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New Creation: A New Years Day Celebration… the radio spot. Take a listen.
This is a heavily edited New Years Day message that I delivered at Darlington Congregational Church in Pawtucket Rhode Island a few years ago. Being heavily edited, it is not…
Unfair or Unfortunate? Emotional vs. Principled Thinking
It is a piteous thing to look upon the suffering of others no matter what the cause of that suffering. A child born with disabilities whose own struggle to survive…
Inconceivable for Its Day: Notes on The Reliability of the Bible
Today we have a guest blogger. Melodie Sargent is a student at Northpoint Bible College and has written a short reflection paper on issues related to the reliability of Scripture.…
Why Does the Media Lean So Far Left?
Why does the media lean so far left? You might say, “It doesn’t lean left! It’s not biased!” In which case I imagine that you are left leaning and quite…
Inspiration and Interpretation… the radio spot, take a listen
When I first made my attempt at radio, I tried my hand at some discussions with just me and my recorder at home. I use audacity and love it. This…
The Most Important Political Question You Will Ever Answer
There is something wrong with the world. Everyone, save a few Pollyanna hold outs, knows this. Thus, one of the most ideologically revealing questions that a person can answer is,…
Just desserts and Accidents of Birth: The Insidious Lie about Personal Responsibility
I wouldn’t normally write a blog in response to a Disney movie, but stranger things have happened to me… I can’t think of one right now, but I’m sure there…
Death in Ecclesiastes… Good Times! (The Radio spot)
A couple years ago, I received a phone call on a late Thursday afternoon asking if I could be the main speaker at a Men’s Conference two days hence. Something…
Solutions vs. Trade-offs: The Insidious Lie About Reality
There is no solution, this side of eternity, for the human condition. Anyone who promises solutions is either selling something, stealing something, or completely disconnected from reality. This is the…
Getting Isaiah, Part 4: Knowing when a Prophetic Sermon Starts and Stops
Okay, so we’ve established that reading the books of the writing prophets is hard. They wrote in poetry; they make casual reference to cultural practices of which the modern reader…
Getting Isaiah, Part 3: What the Figure is He Talking About?
Okay, so the Prophetic books in Scripture are both awesome and awfully difficult to understand. They have a pesky habit of preaching under divine inspiration about events that they never…
A Word Concerning the Political Christian
In MacArthur’s commentary on Titus, we find a complex tirade of sorts against the political Christian who involves himself or herself in an attempt to effect culture in America by…
Getting Isaiah, Part 2: Twelve Events Standing Behind Every Prophecy in Isaiah
In my last post, I introduced the background to the book of Isaiah in vague pictures designed to capture the essence of the political, social & religious dynamic at work…
Getting Isaiah Part 1: The Problem with Getting Isaiah
Let’s be honest. Reading “The Prophets” is hard. Well, reading them isn’t hard, at least not in translation, but understanding them is. I’m talking about books like, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
HAGALAH
Inductive Study Methods
Old Testament Studies
Historical Hermeneutics and Saul’s Grabbing of Samuel’s Hem in 1 Samuel 15:23-31
The garment hem plays an unexpected role in many Scriptures. It is unexpected because we have nothing like it in our western world. Below is a link a recent lecture…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
Biblical Studies
Biblical Theology
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Old Testament Studies
Nazarenes, Rednecks, and Other Well-meaning Slurs
I love puzzles, always have. Growing up, I saw puzzles of all kinds as a natural exercise of my desire to be a detective someday, tracing out subtle clues to…
A Better Question is, “Who wouldn’t”: The Prodigal Son in Reflection, Part 3
One of my favorite gags in the old 1980’s TV show, Taxi, has a nervous Tony Danza shaving several times throughout the day to keep himself fresh looking for an…
Do You Really Have a Big Heart?
There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not a liberal at 20 you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at 40 you have no brain.” Indeed,…
The Failed Gentile Mission and Jesus: The Prodigal Son in Reflection, Part 2
How many Israelite characters can you name who ministered to Gentiles? Moses came out of Egypt with a mixed multitude who were absorbed into Israel. David had Gentiles as part…
I’ll Take Allegories & Analogies for 200: The Prodigal Son in Reflection, Part 1
I’m sure most of you have heard at least five prodigal son sermons in your lifetime… I’ve been around a while and can lay claim to at least 20 myself……