Trevin Wax describes nine false Gospels he considered before selecting six to focus on in his new book, Counterfeit Gospels. Therapeutic Gospel: Sin robs us of our sense of fullness. Christ’s death proves our worth as humans and gives us power to reach our potential. The church helps us find happiness. Formalist Gospel: Sin is …
Ligon Duncan is embarking upon a preaching series on Philippians at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson USA. The FPCJ blog is featuring a companion series of posts on Duncan’s gleanings in Philippians. If you are interested you can subscribe to the blog. Here’s the series introduction as a sample. Gleanings in Philippians: Solid Joys and Lasting …
In the introductory section of his new commentary on Micah (EP Books, 2010) Dale Ralph Davis illustrates the problems of scholarly study and commentary on Old (and New) Testament texts. I can’t think of anyone whose commentaries and sermons produce so many laugh out loud moments from someone who doesn’t tell jokes. Davis just has …
One sentence summaries of the whole Bible provided by pastors and scholars. Here’s Doug Wilson’s contribution: Scripture tells us the story of how a Garden is transformed into a Garden City, but only after a dragon had turned that Garden into a howling wilderness, a haunt of owls and jackals, which lasted until an appointed …
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