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Preaching in a T.G.I.F. World

TGIF! We live in a TGIF world – what Leonard Sweet calls the “Twitter” – “Google” – “Instagram” – “Facebook” world. People do not only consume these forms of social media (the Google empire really is a form of social media), people are altered by these forms of media, and this alteration affects peoples habitsContinue reading “Preaching in a T.G.I.F. World”

My Top Four Posts of 2014

Here are my top 4 posts of 2014…. 1-The Great Gatsby 2013 – A “Cinematographic” Review 2-Noah: A Sin-Full Movie Review 3-Themes in Paul’s Letter to the Philippians: Koinonia 4-Exposed – Remember the Cross

Books Read in 2014

Happy New Year! The year is over and its time to release the list of books that I read last year. For those of you who are interested, here are all the books I read in 2014. It might help you see the type of books that could have made it into my Top 10Continue reading “Books Read in 2014”

FREE: Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley on Logos

I have to divert your attention to Logos for a second, they are offering a free copy of John Wesley’s Sermons on Several Occassions. It consists of 141 sermons! This will definitely be an invaluable resource for preachers; with the tags in Logos you will be able to find awesome stuff from Wesley’s sermon forContinue reading “FREE: Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley on Logos”

They Shall Call His Name “Immanuel”

What is the meaning of Christmas? Its quite simple – Matthew expresses it in just a couple of sentences in his gospel: She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins…they will call him “Immanuel” which means, “God withContinue reading “They Shall Call His Name “Immanuel””

Top Ten Books of 2014

Christmas is the best time of the year to make lists! Santa Claus is checking his list of kids who were naughty and nice, deciding which kids are going to get presents and which kids are going to get coal. The nice kids are making lists of toys they want. (God bless the greedy littleContinue reading “Top Ten Books of 2014”

Hail Mary, Given Grace [T.F. Torrance and Grace in the Annunciation]

Tonight on Christmas Eve we celebrate the fact that to us a Savior was born. He was born in the little town of Bethlehem to a faith-filled virgin. Hear what T.F. Torrance has to say about Mary and the pattern of grace we see in the virgin birth… In the virgin birth we are givenContinue reading “Hail Mary, Given Grace [T.F. Torrance and Grace in the Annunciation]”

Thinking Through Paul

Good textbooks are hard to find. When I am looking for a textbook, I am looking for a book that is well balanced. It engages in critical discussion yet it is also thoroughly evangelical. Also I like it when textbooks move beyond mere rehearsal of recycled ideas or summary statements. I want a textbook thatContinue reading “Thinking Through Paul”

Experiencing The Trinity

The Trinitarian revival that has been experienced among academic theology has now started to trickle its way down into popular theology. This is a good thing! We can always get better at knowing God’s heart – and the way to really do that is to dive deeper into his Trinitarian character and nature. A coupleContinue reading “Experiencing The Trinity”

Best New Testament Academic Books of 2014 (Gupta)

Every once in a while I decide its worth it to re-blog somebody else’s blog post. This is one of those times. I decided to do it primarily because I loved a lot of the books that Gupta mentioned (Thinking Through Paul, Jesus Against the Scribal Elite, Galatians and Christian Theology, and of course ReadingContinue reading “Best New Testament Academic Books of 2014 (Gupta)”