserve the largess that I bestow on them. I bought the feeders that contain the seed, I continue to buy seed to fill them. My grandson and I take turns filling the feeders. When a feeder needs repair, I repair it. Everything—everything is done for those birds; it’s pure grace! Yet, it’s interesting to see a Dove chasing four others away from the food that falls on the ground as the sloppy eaters (largely Finches) spill it in large quantities. He acts like he owns the territory. Perhaps he thinks he does!

    And when it’s hummingbird time, and we hang out the sugar water feeder, you can be absolutely certain that one bird will claim it as his own and defend it to the end of the season. Indeed, you can see him sitting on a bare branch, watching it, daring any other to approach the jar. If they so much as get near, he’ll zoom down on them at mach speed and chase them away with his long, pointed beak. There are always star wars when the hummers return for the summer!

    But think of it...

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ChurchWorksMedia Blog (about)

  • Chris Anderson - Thu, 08/08/2019 - 8:27am
    Groaning Grace

    The modern church doesn’t lament well. The churches in which I grew up tended to omit “downer” Psalms in favor of those that we consider to be more “uplifting.” If we’re honest, we’re almost embarrassed by the negativity of Psalms of lament, Psalms of imprecation, and books like Ecclesiastes and Lamentations. You might think that’s just […]

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Strength for Today (about)

  • Diane - Thu, 06/21/2018 - 3:33pm
    Beating First World Syndrome

    Do your kids ever manifest symptoms of First World Syndrome? Recent generations of young people have been groomed to have a certain sense of entitlement about them. That something is owed them.  That they deserve more. An expectation of accolades, convenience, and ease. It is grievous and unkind to cultivate this. Suspect there are some kids in your circle of influence who have this condition? Here are some practical questions to help you decide:

    • Do they have SO much, and still want more?
    • They have more, but they wanted a different more?
    • Do their expectations indicate little realistic comprehension of the cost of living?
    • Are they unable to find satisfaction in small gestures?
    • Challenging for them to survive without electronics without withdrawal?
    • Clueless as to how to constructively occupy themselves when there is “nothing to do”?
    • Are they unhappy with generic brands?
    • Do they sit in the car when you go to yard sales or consignment shops?
    • Not adept at mastering the art of waiting (in line anywhere, for a package in the mail, for a Hot Pocket to finish cooking, by saving...

By Faith We Understand (about)

  • Mark Ward - Sat, 08/10/2019 - 11:20pm
    An Example of What You Can Get out of a Self-Helpy Book When You Must

    My company offers incentives to employees every year to read business books. By this means I have gotten through some self-helpy stuff I admit I would have disdained otherwise. To be honest, I feel icky when I read books that purport to lead you to a successful life and yet omit to mention the God of eternal power and divine nature that, Romans 1 says, the books’ authors can’t not know is there—and is not silent. Maybe I’m the weaker brother here; but I just have a hard time stomaching the secularism and implicit Pelagianism. And yet I’m a firm believer in common grace, so I’m eager to acknowledge that 1) nearly anyone who writes a business book knows more about the topic than I do and 2) I’ve gotten some bits of genuine wisdom worth having from these books. Recently I read two such books which, no surprise, led me back to a specifically Christian truth about love.

    Alchemy

    Rory Sutherland in Alchemy tells story after story showing that humans don’t have complete access to their own motivations, their “...
  • Mark Ward - Fri, 08/09/2019 - 6:00am
    Science and Religion Should Not Fight

    Spurgeon quotes one “Dr. M’Cosh” in The Treasury of David, and he has eloquent and insightful things to say, centuries ago, about the war between science and religion, reason and faith:

    We have often mourned over the attempts made to set the works of God against the Word of God, and thereby excite, propagate, and perpetuate jealousies fitted to separate parties that ought to live in closest union.

    In particular, we have always regretted that endeavours should have been made to depreciate nature with a view of exalting revelation; it has always appeared to us to be nothing else than the degrading of one part of God’s works in the hope thereby of exalting and recommending another.

    Let not science and religion be reckoned as opposing citadels, frowning defiance upon each other, and their troops brandishing their armour in hostile attitude. They have too many common foes, if they would but think of it, in ignorance and prejudice, in passion and vice, under all their forms, to admit of their lawfully wasting their strength in a useless warfare with each other.

    Science has a foundation, and so has religion; let them unite their foundations,...
  • Mark Ward - Wed, 08/07/2019 - 6:00am
    Answering a Few More Objections to Authorized: Part 5, We Use Only the KJV—for Only Practical Reasons

    I’m in the midst of a short series answering objections to my viewpoint in Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible, objections that for various reasons didn’t make it into the book already. (Most objections I hear I already addressed.) Last Monday, we looked at Objection 1: The modern versions are copyrighted; a.k.a., they’re all in it for the money. Last Wednesday, we looked at Objection 2: Not all false friends are false friends to all readers. Last Friday, Objection 3: I am pushing a new Onlyism to replace the old. On Monday, Objection 4: the NKJV uses critical text readings. Today, the too-long-awaited conclusion.

    5. We retain the KJV solely for practical reasons

    I’ve had several church leaders tell me that they see and even perhaps agree with my viewpoint, but that it’s extremely important to retain the KJV for practical reasons. Everyone in a church should be using the same Bible translation, they say. This is the only way the church can have Scripture memory programs and corporate reading. They fear the confusion that arises when someone says, “Well, that’s not what my Bible says...
  • Mark Ward - Mon, 08/05/2019 - 6:00am
    Answering a Few More Objections to Authorized: Part 4, The New King James Version Uses Critical Text Readings

    I’m in the midst of a short series answering objections to my viewpoint in Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible, objections that for various reasons didn’t make it into the book already. (Most objections I hear I already addressed.) Last Monday, we looked at Objection 1: The modern versions are copyrighted; a.k.a., they’re all in it for the money. Last Wednesday, we looked at Objection 2: Not all false friends are false friends to all readers. Last Friday, Objection 3: I am pushing a new Onlyism to replace the old. This coming Wednesday, Objection 5: We retain the KJV solely for practical reasons.

    4. The New King James Version uses critical text readings.

    Nearly every critic of my work on the KJV has insisted that I was sidestepping the real debate, the debate over textual criticism of the Greek New Testament. It must be said that I gave two pages of argument as to why I shouldn’t have to engage this debate, and to date, none of my critical reviewers has mentioned this fact or answered the arguments I made there.

    So I won’t repeat them,...
  • Mark Ward - Fri, 08/02/2019 - 6:00am
    Answering a Few More Objections to Authorized: Part 3, You Are Pushing Modern Versions Onlyism

    I’m in the midst of a short series answering objections to my viewpoint in Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible, objections that for various reasons didn’t make it into the book already. (Most objections I hear I already addressed.) On Monday, we looked at Objection 1: The modern versions are copyrighted; a.k.a., they’re all in it for the money. On Wednesday, we looked at Objection 2: Not all false friends are false friends to all readers. Objection 3: I am pushing a new Onlyism to replace the old.

    And, uh, I promised only three days of posts—Mon, Wed, Fri; but things have expanded a little and I am now going to include two more bonus posts:

    4. Next Monday: The New King James Version uses critical text readings.
    5. Next Wednesday: We retain the KJV solely for practical reasons

    Here we go…

    3. You are pushing Modern Versions Onlyism.

    There’s actually group in between the KJV-Only and not-KJV-Only worlds: a number of people in my own hometown crowd who are not KJV-Only but yet see no...
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