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Book Review – Reeves, Chester., Why the Reformation still matters

2018-05-272018-05-28Josh

This book gives a broad outline of reformation history, theology and practice in comparison with medieval Roman Catholic theology. The polemical (Reformed vs. Catholic) content of this book comes off a bit haughty at times [ Read More … ]

Book Review – Murray, D., Reset – Living a Grace Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

2018-04-222024-02-04Josh

Burnout is a very real issue in the lives of people who work hard and devote many years of their lives to ministry, not in the least full-time ministers. Burnout can rob people of joy, [ Read More … ]

From Peter Enns: Romans for Normal People

2018-04-172018-04-17Josh

“If I can put that little bit differently the book of Romans, to use theological language, the book of Romans is not about soteriology–how you get saved. It’s about ecclesiology. Ecclesiology means the church and [ Read More … ]

From Peter Enns: Is There Resurrection from the Dead in the Old Testament?

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In this post Peter Enns interacts with OT and an apocryphal passages dealing with resurrection. (I’ve already blogged previously on the beliefs of the Pharisees, which include resurrection from the dead). These passages include: Dan [ Read More … ]

From Babylon Bee: Calvinist corrects Pastors theology

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Calvinist Comes Forward During Altar Call To Correct Pastor’s Theology While visiting his parents’ church over the weekend, local Calvinist Maurice Johnson reportedly came forward for the altar call in order to bluntly confront the [ Read More … ]

Book Review – DeSilva, D.A., Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture

2018-02-052018-02-18Josh

This book greatly helps its readers to understand the dominant cultural influences on the early church and serves as an excellent set of lenses by which to to interpret the New Testament. I recommend this [ Read More … ]

From TGCA: Are You Good Enough for God?

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Over at TGCA Andrew Moody is displaying an example of a selective reading of scripture. I think this will only turn people further away from the biblical truth about the identity and behaviour of those [ Read More … ]

From Babylon Bee: Convicted By Clear Teaching Of Scripture, Local Man Decides Scripture Is Unclear

2018-01-052018-01-05Josh

HOT SPRINGS, AR—After being convicted by the clear teaching of Scripture with regards to certain aspects of his deeply ingrained theological and political worldview, local man Lenny Barton took to his social media accounts to [ Read More … ]

Book Review – Gilbert, G., What is the Gospel? (9Marks)

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During the reformation Luther ‘discovered’ or should I say created a brand new understanding of the gospel through his reading of Romans 1-4. In this book – ‘What is the Gospel?’, Gilbert outlines the same [ Read More … ]

Book Review – Wright, NT., Paul Fresh Perspectives

2017-12-022018-02-02Josh

This small book is an excellent summary of NT Wright’s take on Paul’s theology. In it you will get a breakdown of key elements in Paul’s theology. It has all the elements one would expect [ Read More … ]

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