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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A Call for "Coronary Christians"

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More memorable words from John Piper, in another of his devotionals, Life As a Vapor : I am glad for adrenaline; I suspect it gets me thro...
Monday, March 08, 2010

The Art of the Book Pile

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As we age we discover we have become adept at many esoteric things. One of my gifts is apparently the ability to create good book piles. (An...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010

Contemplating Your Navel or Thoughts on Biblical Application

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Most of us are familiar with the three primary steps of Bible study: 1. Observation (author, recipient, when written, why written, key word...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

A Lesson from the Olympics

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Like most of you, I have been feasting on the Olympics this past week. Since Colin has been home sick, we have even seen some of the competi...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Feeding on the Trivial

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Often if you ask someone for their most recent edifying read or what they've been studying in their Bible, you'll hear how they'...
Friday, January 08, 2010

The Battle for a God-Honoring Mind

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The following excerpt is from a devotion by John Piper entitled "Passion for Purity Versus Passive Prayer". [ FBCers ... you will ...
Friday, January 01, 2010

Encourage One Another

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Tim recently posted a  funny song by some Bible students about the advantage of knowing Koine Greek. It's not that we don't have go...
Monday, December 07, 2009

The Work of the Holy Spirit

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John Piper had some interesting insights into the work of the Holy Spirit, whose role in the Trinity is often misunderstood. He writes... ...
Saturday, December 05, 2009

Travels: Curved Stairways

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The architecture of Paris is stunning. I could spend a month just walking around appreciating the intricate architectural beauty of the city...
Friday, December 04, 2009

Advent: Tabernacled Among Us

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Now that December is here, I've started reading through a series of writings and sermons centered upon the 1st Advent of Christ. I thou...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Cup

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The last few years I've been teaching mostly from the OT. One result has been an increasing understanding of NT allusions to OT concept...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Therefore, Be Reconciled

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I have had so many "aha" moments in Bible Study this week I'm dizzy! It never ceases to amaze me how long I can carry a wrong...
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Monday, November 09, 2009

Learning to Read Scripture in Context

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"To read a passage of Scripture in context is simply to read it with a sense of its place in the whole. This is, on the one hand, one ...
Friday, October 16, 2009

A Fascination with Hiroshige's Prints

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Recently "Chronicle" featured a NH artist who created a series of woodblock prints inspired by the style of the well-known Jap...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Your Piece of the Local Assembly Puzzle

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I love the wisdom in Ray Ortlund's recent blog. I think we must have a driving passion for serving in our local assembly, because God h...

Not Everyone Who "Says"

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I've been reading through Jeremiah this week and am struck by two things. First, I noticed that I understood it a lot better than I h...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

OWN a Book

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Tim Challies recently had the good sense to quote one of my favorite passages from a book I have long loved called, "How to Read a Book...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Importance of Context: Morals-Driven vs Gospel-Driven Living

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Probably one of the most common problems we face when studying a NT epistle is our desire to "skip ahead" to the "Applicati...
Friday, August 14, 2009

The Word Pictures of Thomas Watson

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One of the books I'm currently reading is Expository Preaching with Word Pictures: With Illustrations from the Sermons of Thomas Watson...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

"Boredom" & Life Expectations

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As many of my teen friends will attest, there are few phrases that raise my hackles as quickly as the words, "I'm bored".  It...
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