What does Jesus On Every Page promise? In 200 pages (plus study questions, references and index) David Murray seeks to provide “an accessible guide to the increasingly popular subject of Jesus in the Old Testament. … [One] that provides sound principles and practical help for the average Christian who wants to explore this important way …
Now it may seem that I have no time for preaching that includes moral commands or draws conclusions about ethical behaviour. That’s not the case. It’s not about imposing the redemptive work of Jesus onto every text, but identifying how each texts relates to the redemptive work of Jesus. There is a difference. From an …
What does Saving Eutycus (Gary Millar and Phil Campbell, Matthias Media, 2013) promise? In 172 focussed and engaging pages Millar and Campbell unpack the book’s subtitle ‘How to preach God’s Word and keep people awake’. What I liked. Everything. Though not a sermon, Saving Eutychus is a wonderful example of practising what it preaches (so …
Tullian Tchividjian warns against reading the Bible as if it about life lessons to be learned from moral exemplars. Rather than heroes, the Bible is full of those who needed to be rescued in spite of themselves. And its lesson is that we need to be (and can be) rescued too. We often read the …
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