The latest uploaded article has a second part to it that I will now publish. Last time, the section was on the nature of the gospel. Today’s portion narrows in on what we are to do now that we know more about the topic. Gospel work is so important; in fact, God commands us to be involved in it! Listen to the words of Jesus and allow your mind to ponder them as...
Yesterday was the six-year anniversary of Micah’s home-call. As each year goes by, it never fails to amaze me how quickly, yet sometimes also slowly, time can pass. A few days ago, I heard the sad news of John MacArthur’s home-call. Death is something that we all must face if the Lord does not come in our lifetime. The world tries to dampen death’s severity by perhaps calling it a different name or...
This entry is in the series A Christian Approach to HistoryThe world contains few historians, and those who are men of history are usually leaders as a result. People with the wisdom of the past drive generations into the future. The greatest men are rarely original thinkers so much as they are intelligent in extrapolating value from the generations before them. Our ignorance of history often makes us useless for life because we repeat history’s...
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Contemplating and Studying GodTheologians use the term theology proper to designate the study of God’s Being, as opposed to the broader theology which encompasses all of Scripture’s revelation. It is theology in its truest and most important sense because it is specifically the study of God. As such, it has a few distinctive areas of study, which we will look at with some modification: The...
The Word of God The Bible is composed of 66 books, written by over 40 authors, over a period of over 1,500 years. It is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament, the Old Testament being God’s progressive revelation of Himself leading up to Christ (John 5:39 / Hebrews 1:1-2), the New Testament being God’s explicit record of His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:1-3 / Ephesians 2:20). Scripture describes itself as being...
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Knowing God“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; the number of His years is unsearchable.” These words come from Job 36, and they represent man’s ancient understanding of God. The theologian may come along at this point and inform us that God’s revelation of Himself is progressive, meaning Elihu’s statement was not absolute but rather anticipated a day when we would know...
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