Urban Ministry Conference
Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia will be hosting their annual Urban Ministry Conference this March 5-7. The speakers will be Josh Harris and John Freeman.
Month February 2010
Kostenberger on John’s Theology
Andreas Kostenberger’s lastest volume looks like a must read for anyone wanting to undertake a study of John’s Gospel and epistles. From a review by Anthony Selvaggio: This volume should be in every pastor’s library. If you are preaching on…
A heretic by any other name (2)…
Mike Witmer continues to review and comment on Brian McLaren’s latest book “A New Kind of Christianity.” The discerning reader will understand that what McLaren is promoting is not a new kind of Christianity but an old kind of heresy.…
MDB 29: Mark 14
In these various episodes just before the crucifixion, the disciples prove faithless in Jesus’ final hour. First, we see the unnamed disciples who “indignantly” scold the woman who anoints Jesus (14:3-9). Then, of course, we’re introduced to Judas’ plotting to betray…
MDB 28: Romans 13
Always an intriguing chapter, Romans 13 challenges us all in the way we relate to government and to the state. We need to remind ourselves of the government in place over Paul and the Christians at Rome while Paul was writing…
William Cunningham’s advice to theology students on their use of the Sabbath
“Your professional studies may rightly occupy the principal share of your time and attention for six days in the week, just like the ordinary lawful secular business of other men; but on the Lord’s Day you ought to be chiefly…
Truth and Controversy
Much of the Bible is polemical in nature because in the Scriptures God is routinely refuting errors. We see this as early as Genesis which operates in part as a polemic against pagan creation myths. The prophets often functioned as…
A little Hamlet does the heart good
Actor Brian Cox teaches young Theo some Hamlet…
Concerning the Gospel
From a contribution by Andreas Kostenberger in Faith Comes By Hearing: Five Observations About the Gospel: 1. Divine, not human: The gospel is God’s saving message to a world living in darkness and a humanity lost in its sin. The…