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In: Bible, Culture, Mutualist • Egalitarian

I wanted to capture here a brilliant and extremely helpful response to the ongoing debate between complementarians and egalitarians by Andrew Bartlett. Tom Schreiner is a cherished NT scholar and an ardent defender of male leadership in the home, the church, and the world. Prestonread more ➜

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In: Bible, Catholic, Evangelism, Gospel, Reviews

It’s widely known that since Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation (1517) a great controversy divided the Catholic Church, and the result was the beginning of the Protestant movement. The crux of that controversy was, and still is, the gospel story and how one entersread more ➜

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In: Bible, Reviews, Theology

When I saw this was going to be published, the title piqued my interest. After all, I thought, learning about the emotional life of Jesus was of great interest to me. Since Warfield’s classic The Emotional Life of our Lord, not much has been published in thisread more ➜

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In: Acts, Bible, Reviews

Despite its small stature and few pages (‘small’ and ‘few’ compared to most of Wright’s works!), The Challenge of Acts: Rediscovering What the Church Was and Is turned out to be a challenging read. Although the Preface indicates a “bird’s-eye view” is on offer, there’s a senseread more ➜

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In: Bible, Evangelism, Gospel, Luke

This past Sunday, January 26, our rector, Rev. Dr. John Yates III, of Holy Trinity Anglican Church preached a sermon that was a clear and insightful presentation of the glorious good news of the Christian faith from Luke 18 and 19. I encourage everyone toread more ➜

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In: Bible, Eschatology, Revelation, Reviews

I’m a fan of the Grove Biblical series published in the UK and have several volumes, all of which have been helpful and insightful. Even with postage across the pond, they’re an excellent value in summing important topics and great doctrines of the Christian faith (PDF versionsread more ➜

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In: Bible, Philippians

Chapter 4 includes the following themes: Like-mindedness, rejoicing, selflessness, pray instead of being anxious, think holy thoughts, be content. This final passage concludes with Christian gratitude and courtesy. Gratitude Expressed (4:14-20) Gratitude for Their Partnership Paul is thankful to the Philippians, not only for theread more ➜

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In: Bible, Philippians

Paul gets back to one of the main reasons for writing the Philippians: Thanking them for their gifts. He has just exhorted his readers to be anxious for nothing (4:1-19). Now he demonstrates exactly what that means by modeling contentment in all circumstances. Paul’s Contentmentread more ➜