Honoring your father and mother – when are you old enough to stop?
Occasionally you’ll run across the idea that while a young person is a child, he is required to obey; when he matures, he should honor his parents; then when he moves out and is no longer at home, he really doesn’t need his parents’ input or approval on his decisions.
What is the gospel?
A helpful observation that applies to preaching with authority and to the lordship salvation question:
Why a fig tree?
I recently received a question from a new convert about John 1.43-51:
OT-NT Parallels and Infant Baptism
In his “Reformed View” chapter in Understanding Four Views on Baptism, Richard Pratt says,
Faith: Defined or Described?
Regarding Hebrews 11.1, I found this passage in Paul Ellingworth’s commentary on Hebrews helpful:
Who Crucified Christ?
In the most direct sense, the Roman soldiers crucified Jesus. They mocked and struck him (Mt. 27.29-30); they beat the crown of thorns into his scalp (Jn. 19.2); they drove the spikes through his wrists and ankles (Mk. 15.24); they pierced his side to be certain that he had died (Jn. 19.34). The soldiers were the ones who did “the dirty work” (Acts 2.23) but they were obeying orders.
God of Mercy
]Last night, SoundForth presented its latest CD in the Bible Conference premiere concert. God of Mercy is an excellent collection of new and old hymns sung and played by the BJU Singers & Orchestra.Restitution & Justice
A difficult issue to deal with in Old Testament theology is the alarming frequency with which the death penalty is commanded in the Pentateuchal law. For instance, in Exodus 21-23, capital punishment is the judgment mandated for crimes like murder, assault & battery on one’s parents, kidnapping, cursing one’s parents, allowing one’s animal to kill a person, bestiality, sorcery, and idolatry. Other crimes like ordinary assault, involuntary manslaughter, tort, theft, negligence, statutory rape and oppression require financial restitution.
God Himself Is With Us
Scott Aniol of Religious Affections Ministries recently released a CD of vocal solos and duets called God Himself Is With Us. This CD of worship music focuses on what God has done to save sinners and how saved sinners should respond to God. As a whole, the music is meditative and clear; the arrangements quietly complement the thought-provoking texts.Amillennialism – my thoughts. Tentatively.
On my post about the amilllennial eschatology webcast, a commenter asked for my thoughts on amillennialism. Really, that webcast was my first real exposure to hearing about amilliennialism from amilliennialists. So my thoughts here are accordingly tentative.