Yesterday, Zondervan Publishing House and Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society) announced plans to revise the NIV in 2011 and discontinue the controversial TNIV. Many conservative evangelicals, and groups like the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) openly opposed the gender neutral translation choices of the TNIV. So to hear this coming from Zondervan [...]
In What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Voddie Baucham Jr. does Christian dads a favor. He challenges them with a biblical vision of Christian courtship; and he cushions his challenge with a clear cut, easy to read, guide for how to think and plan about their daughter’s future marriage.
Baucham realizes [...]
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This is part 2 of an outline from a lesson I gave for my small group, recently. Read part one first.
Submitting to God’s Will in Marriage (1 Pet. 3:1-7) –
Part 2: The Husband
I realize this is a thorny topic for many. I’d like to recommend a couple resources before I continue here. For [...]
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I’m reproducing the outline from a lesson I gave for my small group, recently. I think 1 Peter 3:1-7 is a beautiful passage on marriage that often gets overlooked. Much can be gained from studying just these seven small verses.
Submitting to God’s Will in Marriage (1 Pet. 3:1-7) –
Part 1: The Wife
Introduction
The preceding [...]
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Part 12 in a series of Sunday posts celebrating the glorious Truth we believe as Christians. The readings are quoted from the Elder Affirmation of Faith, of my church, Bethlehem Baptist (Pastor John Piper). I’m doing this because every few weeks our congregational reading is an excerpt from this document, and every time we [...]
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This post finishes my review of Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God, by C.J. Mahaney, which I started here. I highly recommend this book, with but one caveat.
In Mahaney’s eagerness to use Song of Solomon as a Biblical description and instruction of marital intimacy, he falls prey to a wrong approach to interpreting that [...]
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I’m terrible with books. I pick one up and put one down. I start one, two, three and take forever to finish them. I haven’t finished the books showcased on my sidebar yet, and already have begun others. That is the way I am, and I am trying to get better.
Anyway, I recently picked up the [...]
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This past weekend my church (Bethlehem Baptist Church) sponsored a seminar on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It was taught by Dr. Wayne Grudem of Phoenix Seminary. He was influential together with John Piper in the founding of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. I recently added their journal to my sidebar, by the way.
The [...]
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Thanks for the kind words, JJ. What I mean is that because we were ordained to eternal life, we ...
Nicely done, Bob! I think I agree with 95% of it... and I don't usually agree with 95% of ...
Thanks Matt. Good thoughts.
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