Do you know someone who at one time walked closely with Christ but is now steeped in a lifestyle of sin? Maybe you are reading this blog and that’s you. Your life and joy in Christ have spiraled down into deadness and sin. Your heart burns for the joy in His presence that you once…
Stanley Porter and Beth Stovell have compiled essays that present various approaches to the task of interpretation. Though “students and scholars alike struggle to differentiate between the meaning of terms like biblical exegesis, interpretation and hermeneutics,” their book focuses on hermeneutics in reference to biblical interpretation (9–10). Many of the books in this area tend…
I’m happy to see a good bit of traffic early in the life of this website. That people are taking the time to visit and look at the material we are producing is both exciting and terrifying. May the Lord keep us from error, help us create worthwhile content, and edify all of us along the…
I have a comfortable pair of sweatpants that I have had for almost 20 years now. They are warm, comfortable, and an essential part of my life now that the weather is turning cold. There is only one thing about these pants that drives me crazy: it is impossible for me to untie the drawstring…
Photo by nikko macaspac on Unsplash “I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep” Psalm 121:1-4…
Most of the decisions that have shaped my life have come as a direct result of a friendship. You cannot tell the story of who I am as a man without noting the influence of those who have poured their lives into mine. It was the encouragement of close friends that caused me to pursue…
Graeme Goldsworthy has a tremendous gift for tying the various parts of the biblical story to the metanarrative of the whole Bible. In According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible, Goldsworthy provides an introduction to biblical theology. He attempts to show how the idea of God’s kingdom (God’s people, living in God’s…
The following is excerpted from Paul David Tripp’s devotional book, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional. Discouragement focuses more on the broken glories of creation than on the restoring glories of God’s character, presence, and promises. What captures your mind controls your thoughts and dominates the desires of your heart. Outside of intentional moments…
Father, thank you that you are a God of grace – you give to us what we believe we deserve when in fact we don’t. Thank you that you have saved, rescued, protected us from so many forces of evil around us and you have saved us from ourselves. We wrongly believe we can handle…
Theology Along the Way 