My pastor preached a message last night on 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 which I thought showed great insight into how the Internet has affected Christianity—and what Paul says we should do about it. Here are my notes to that sermon. Party Heads Immediately after Paul’s...
Mark Ward
Recommended Books
Not too long ago my pastor decided to recommend to his congregation one book per week for ten weeks. This was the list that resulted: Knowledge of the Holy—A.W. Tozer The Glory of Christ—John Owen The Everlasting Righteousness—Horatius Bonar The Shadow of the...
Seminary Project Lab Workshops and Live Webcast
The following is a promo for Duncan Johnson’s sure-to-be-valuable lectures. I strongly urge guys training for the ministry to go to or watch at least the first two. I use a different system than Zotero, but if you have no system, go to the third one as well! Saturday,...
American Evangelical Protestants are Blissful People
I guess my BJU Bible education and my stints as religious newsletter editor, religion researcher, Bible textbook author, and blogger have all been worthwhile, because I’m not ashamed to say that I aced the Pew Research Center’s 15-question Religious Knowledge Quiz....
Another Verse in the KJV You Probably Don’t Understand Either
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? (Hab 2:18 KJV) Is “the graven image” a direct object of “profiteth” or the subject of...
Billy Graham: His Life and Influence
Billy Graham is an important 20th century man, and David Aikman tells the story of His Life and Influence exceptionally well. The standard stories are all included, the bases are all covered. Aikman is certainly appreciative of Graham, but he is willing to be...
Our Father Which Art in a Lab Coat
I was driving to church Sunday and passing through downtown Greenville, hoping to avoid traffic created by a poorly placed bike race, when I glanced over at the car next to me. I saw a decal on its bumper that I hadn’t seen before. It’s a fish (reminiscent of a...
Faith vs. Reason; Religion vs. Science
Religious thought may be vulnerable on any number of fronts, but it is not vulnerable to the criticism that in contrast to scientific or empirical thought, it rests on mere faith.... The epistemological critique of religion—it is an inferior way of knowing—is the flip...
Balancing Edwards
It is appropriate and necessary for preachers to judge the needs of their congregation when they teach Scripture. I do it every time I preach, because my goal is to help the people use the Bible. As someone has pointed out, people don’t really understand a portion of...
Praise for Hodge
Mark Noll writes in the New Dictionary of Theology the following praise of Charles Hodge (whose Systematic Theology I’ve recently been dipping into with some heart-warming profit): He occasionally misread his opponents to their disadvantage; but by and large, he...