My Lunch with Kent
Kent Sparks and I met for lunch today. Since our relationship has played out a little bit on this blog I thought I would follow up. I had a great time with him. If you don’t know Kent, he is…
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God’s Word is Trustworthy (3)
Take time to watch, listen to, or read John Piper’s sermon “Thank God for an Inspired Bible” by clicking HERE.Also, check out Dr. Piper’s excellent message “Why I Trust the Scriptures” HERE.
Gratitude for Sovereign Grace
“I should have run to the utmost lengths of sin, dived into the very depths of evil, nor should I have stopped at any vice or folly, if God had not restrained me. I feel that I should have been…
God’s Word is Trustworthy (2)
“Is the Bible Inerrant?”by Professor John FrameQuite a few people have suggested that “inerrant” is not a good word to use in describing Scripture. This article is designed to respond to that objection. Before we take up the specific term…
God’s Word is Trustworthy (1)
“Divine trustworthiness is above all the trustworthiness of the divine speaking. Since the primary record and embodiment of this divine speaking is to be found in the Bible, which is quite literally ‘the word of God,’ we can speak of…
Mea Culpa
It has been brought to my attention that Dr. Kenton Sparks is connected to Church of the Saviour. He is either a member or has been a regular attendee. I do not know which. He has also served as a…
Infallibility, Inerrancy, and Interpretation
“Holy Scripture, as the inspired Word of God witnessing authoritatively to Jesus Christ, may properly be called infallible and inerrant. These negative terms have a special value, for they explicitly safeguard crucial positive truths. “lnfallible signifies the quality of neither…
Is the Bible Reliable?
Here are some great resources that help to answer that question: AUDIO “The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable” – A lecture by Dr. Peter Gentry “Why We Believe The Bible” – A Seminar by John Piper “The Sufficiency of…
Does the Bible Err?
* I have changed the original title of this post because, upon further reflection I decided it was a bit snotty. One of the important functions of the pastor is to identify error. The church is constantly confronted with preaching,…
Megalomaniacal Messianism
I don’t know if Oprah is or is not a nice person. That really is not the point. She is however a true believer. And what she believes is that she has a message of spiritual truth that must be…