What Christians Really Think About the Church’s Relationship Advice
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“Over the years, Christians have produced and read far more books on how relationships and singleness should work than on how these things actually dopan out.
What the New Testament is About
In the preface to the volume of his commentary on the Gospels, Matthew Henry explains what this part of the New Testament story is all about:
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“...this gospel promises prosperity to the many while delivering it to only a few.”
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“God, Greed, and the Prosperity Gospel is a semi-autobiographical examination and assessment of the prosperity gospel. With his unique insider’s perspective, [Costi Hinn, Benny’s nephew] is able to combine theological insights with personal experience, and the combination packs a punch.” - Challies
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How J. P. Moreland Presented His Anxious Mind to God
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“In public, J.P. Moreland is best known for battling in the arena of Christian apologetics. But privately, he has waged a personal struggle against occasionally debilitating mental illness.
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Amazon has removed the books of the "father of conversion therapy"
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“Amazon has removed the books of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, the psychologist whom critics have dubbed ‘the father of conversion therapy.’ In other words, for claiming that sexual orientation is not innate and immutable, and for claiming that change is possible, Dr. Nicolosi’s books must be banned.” - Christian Post
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Covenant in Isaiah, Part 5
This post continues a series of extracts from a draft chapter in the book The Words of the Covenant: A Biblical Theology, Vol. 1 (forthcoming, d.v.). Read the series.
God and Israel: A Special Bond
Isaiah 54 is a reminder to Israel that she bears a special relationship to Yahweh, who is both her Redeemer and Husband (Isa. 54:5). This role of husband has been seen already in Hosea (2:16) and will be repeated in Jeremiah (Jer. 3:14, 31:32).
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Long-Lost Bavinck Manuscript Is a Timely Work on Reformed Ethics
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“In 2008, while working in the Bavinck archives at the Free University of Amsterdam, Dirk Van Keulen stumbled on what amounted to a 1,100-page handwritten manuscript by Bavinck (circa 1884/5) titled Reformed Ethics. Bavinck at one time had clearly intended this to be a companion to his monumental four-volume Reformed Dogmatics, yet he mysteriously never published it.” - TGC
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Covenant in Isaiah, Part 4
This post continues a series of extracts from a draft chapter in the book The Words of the Covenant: A Biblical Theology, Vol. 1 (forthcoming, d.v.). Read the series.
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Baptists and the American Standard Version of the Bible
Posted with permission from As I See It, which is available free by writing to the editor at dkutilek@gmail.com.
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