As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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By anybody’s standard, Jesus had a very busy day (Mk 1:21-38). This passage chronicles one single day during Jesus’ early ministry. At first glance, there seems to be nothing earth-shattering here, until you step back and consider all He did during those 24 hours.1
Consider the common objections to the doctrine of the Trinity, then remember the kind of day Jesus had:
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Dr. Ed Hindson and Dr. Thomas Ice opened the 25th Anniversary Pre-Trib Study Group meetings on Monday morning by remembering the conference’s originator—the late Dr. Tim LaHaye, who went to be with the Lord on July 25, 2016, at the age of 90.
Dr. Hindson referred to Joshua 4:1-9:
I don’t believe in annihilation, I know this isn’t an option. However, I’m concerned:
For the last few months, I’ve wanted to be annihilated. I thought I’d rather not exist than be with God; not that I’m angry with him or view him as evil, etc. but rather I’m tired of existing… I want to want him, to desire to be with him as I used to, and love the scripture and the thought of knowing him - but I’m not there.
I’m afraid this might show that I’m lost….??… What say the scriptures?
On “Theology Thursday,” we feature short excerpts on various areas of systematic theology, from a wide variety of colorful (and drab) characters and institutions. We hope these short readings are a stimulus for personal reflection, a challenge to theological complacency, and an impetus for apologetic zeal “to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints,” (Jude 3).
Daniel Wallace: Suggested resources for the Book of Revelation.
Reprinted with permission from As I See It, which is available free by writing to the editor at [email protected].
Ecce Venit: Behold He Cometh by A. J. Gordon. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1889. 311 pp., hardback.
Free audio lectures from Dr. Michael Kruger’s (President, RTS Charlotte) seminary course on the New Testament canon. Dr. Kruger is perhaps the best scholar on the NT canon in the evangelical world today.
On “Theology Thursday,” we feature short excerpts on various areas of systematic theology, from a wide variety of colorful (and drab) characters and institutions.
From Samuel Waldron and Richard Barcellos, A Reformed Baptist Manifesto: The New Covenant Constitution of the Church (Palmdale, CA: RBAP 2004).
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