Robert, Restless and Always Reforming

To close out his Next 2010 conference message, “The Church,” Kevin DeYoung gave a list of suggestions for how to be a difference maker in the local church. Many times people criticize and are quick to ridicule the church, even those who are in the chuch audience attending. Jesus did not start any seminaries, libraries, synagogues, [...]

Most systems of religion in the world affirm the existence of the historical Jesus in one fashion or another. Though the majority of them deny or modify the Divinity of Christ to fit there teachings. This is was most evident when i was looking at one of Ghandi‘s written works titled What Jesus Means to Me (Ahmedabud: [...]

I was reading today and came across this quote from Calvin which greatly refreshed me on this day. It stirs in me religious affections for Jesus the Christ who is the believer’s great reward. As lovers of Christ we should delight in the thought of eternal life with our Lord and that no pleasure on earth [...]

God, Evil, and Innocent Suffering: A Theological Reflection by John E. Thiel. Thiel, professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University, offers a new look at a classic problem, a theological alternative to traditional theodicies. In the book he is critical of the classic Augustinian tradition and how most major theodicies deny the reality of innocent [...]

  J.D. Greear: We can preach against pursuing the American dream, but until we deal with why we are held captive to it, our sermons will not produce permanent, lasting change. Like a moth to a flame, our hearts will be drawn back to the lure of the dream. The definition of the American dream, [...]

I just finishing reading the first volume in the Theology in Community series by Crossway titled Suffering and the Goodness of God by Christopher W. Morgan (Editor) and Robert Peterson (Editor). Contributors include: Robert W. Yarbrough, Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Daniel G. McCartney, John M. Frame, William Edgar, David B. Calhoun, and John S. Feinberg. This [...]

One of my favorite books in the Bible is the epistle to the Romans by Paul. John Piper calls it “The greatest letter every written”. So in that I enjoyed reading the book Reading Romans through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl Barth by Timothy Larsen (Editor), Jeffrey Greenman (Editor).   Romans which [...]

”Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure”  -Isaiah 46:10- “Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.” –Psalm:135:6-   “He is the [...]

  The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther is a treatise translated from German to English by Susanna Winkworth was which was believed to have been written in the mid 14th century by an anonymous author. In 1516 Martin Luther discovered and published this work by an anonymous fourteenth-century German author who focuses on the “divine [...]

Here’s a video of Matt Chandler, preaching for the 20/20 Collegiate Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Feb. 5, 2010). He defines the gospel and its implications from Colossians 1:13-23. Chandler challenges us to clearly define the Gospel. As many times teaching on the Gospel in the church is not tackled clearly unstead it becomes the victom [...]