Over the last several months I have had hundreds of exchanges with Southern Baptists who are deeply concerned about the direction of the SBC generally and things going on inside … More
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This article is part 4 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Another way of calling into question whether or not SSA is morally culpable sin is by re-envisioning how … More
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Recently, there has been some renewed focus on church history and what we believe regarding the presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Francis Chan made some statements to the effect that he didn’t know that for basically 1,500 years of church history – up to the Reformation – that everyone believed …
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When deciding what to believe about the Bible, who should we listen to?
That’s a rather basic question, and I suppose there are many possible answers. We could listen to our friends—maybe a roommate or a co-worker. Then there are family members,…
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus (or sometimes Debate with Fortunatus, the Manichee), is 32 pages. There were a couple of days that Augustine debated with Fortunatus and the proceedings are related to us in …
This article is part 3 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Once upon a time, it may have been enough for someone to say that homosexuality is sin, and … More
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Spirit and the Letter, comes in at around 109 pages. As seen below from his “Retractions”, he states that he wrote this to discuss Paul’s statement that “The letter kills, but the …
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Have you ever had a time in your life when you really (I mean really) doubted the truth of the Bible? Maybe you wondered whether everything you ever believed was a lie. Anyone w…
A book series that I’ve been reading lately is “The Chronicle of Maud” (available at Amazon) by my friend, Amy Mantravadi. It’s historical fiction based on the life of Empress Mathilda (Maud) in the 12th Century. Currently, two of the three books have been published. I highly recommend them, and in my opinion, this second …
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This article is part 2 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice According to Genesis 1:31, when God finished creating everything in just six days, “God saw all that He … More
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This article is part 1 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Danny Akin’s recent hiring of Karen Swallow Prior at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary sparked newfound concern regarding Prior’s … More
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I am pleased to announce my new book has just been released: The Ten Commandments of Progressive of Christianity (Cruciform Press, 2019).
As most readers will know, I did a blog series on this theme a couple of years ago. Tim Challies, who runs Crucifo…
About one year ago, in January of 2019, I went to South Africa to preach at two pastors’ conferences, one in Pretoria and the other in Cape Town. Sharing preaching … More
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Back during the conservative resurgence, a “moderate” friend said we “Fundamentalists” were “using a cannon to kill a mosquito.” Similarly, some denominational leaders told us, “Move on. Nothing to see here” … More
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Well, it’s New Year’s Eve. It’s the time of the year to be inundated with “Best of” stories and “Year in Review” segments, dutifully cataloging everything that happened in pop culture or politics.
But, what if…
There is a lot of talk about facts these days. Everyone seems to think that the facts are on their side. We have been introduced to the idea of alternative … More
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Augustine’s exposition begins with an odd reference to David drumming. This is referring to 1 Samuel 21 where David is said to have “made marks on the doors of the gate”. It would appear that one possible interpretation was that David was continually beating upon the doors and Augustine took that to mean that he …
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Of the Works of Monks. It is rather short, at just around 42 pages. Augustine wrote the following in his Retractions regarding why he wrote this work To write the Book …
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Bah, humbug.
That’s probably one of the most well-known lines in literary (and now, cinematic) history. Everybody immediately recognizes the curmudgeonly voice of Ebeneezer Scrooge as he pours cold water all over our Christmas spirit.
And his poi…
While I understand the desire to be Biblical in the belief that there is maintained by God the Old Covenant principle of the inclusion, by default, of all members of a household into the New Covenant, I am firmly convinced that this is not the case. There is an abundance of proof in God’s revelation …
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This work, is known as Letter 144 [Letter CXLIV. From Augustine to Optatus.] This is a rather shorter letter and not too much stood out to me. Some details about this letter per the editor: Augustine writes to …
Augustine begins with a question of wheter all of the Psalms can be called Songs. He said that those sung to the Psaltery are Psalms which history states that David used. But he doesn’t discuss this further and would rather proceed discussing Jesus’s Resurrection. Now it may be a question, whether every Song be a …
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen, is one of Augustine’s longest shortest works at only around 14 pages. According to the editor of “Complete Works of the Church Fathers”, “This tract was thought spurious …
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