Biblical Hermeneutics
This is an informative website dealing with Biblical Hermeneutics. It’s full of articles, journals and web links dealing with history, archaeology, biblical languages, documents and manuscripts, hermeneutical theory and exegesis. Lots of valuable info! http://hermeneutics.kulikovskyonline.net/hermeneutics/hermeneutics.htm 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and
True Christianity
by Vance Havner 1. True Christianity must be vital–it must have life. 2. It must be vocal–it must be an articulate faith. 3. It must be visible–showing up in daily conduct. 4. It ought to be vivid–glowing, not pale and colorless. 5. It ought to be victorious for “…this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (2 John
"There is good biblical evidence that God not only suffered in Christ, but that God in Christ suffers with his people still. . . . It is wonderful that we may share in Christ's sufferings; it is more wonderful still that he shares in ours."
- John R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ"Unless God is on the balance and throws his weight as a counterbalance, we shall sink to the bottom of the scale. If it is not true that God died for us, but only a man died, we are lost. But if God's death and God lie dead in the opposite scale, then his side goes down and we go upward like a light or empty pan. But he could not have sat in the pan unless he became a man like us, so that it could be said: God dead, God's passion, God's blood, God's death."
- Martin Luther, Formula of Concord"It is a good think to learn early that God and suffering are not opposites but rather one and the same thing and necessarily so; for me, the idea that God himself suffers is far and away the most convincing piece of Christian doctrine."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
Suffering
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Political Views from the Pulpit
(USA TODAY, November 2006) While 92% of those who attend worship services at least monthly say clergy discuss hunger and poverty, fewer say they hear about: Abortion 92% Situation in Iraq 53% Laws regarding homosexuals 52% Environment 48% Stem cell research 24% Immigration 21% (Pew Research national telephone survey) 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by
My Students: The Coming Wave in the Church
I get to spend my day-to-day life with the next generation coming along in the church. I see everyday hints at what the church might become in the future. I have my ideas about what they’ll do in and to the church, but I’m not sharing that here. Instead I’ll just list 25 prominent characteristics
This Should Come As No Surprise
An article in USA TODAY, Thursday, March 8, 2007, says “Americans get ‘F’ in religion.” According to Cathy Lynn Grossman, “Sixty percent of Americans can’t name five of the Ten Commandments, and 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were married.” Okay, let’s start there. We can’t name five of the Ten Commandments
Psalms 11-12
Want to Run Away?Psalm 11 Have you ever felt like running away? Then Psalm 11 is what you need. “In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul,’Flee as a bird to your mountain’?” (v. 1). When you feel like flying away and leaving it all, this is the psalm
"Fashion is one of the top issues for teen girls and one of the facets of the larger discussion about sexual purity. Teaching girls to look at their attire through God's perspective is one of those places where the rubber meets the road in both parenting and youth ministry."
- Dannah Gresh commenting in her article, "Fashionable and Modest? Absolutely!"
Sexual Purity
Passion
“If you can talk, you can sing; if you can walk, you can dance.” – African Proverb 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Why, Why, Why?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead? Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
John Phillips Books
– The John Phillips Commentary Series, Kregel Publications – The John Phillips Bible Characters Series, Kregel Publications Both of these series are invaluable resources for pastors and lay leaders alike. Having been out of print, Dr. Phillips’ commentaries are now able to be placed into the hands of a brand new generation of leaders. “I can’t