The Double-Edged Sword of Dispensationalism: Destructive as Methodology, Constructive as Outcome (Part 1)
Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics 9/14/2022.
The Regulative Principle Among Baptists
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“Baptists historically approved this theological judgment of Calvin and followed the principle even more closely than Calvin himself. Calvin wanted to lay aside all human inventions in the practice of baptism” - Tom Nettles
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Wanted: More Christians to Dig in Israel
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“Biblical archaeology is back in full swing in Israel—after a two-year pandemic delay—and now the digs across the country are going to get a new boost from tourist-volunteers.” - CToday
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The Signs of the Times: Part 2 – Signs of the Second Coming
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It will be here before we know it! December 25th, that is….
But long before that big day, we’ll sense the sights, the sounds and smells.
Christmas, in fact, permeates our culture so thoroughly that it almost mingles together with all things related to fall—the cooler weather, a warm sweater, the desire to stay inside, football on television, a hot cup of cocoa, and the crackling of the fireplace.
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fault lines, by Voddie Baucham, Jr.
fault lines - The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
I’m halfway through this book. Has anyone read it? I’m interested in thoughts, for and against.
Also, I’m open to reading a book from an opposing point of view.
I have a lot of thoughts, but I’m more at the reading/listening stage now.
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Brief Review of ‘40 Questions About Prayer’
A review of Joseph C. Harrod, 40 Questions About Prayer. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2022, 292 pages, pbk.
Over the many years that I have been a Christian I have read many books about prayer. I have also written about it on several occasions. Prayer is at one and the same time one of the easiest and one of the most difficult subjects in Christian Theology. Most of the books on prayer that I have read are either too simplistic, or else they veer too far from the Scriptures and the view of reality that they present.
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Where Do Human Rights Come From?
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“God’s righteousness is what makes human rights right. What we call human rights are right only if God says they are right.” - Andy Naselli
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The Earliest Baptist Critics of the KJV: Leonard Busher (1614) and Henry Jessey (Part 2)
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Naturally enough, we would like to know specifically what it was that Jessey and the 17th century English Baptists found objectionable in the KJV, and our curiosity is soon satisfied by his biographer, who gives a sampling of the kinds of things Jessey sought to remedy with a revised translation. Speaking of Bible translating in the 16th and 17th centuries, and Jessey’s view of it, Edward Whiston wrote:
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On Plundering the Egyptians: Remembering Common Grace
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“unbelievers can, by virtue of common grace, come to philosophical conclusions that are helpful and true and can be utilized by the Christian. … Though in recent days, when it comes to Aristotle (and Aquinas’s use of Aristotle), there are some who are quick to sound an alarm” - Ref21
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No Doctrine of the Trinity Is an Island – A Review of Trinitarian Dogmatics: Exploring the Grammar of the Christian Doctrine of God
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“His approach to the Filioque is like that of the many other Trinitarian topics he tackles—ecumenical, fair, and nuanced. He distinguishes between hills to die on and hills to build bridges to, demonstrating why all of these subjects are ripe for critical conversation and reflection.” - C.Today
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