Thursday, April 04, 2013

The Vision (4/4/13): The Mighty Power of God

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Note:   I preached Sunday from Luke 9:37-45 on Jesus’ healing of a demon possessed boy on the day after experiencing the glory of the tr...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Video of the Week: "Is She Crazy?! Mary James: The Preacher Lady of Riverdale"

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  I recently ran across the short film Is She Crazy?!   Mary James:   The Preacher Lady of Riverdale , winner of “Best US Documentary S...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Vision (3/28/13): Seasonal Thoughts

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I was thinking of writing an article for this Vision reflecting on the upcoming Easter weekend, but then I thought it might be more wor...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Text Note: Luke 9:35

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The issue: When the divine voice speaks from the cloud at the transfiguration, what does it say? According to the traditional text, t...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Did the transfiguration take place about eight days after Jesus’ passion teaching (so Luke 9:28) or six days after (so Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2)?

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Note:   When preparing to preach last Sunday on Luke’s account of the Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36), I ran across an apparent discrepanc...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Vision (3/21/13): Luke 9:23: The Call to Discipleship

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Note:   LastSunday’s sermon was based on one of the most powerful teachings of our Lord on the topic of discipleship found in the Script...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Markan Priority, The Modern Critical Text, and Evolution

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Here’s one more follow up from David Black’s Why Four Gospels? (Energion, 2001, 2010): In reflecting on how the theory of Markan pr...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Vision (3/14/13): The Ministry of Invitation and an Upcoming Opportunity

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As I read through the New Testament I am struck by the numerous references to what we might call “the ministry of invitation.”   What is...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Book Note: The Synoptic Problem and David Alan Black's "Why Four Gospels?"

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  David Alan Black, Why Four Gospels?   The Historical Origins of the Gospels , Second Edition (Energion, 2001, 2010):   106 pp. ...
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Sermon of the Week: Andy Rice on "Every man perfect in Christ"

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Last Sunday Andy Rice preached a powerful message at CRBC from Colossians 1:24-29.  Andy and his wife Beth are raising support to go to s...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

The Vision (3/7/13): A. W. Tozer on "The Menace of the Religious Movie"

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Image:  A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)   This past week I’ve had a couple of people ask me what I think about the new History Channel min...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

"The New Calvinists" Website

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A friend recently pointed me to this website hosted by E S. Williams (and friends) offering a critique of "New Calvinism." ...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Vision (2/28/13): Jairus: An Example for Christian Parents

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Note:   In one of the closing applications from last Sunday’s sermon from Luke 8:41-56 I urged us to consider Jairus as an example of h...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Calvin on the Four Gospels

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The evangelical history, related by four witnesses divinely appointed, is justly compared to a chariot drawn by four horses:   for by ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

The Vision (2/21/13): Are you passionate?

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Note:   This article appeared as a blog post back on January 5, 2013 on the Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog .   Theologian James Reniha...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

New "Reformed Baptist Trumpet"

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  I just sent out the latest issue of The Reformed Baptist Trumpet (Vol. 3. No. 4), the quarterly e-journal of the Reformed Baptist Fe...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Do we pray for revival? One man says, "No."

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I recently ran across Herman Hanko’s article Ought the Church to Pray for Revival? ( read it online here ) while reading through the ano...