Yet more grist for the mill of translations. Derek Vreeland has a blog detailing why he is now using the ESV for preaching, and links to Mark Driscoll of the prominent Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Driscoll has a VERY detailed message on why the ESV has become their main text. I am still scrollingContinue reading
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I am working to sort out two great translations in English. I have long been a fan of more formal, or literal, translations. In Bible college I began using the NASB as my Bible. No one else was using it, which was a problem. My only solace was reading it in a sermon allowed peopleContinue reading
I am working to sort out two great translations in English. I have long been a fan of more formal, or literal, translations. In Bible college I began using the NASB as my Bible. No one else was using it, which was a problem. My only solace was reading it in a sermon allowed peopleContinue reading
Jacob is a story out of the Old Testament that can resonate with me. He is a man who is always striving, trying to get ahead on his own, trying to grab a piece of the pie he thinks he has been denied. He is an opportunist. When Esau was hungry and Jacob knew theContinue reading
Jacob is a story out of the Old Testament that can resonate with me. He is a man who is always striving, trying to get ahead on his own, trying to grab a piece of the pie he thinks he has been denied. He is an opportunist. When Esau was hungry and Jacob knew theContinue reading
“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope):Continue reading
“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope):Continue reading
We have a need to rescue American Christians from bad theology and bad habits of biblical studies, or lack thereof. One example: in a meeting I attended that was geared to pray for Muslims, the speaker (a pastor) referred to Ishmael. In his view, the whole division between Palestinians and Jews goes back to Ishmael.Continue reading
“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate.” Matt. 7:13, NLT Who teaches you? Whose disciple are you? You are somebody’s disciple. You learned how to live from someone else. Contrary to contemporary Western thought, we are NOT our “own person”. Who has discipled you over your lifetime? One of the major transitionsContinue reading
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