"The seven ABC’s of discipline" from The Shepherd Leader at Home: Ask the Lord for wisdom. Be sure the line has been crossed. Confront and clarify. Deliver the promised consequences. Explain additional consequences of the action. Forgive completely. Graciously restore...
Mark Ward
Review: The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family
The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family by Timothy Z. Witmer My rating: 3 of 5 stars Timothy Witmer, professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary, is best known for his book The Shepherd Leader: Achieving...
Bigotry
From my good friend Brian Collins (with permission): An interesting article by a self-described liberal who argues that the left-ward slant of the entertainment media has shaped the nation's morals. Two salient points: (1) He describes the current cultural...
Is that a Word?
I recently ran across an article in which someone wrote something like the following: For all you Googlers (is that a word?), there's an easy way to find the restaurant's website. "Is that a word?"—this is a common question. It's not a question expecting an answer, I...
A Brief Note on Etymologizing
If the key to a word's meaning is its etymology, then pacifier and peacemaker should mean exactly the same thing. Paci- means "peace." "Fier" means "maker." Both are from Latin (pax and facere,* respectively). But as I always say, it's very important never to confuse...
Calvin on “You must be born again”
By the term born again He means not the amendment of a part but the renewal of the whole nature. Hence it follows that there is nothing in us that is not defective.
Check Out the New Frame-Poythress Site!
I've received a lot of benefit from the works of John Frame and Vern Poythress, so when I noticed that their site design was sending out a 1996 vibe, I e-mailed their webmaster and offered my services. The result is finally up! Check it out! There are tons of great...
The Dwarfs Are for the Dwarfs: Stanley Fish the Pragmatic Presuppositionalist
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of presenting a paper on Stanley Fish—here's a recording—to a group of well-trained Bible professors with whom I had warm fellowship: the Bible Faculty Leadership Summit. They welcomed this newbie graciously and gave me good advice...
Excellent Insights on the KJV from Rod Decker at the Bible Faculty Leadership Summit
Too often the KJV as a translation has been credited with various forms of influence when it is really the biblical message—Scripture—that deserves the credit. The fact that there was no other commercially available translation for nearly three centuries and none that...
Great Little Anecdote from Bob Bell
My old Hebrew prof Bob Bell just told this story: he was speaking to a Jehovah's Witness (who denies Christ's deity), and Bell was arguing that "at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow" indicates that Jesus is Yahweh. Jesus' name means "Yahweh saves," and if the...