Three Things I’ve Learned from Reading C. S. Lewis
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“1. The Need to Cojoin Substance with Accessibility….2. The Power of Explanatory Reasoning….3. The Idea of Mere Christianity” - Reasons to Believe
The First Credo Colloquy: Carl R. Trueman and Matthew Barrett
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“Welcome to the first Credo Colloquy, an exclusive dialogue between theologians…. In this new series leading theologians engage one another on some of the most important issues in theology facing the church.” - Credo
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Explaining Anomalies: Alleged Contradictions in the Bible
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“The vast majority of supposed “contradictions” in Scripture are relatively easy to reconcile. However, for the sake of honesty, I must acknowledge that there are a handful of problems in Scripture that are exceedingly difficult.” - R.C. Sproul
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What is Over-Realized Eschatology? What’s the Problem with it?
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“Over-realized eschatology is an underlying hermeneutical assumption of prosperity-doctrine (health-and-wealth) teachers… permeates the eschatological expectations of NAR ‘apostles’ at one end of the theological spectrum, and pervades some sectors of politically-obsessed fundamentalists on the other end.” - Kenneth Berding
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In Context: The Disciple and His Rabbi: Discipleship in the Original Jewish Context, Part 2
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How the Elijah/Elisha Model Foreshadowed and Possibly Influenced Jesus’ Ministry
(Discipleship in the Original Jewish Context, continued…)
When Protestants have visions, they usually have visions of Jesus. When Roman Catholics have visions, they often have visions of Mary. And when Jews have visions, they typically have visions of Elijah. He is a central figure among devout Jews.
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Hebrew Inscription Found on Mt Ebal Tablet Predates Oldest Known Hebrew Inscriptions
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“Epigraphic analysis of the data revealed a formulaic curse written in a proto-alphabetic script likely dating to Late Bronze Age that predates any previously known Hebrew inscription in Israel by at least 200 years.” - Jerusalem Post
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Where Is Dispensationalism Going? (Part 1)
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Dispensationalism is definitely in decline. I have written two major articles1 probing the causes of that issue and—though I take no delight in that conclusion—it is certainly one that deserves our attention.
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Engaging the Culture for Christ: A Review of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
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“It is too easy to get caught up in the minute, to criticize one sermon, one book, one interview, or one tweet. But journeying from his early years to the work of Redeemer on the streets of New York City, we can see ‘God’s mysterious providence’ in the tapestry of influences.” - Acton
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Where Does Mark End?
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“The majority of surviving Greek manuscripts include Mark 16:9–20 at the end of the Gospel, and the majority of Christians throughout church history have received these verses as God’s word. Nevertheless, both external and internal evidence suggest that Mark likely ended his Gospel at verse 8” - Desiring God
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“During the past two centuries, things have changed. Christians today don’t look primarily to pastors as their most important intellectual guides.”
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Why the Church Needs Pastor-Theologians - TGC
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