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As I flip through my Bible looking for the book of Soils, chapter 2 and 3....

Wayne Grudem, in his book against Free Grace Theology, turns to the Reformers when he defends (what he won't call) Lordship Salvation. The historic Protestant position has often been summarized in a brief sentence: We are justified by faith alone, but the faith that justifies is never alone...

I worked in a physicians office with 7 cardiologists doing nuclear stress tests. I got paid about half of what I might have made if I worked in a hospital. But it was close to home, no weekends or holidays or nights, oh, and free parking! I liked what I did (a solid mix of routine and challenge...

Lord, watch over Old Sarge this week. Bless both he and his family with peace, knowing he’s in your care. Bless the surgical team and hospital staff as they watch over him. Open THEIR hearts to the good news of Jesus Christ. Help Sarge to heal quickly without complications so he may continue to...

So lets get down to where the rubber meets the road. Grudem states that Free Grace Theology diminishes the gospel Those that follow FGT proclaim that it magnifies the gospel. How do the different positions affect the average Christian? >>> Would there be a different response if a FG church...

Like I said, "...there are extremes at both ends of the debate". Repentance has been understood in many various ways in history. In the early church repentance was linked with baptism (baptism being a symbol of the new life given in repentance [Acts 2:38]. Calvin and Luther saw repentance as a...

Wayne Grudem wrote a book a few years back, "Free Grace" Theology: 5 Ways' it Diminishes the Gospel. I often recommend Grudem's Systematic Theology Text (I still do), but with this book he failed to live up to his standard. At the start, Grudem distances himself from the term, "Lordship...

As with every faction, there are extremes at both ends of the debate. There are some outspoken proponents of “free grace theology” that have taken their theology too far, But then there are also those proponents of “Lordship Salvation” that have jumped the shark. I’m somewhere in the middle...

Sure glad that I’m not a woman, I hear that only SOME of them are chosen. [/sarcasm] Rob

1. A basic Study Bible, (not a speciality study Bible, like a Men's Study Bible or the like). 2. A 'How to Study the Bible' book, such as Gorden Fee's, "How to Read the Bible for All it's Worth", Howard Hendrick,s "Living By The Book" or for mature believers, Scott Duvall's "Grasping God's...

I’m at Living Waters Bible Camp along the Grand Lake at Weston, Maine. No TV, spotty internet, but good singing and preaching. And the fireworks show last night was spectacular! Rob

I’d presume you asked the question because you wanted to know whether it would be worth your while to spend time learning one. The truth is that the translators of our bibles do a very good job at their task. You probably will not have any grand epiphanies learning them but it will change how...

Yeah, yeah, but then WHY is it right? Rob

I found a few interesting books in the collection. I've already mentioned one in an earlier post: The Resultant Greek Testament by Richard Francis Weymouth (1892, a first edition!) And I found a signed copy of a text by J.B. Phillips (a notable early dynamic equivalence/paraphrase...

Regarding the Hebrew word, Mishnah, translated "college" in 2 Kgs 22:14 = 2 Chr 34:22 of the AV: The Hebrew word mišneh, means “second,” "...but it can also have the nuance of “expansion/increase as a result of doubling”; thus one could translate mišneh as “annex”' Herion, Gary A. 1992...

Basements tend to be rather humid... a bad place to store books. I've had quite a few people drop off books... I may keep 3 or 4, the rest get piled on my give-a-way table. Rob

I’m enjoying working with LibraryThing & TinyCat. The TinyCat site is developing daily as I tag and categorize the books. I even added the church’s logo this morning. So far I haven’t had to pay for it but as soon as I go public with it there will be a small charge ($6-8 dollars a month). I’ve...

Reminiscences Of The Life And Labor Of A. D. Gillette By His Friends And Associates: Horatio Gates Jones, Thomas Armitage, R. S. MacArthur, And George W. Samson [Amazon link] Paperback Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kessinger Publishing Publication date: ‎ September 10, 2010 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1162995203 ISBN-13...

One of my field trips was to scout out the local library... looking for ideas. Unfortunately, local libraries (even here in the Bible Belt) are focused on things antithetical to godly living. MY CHURCH LIBRARY PHILOSOPHY parallels the pastor's: To cultivate a space of wisdom, exploration, and...

Does your church have a library? How is it organized? Who runs or maintains it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently joined a congregation and was given the responsibility of organizing their library of about 2000 books. It's probably been 10 years since anyone took an interest in the books...