Striving for the Unity of the Faith for the Glory of God ~ Eph. 4:3,13; Rom. 15:5-7

fundyreformed on February 14th, 2010

In the last several months, I’ve been working my way through Frank Thielman’s Theology of the New Testament (Zondervan). It is the most readable and enjoyable discussion of theology I have ever seen. I’ll be reviewing it in the near future, but on this Sunday morning I thought I’d share the conclusion to [...]

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For the next few days, I’ll be posting excerpts from Nancy Guthrie’s Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter (Crossway). Join me as I aim to contemplate the cross this passion week.
Today’s meditation is by Tim Keller, from chapter 7 “Knowing the Power of His Resurrection” (pg. 135-136 [...]

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fundyreformed on January 8th, 2009

The last several months, I’ve been enjoying Tabletalk, a monthly devotional magazine from R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries.  There’s a daily reading relevant to a specific passage, a bible reading plan, and several articles related to a specific theme for the month.
This month, the theme is resolutions.  And Stephen Nichols, the author of Jonathan Edwards: A [...]

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fundyreformed on September 2nd, 2008

If you’ve never read one of John Piper’s devotional books, you’re missing out.  The 31 meditations in Pierced by the Word cover a variety of topics — some practical, others theological. From drinking orange juice to battling lust, from thinking about suffering to thinking about politics — each devotional reading stresses the importance of [...]

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fundyreformed on June 10th, 2008

–continuing from part 2.
Justification for “Spiritualizing” the Land Promise
Whenever one starts talking of “spiritualizing” a text, various wrong-headed assumptions abound. Dispensationalists often use this charge to show our disregard for the Biblical text. And sometimes, any honest effort to show metaphorical language in Scripture is met with suspicion — oh so you are [...]

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