Wednesday, April 01, 2015

New Interpreters Dictionary on sale

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CBD is running a sale on the NIBD for only $99.00. Page 24, here , at the top of the page. Or, you could just go to the web page and orde...

All does mean ALL

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The biblical evidence that Christ’s work is for all people, that the Lord wants all to repent, and that every person can be saved intertwine...

Prayer? or noise?

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[R]eciting a text is not the same thing as praying that text, let alone praying the text as Jesus intended it to be prayed. If we do not und...

Communication

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It is important to stress that the relation between S[peaker]-intention and A[ddressee]-interpretation is mediated , not established throug...

Thought for the day

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Rather remain lowly than be honored by government officials or successful businessmen. The only true and genuine work is hidden; it is a my...

Thomas Aquinas still matters?!

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Indeed! This post follows up on one from last week about the collapsing of virtue into passion. Good thoughts; be sure to read the whole p...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The Lord's Prayer

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Jeffrey Gibson was kind enough to send me a prepublication version of his forthcoming book on the Lord's Prayer. For the next few weeks...

It's not a plan

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There’s probably a part of you that wants a guarantee—you want to know that the risk of sharing your secrets will be worth it. You want to k...

Conflicting claims

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The Prince of this World is the dominant force behind all government. And this is more distressing when governments claim to be on a Christi...

Thought for a snowy Tuesday

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“Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it. But the gate...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Not universalism...not particularism

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The principle of universal opportunity is far from universalism, as God still allows His gracious work to be rejected by nonbelievers, His c...

Heart holiness

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There is something about being heart focused that frees us, and that’s why Jesus continually addresses the heart. He lambasted the Pharisees...

Greek word order—again

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Most adjectives and other modifiers of the noun, however, convey no such semantic difference between attributive and predicative position. I...

Nothing

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We can accomplish nothing for God’s kingdom on the basis of human strength. All we can say is that “we are unworthy servants; we have only d...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

God is dead

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And it’s actually true – God is dead! Of course he isn’t really dead, but in the lives of people he is dead. Nobody gets very excited if you...

Thought for the day

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Lord, the depths of a person’s conscience lie exposed before your eyes. Could I hide anything from you, even if I did not want to confess it...
Friday, March 27, 2015

It's a privilege to pray

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"Seppli, Seppli!" he [Father Clemens] said kindly, as he pressed his hand, "what have I heard ? Are you not willing to follow...

Word order in Greek

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Within the framework of Functional Grammar, she [Helma Dik, Word Order in Ancient Greek , 1995; Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue , 2007]...

God started it

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Arminians affirm that it was necessary for God to initiate salvation because man was spiritually depraved by his Adamic inheritance.— Preve...

"To" or "from"?

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Satan wants us to believe that God will reject us if we run to Him, convincing us that we had better run away from Him. Satan blinds us to G...