Archive for April, 2007

Top ten quotes from Biblical narratives

April 30, 2007

These are in no particular order. 
1.  Nathan then said to David, “You are the man!”
2.  “Let my people go!”
3.  Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
4.  “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, [...]

Law and Grace

April 30, 2007

Did the OT Law (the Torah) actually teach that someone can earn God’s favor? 
Did the OT Law teach that someone needs to be absolutely perfect into order to be saved?

Shelley’s play

April 27, 2007

Here’s a picture from the last play that Shelley was in–Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw.

This week

April 27, 2007

This has been a pretty busy week.  Early in the week I went to the Berean Pastor’s Conference at Camp Maranatha in North Platte, NE.  I brought my father-in-law, who’s a pastor in Colorado, along for the ride.  It was a pretty good conference.   My pastor Dan Williams shared at the conference some really good [...]

Chesterton on Revelation

April 21, 2007

I hear a pretty funny quote by G.K. Chesterton about the book of Revelation.
 ”St. John saw many strange things in his Revelation, but nothing as strange as his interpreters.”

Resurrection of the Son of God 3

April 17, 2007

So far I have to conclude that this is NT Wright’s best book.  I love it.  His coverage is vast, yet he doesn’t get off topic.  It’s amazing how the resurrection keeps coming up lately in my life (no pun intended, honestly).  Just the other day Shelley was talking with a co-worker about the Discovery channel’s [...]

William Lane Craig

April 17, 2007

Justin Taylor gave a link on his blog to Bill Craig’s new site.  I found a section with a whole bunch of mp3’s by Craig.  I’m going to listen to the one of middle knowledge. 

The Bible as literature

April 13, 2007

Justin Taylor posted on his blog a link for a new ESV literary Bible.  This Bible will have some great features.  Too bad that it still has verse numbers. 

Resurrection of the Son of God 2

April 13, 2007

Well, I’m slowly working my way through Wright’s book on the resurrection.  It’s a really good book.  I might have to talk about the resurrection for youth group in the near future. 

funny stuff on Proverbs

April 11, 2007

Ben Witherington has this post on Proverbs.  Check it out it’s pretty humorous.