Just Do Something

Kevin DeYoung enters the fray with a book about the will of God in which he makes pains to keep the Scriptures as the source of its authority. The full title, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will, adequately describes the overall thrust of the work – that the typical approach to …

God Has Something to Say

Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17 … A fellow minister recently gave several of us on a Face Book page a challenge, “How would you finish this sentence? You should read the Bible because …” One can imagine the answers: “… the Scriptures are a record of salvation history;” “… they tell us about the work of …

The Divine-Human Encounter

Written by Professor Emil Brunner, The Divine-Human Encounter is the record of a series of lectures given by the Professor from Sweden in 1937. The edition in hand was published in 1943 by the Westminster Press with the translation performed by Amandus W. Loos. As with other works translated from the original language, there are …

Jesus is the Reason

Read 1 Timothy 3:16 … In a special letter written to his spiritual son Timothy, Paul makes what appears to be a theologically laden statement that expresses some deep and abiding truths about God. Often, in the newer translations, the latter part of 1 Timothy 3:16 is set off in what looks like a poem …

“This is Paul – Signing Off”

Read 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 … Interpersonal correspondence – letters – in the 1st century had a form, just like letters sent in today’s society have a form. Business letters to a colleague do not look or have the same function as a personal letter to friend. Yet while this is true, of both 1st century …

Why We Stayed

The full title, Why We Stayed: Honesty and Hope in the Churches of Christ, well describes the overall thrust of the work. The book is a series of essays written by various ministers and scholars, edited by Benjamin J. Williams, and seeks to present the reasons that these various men opted to stay in the …

A Consideration of the Universalist View of Eternity

Introduction Although considered the orthodox position in the Church, some have taken the theology of hell from eternal conscious torment toward a transitional existence where those present suffer only a long as they continue to refuse the overwhelming love of God and the message of the Gospel. For these theologians and philosophers, the ultimate condition …

In the Manner of the Chapel

Read Colossians 3:16 … More than once I’ve been asked the question, “What do you think about music in the Church?” My stock answer, “I love it!” Music seems to be an integral part of the human experience. Music is a mnemonic device used to help children learn. Music is the avenue thru which we …