Bible Art James 1-5 Be doers of the Word and not hearers only
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Book Review – Warren, R,. The Purpose Driven Church
The purpose driven church provides a method of organising and running a local church. It defines five purposes which are intended to work together, synergistically to facilitate church growth and evangelism. Link: Amazon Length: 400 [ Read More … ]
Book Review – Wright, N.T., The Day the Revolution Began
This book is NT Wright’s narrative theology applied to the doctrine of the atonement. It is comparable to John Stotts, Cross of Christ in some respects with the key difference that Wright favours the Christus [ Read More … ]
Book Review – Thomas, M., Paul’s Works of the Law in the Perspective of Second Century Reception
The interpretation of Paul’s expression ‘justification by faith apart from works of law’ has had a profound effect on church history. This is why books addressing the historical continuity of the expression’s interpretation are valuable [ Read More … ]
Book Review – Campbell, T., The Gospel in Christian Traditions
This is a great book on how the Christian gospel has been understood through Church History. It’s basically a must read for people buffeted by popular understandings of the gospel which sadly are unmoored from [ Read More … ]
Book Review – Goldingay, J., Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures
John Goldingay is a well known and respected Old Testament scholar. This book titled ‘Biblical Theology, The God of the Christian Scriptures’ is a distillation of many years of accumulated knowledge and teaching. The sheer [ Read More … ]
Simply – Are Christians Sinners or Saints?
Christians in some church circles are pressured by their teachers to self-identify as ‘sinners’. This practice ought to make us ask questions about the identity of Christians. This is a topic which touches upon biblical [ Read More … ]
Word Study – ‘Flesh’
Did you know the noun ‘sarcasm’ literally means to ‘rip the flesh off a person’? This word study is on the Greek noun σάρξ which is transliterated as sarx. In the ESV translation it is [ Read More … ]
Book Review – Jones, M., Christian’s Pocket Guide to Good Works and Rewards
This ‘pocket guide’ gives an argument for doing good works in order to be rewarded by God from a reformed perspective. I imagine this is as close as a reformed minister will get to speaking [ Read More … ]
Word Study – ‘Pleasing’
This word study on ‘please’ will highlight the scriptures teaching on the concept of pleasing God and show the desire to please God in our actions is a reflection of a believing heart in right [ Read More … ]