In the book ‘Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns’, T. David Gordon questions why being ‘contemporary’ has become the great aim of segments of the present day church, when that aim that has never been shared by any previous generation of the church. Is there a good reason why Johnny and this present generation must junk …
Friends, expository preaching is what you need to be listening for tomorrow. If it’s not what you’re getting on a regular basis, ask your preacher why they’re giving you their thoughts instead of God’s Word. In preparation for Sunday, here’s some lyrics from Shai Linne’s song which is variously titled Expository Preaching or Expositional Preaching …
The ESV Bible Blog (English Standard Version of the Bible) has announced ESV.to. It promises “Simple, short links to your favorite scripture passages in the ESV Bible”. Here’s the blurb from the blog: We have developed a URL shortening service for the ESV Bible: ESV.to. URL shorteners simply convert long addresses into shorter ones (helpful …
For reasons not relevant to this post I was reading the wikipedia article on Brisbane, which noted, among other matters of interest, that the demonym, or preferred title, for a resident of Brisbane is a Brisbanite (preferred to the less popular Brisbanian). I had never read or heard the word demonym before. A person from …
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