“Chosen” Ephesians 1:3-14
Do we love preaching predestination? Or does it perhaps scare us, or intimidate us, or at least cause us to pause? I’ll confess some of the latter. That seems reasonable, doesn’t it? After all, predestination ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2021
Movements in Sermon Writing I find that writing isn’t difficult. Sitting down to write—that’s difficult. The good lurking within my procrastination, fueling the fear at the edges of my work, is that it matters to ...
Book Review: Christian Freedom: Faith Working Through Love
Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) lived and served in what is today Wittenberg, Germany at the University of Wittenberg. Martin Luther published countless treatises, commentaries, sermons, lectures, confessional statements, and other writings, many ...
Four Branches – June 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical theology: Gospel Motivation in the Shema via Vav Deuteronomy 6:4-9, often called the Shema, is a key confessional text of the Old Testament and was likely recited frequently ...
Is there anything else that needs to be said? Genesis 3:8-15
It is such a mess, isn’t it? Adam and Eve have grabbed the fruit off the Tree of Knowledge, and God’s come to “chat” with his fallen children. And wow! They make such a mess ...
Four Branches – May 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Direct Speech, Indirect Speech and Reported Consequences Linguistically speaking, the Gospels read a bit like a Hemingway novel, only with less wine consumed. Hemingway, in contrast to ...
Book Review: The New Syriac Primer
George Kiraz is the president of Gorgias Press and the director of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. The New Syriac Primer is an introduction to the Syriac language. In 1984 Kiraz immigrated to the United ...
Book Review: Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy
Stephen M. Garrett, associate professor at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, and J. Merrick, assistant professor at Grand Canyon University, present Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy much like the climate of the evangelical church: ...
The Reminders I Need! Luke 24:50-53
I need reminders. I’d guess some of you – many of you? – can relate. It seems as if one of the effects of sin is that it’s messed up our ability to remember properly. ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2021
Joy and Confidence from the Basics - Part 5 You’ve heard that communication is 93% nonverbal. What does this say about sermon delivery? Clearly, we ought to spend way more time than we do in ...