“Wait and See”
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Month: November 2010
A Way Out (1 Corinthians 10:11–13)
In 1 Corinthians 10:11–13, Paul writes: These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. M. Scott Peck begins The Road Less Traveled with … Continue reading A Way Out (1 Corinthians 10:11–13)
Interview with Andreas J. Kostenberger, Co-author of “The Heresy of Orthodoxy”
Check out my online interview with Andreas J. Kostenberger, co-author of The Heresy of Orthodoxy. If you can’t view the video on this page, go here. Interview with Andreas J. Kostenberger, Co-auth…, posted with vodpod Like the interview? Check out my review! Andreas J. Köstenberger and Michael J. Kruger, The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination with Diversity Has Shaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity (Wheaton, IL: Crossway: 2010). $17.99, 256 pages. In 1934, Walter Bauer published Rechtsgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im Ältesten Christentum, translated into English in 1971 as Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity. Andreas J. Köstenberger and … Continue reading Interview with Andreas J. Kostenberger, Co-author of “The Heresy of Orthodoxy”
A Mother’s Desperate Plea (Mark 7:24-26)
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Four Sinful Behaviors (1 Corinthians 9:6–10)
The Daily Word for 1 Corinthians 9:6-10 will begin after the following book review blurb. ______________________________ Gabe Lyons, The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America (New York: Doubleday, 2010). $19.99, 240 pages. American Christians live in a transitional age. Christian America is dead. American society is increasingly pluralistic, postmodern, and post-Christian. How should American Christians respond to this new cultural reality? To read my complete review of The Next Christians, go here. If you’d like to subscribe to receive my book reviews via email, go here. The subscription will go live when you respond to … Continue reading Four Sinful Behaviors (1 Corinthians 9:6–10)
“The Next Christians” by Gabe Lyons
Gabe Lyons, The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America (New York: Doubleday, 2010). $19.99, 240 pages. American Christians live in a transitional age. Christian America is dead. American society is increasingly pluralistic, postmodern, and post-Christian. How should American Christians respond to this new cultural reality? In The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons sets out to answer this question. He depicts two broad types of Christians interacting with culture: separatist Christians and cultural Christians. Then he proposes a better type: restorers. “I call them restorers,” he writes, “because they envision the world as it was meant to … Continue reading “The Next Christians” by Gabe Lyons
“Thanksgiving Is an Attitude” by Doug Clay
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Eight Terrifying Words (1 Corinthians 10:1–5)
In 1 Corinthians 10:1–5, Paul writes: For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert. I grew up in a Christian home. I … Continue reading Eight Terrifying Words (1 Corinthians 10:1–5)
Rights or Responsibilities? (1 Corinthians 9:24–27)
In 1 Corinthians 8:1–10:11, Paul examines the practice of Christians eating food sacrificed to idols. In the ancient world, people sacrificed animals to the gods. They gave some of the meat to the priests, and they consumed some of the meat in a religious feast at the temple. The priests sold leftover meat in the public market, which was then consumed in private homes. Chapter 8 lays the theological and ethical foundation for Paul’s argument, while chapter 10 builds a house of practical application. At first, chapter 9 appears to be a digression from the main argument, but it is … Continue reading Rights or Responsibilities? (1 Corinthians 9:24–27)
Means and Ends (1 Corinthians 9:19–23)
What would you change about yourself in order to share the gospel with other people? Paul answers that question for himself in 1 Corinthians 9:19–23: Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the … Continue reading Means and Ends (1 Corinthians 9:19–23)
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