Luke 15: The Prodigal Sons
The Prologue and Context of Luke 15 “10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments [robes] of salvation, he…
Dispensationalism
George Parsons, Pastor of Middletown Bible Church in Middletown, CT, wrote the following to champion and clarify the teaching of Dispensationalism: When God’s Word, the Bible, is taken in a consistent, literal manner, it will…
News, Views and Whatnot for 5/19/2012
If you missed what I’ve posted elsewhere, here’s the complete list for this week: 1. Preaching the Truth of the Gospel without Preaching the Gospel “It is possible to preach much valuable truth essentially belonging…
Twenty-One Books on the Gospel
1. A Gospel Primer: for Christians by Milton Vincent A Gospel Primer is a handy guide designed to help Christians experience the gospel more fully by preaching it to themselves every day. 2. Living the…
[Repost] My Reason for Reviewing David Platt’s Radical the Way I Did
Readers are asking the question, “Why is your review of David Platt’s Radical negative?” Tis a funny thing about the books I read. Simply put, if they’re about the Gospel, they had better flesh it…
[Repost Review] Radical – Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
David Platt’s book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, is an excellent book. I highly recommend it – if only for his assessment of American Christianity; the American Dream couched in Christian…
Why Church Membership? Concluding Thoughts
A Product of American Thinking American culture has too much of a hold upon our thinking and is the lens through which we understand Scripture, and more specifically, how we understand Church Membership. This is…
Eschatology 101: A Christian and a Jew discuss Dispensationalism
Bill Moyers (on PBS) does an interview with a Christian (Timothy Weber, author of On the Road to Armageddon) and Jew (Michael Lerner) about the dangers of dispensationalism (video). Transcript BILL MOYERS: How many people…
Rinse, Repeat, Rinse, and Repeat Again (Reflections on Our Justification)
If you are like me, you hardly ever have to convince yourself of your sinfulness. Temptations abound and sin is ever present. But what you must convince yourself of is the extent to which your…