My Take: 1 Peter 1 (Part 1)
For the past year I was studiously investigating the book of 1 Peter. The Lord had different plans and I was unable to teach it. But I've been asked a ton of questions about what I would have taught. I am going to address this in a series of My Takes. This isn't meant to be a commentary so I won't provide as many of the arguments that exists in my notes.
May's Book Reviews
So around here I do a lot of book reviews. Ask my wife and she'll tell you all the gory details. I'm working
The Final Hebrews in Genesis
The whole second chapter of Galatians can screaming into my mind. There it was the Jews who refused to sit down with the Gentiles (Gal 2:11-14). My how the tables have turned.
Elders is an outstanding book for Baptist pastors and laymen seeking to understand the issues involved in this polity discussion. For those preparing for, going through or recovering from a transition to elder polity this book could be balm for congregational wounds.
Book Review: Death Before the Fall by Ronald Osborn
As an entryway for new thinking on the Scriptures, many will find the book thought provoking and insightful. Osborn does faithfully show that certain theories of evolution need not be discarded while taking the Bible at its word (chapter 1). However Death Before the Fall does not deal sufficiently with the Bible to demonstrate to literalists that these theories need to be taken seriously.
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Second Article
In what arenas of life is the Christian called to respond to the ethical instruction of Jesus Christ and His revelation in the Holy Scriptures? This article addresses these questions.
The First Two Hebrews
Much like the anticipation of a major character in a movie, book or play, the Hebrew people surely must have listened to their stories waiting for the introduction of their family name amongst the oral tradition. Not to be disappointed, the first person to be called a Hebrew was Abraham.
Somehow both longer and less useful. But the series continues.
Oh I get it - UNO cause he's one!
The "Picture" Post of Judah's UNO Party!
The Backstory on Esau
But the truth is that God's election worked itself out in ways that the Jewish community recognized and passed down in their oral tradition. God's election works itself out in time and space through real people with real actions and decision.
Old-School Apologetics
Ya know what's great about this apologetic method? It can be practiced by the illiterate, the young, the dying, the stay at home mom and the English major who couldn't care less about science. This is Old-School Apologetics.
Book Review: The Cross & Gendercide by Elizabeth Gerhardt
I couldn’t help but weep internally at the devastation that sin has produced. It put me in a sour mode for days. We in the cultured west have hidden
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: First Article
Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.