Monthly Archives: May 2013

No one in his right mind would admit to it, but it is there nonetheless. In fact, it is there in epidemic numbers. The church is full of people who are embarrassed by God. Sure, there are parts of Him … Continue reading →

From Sam Waldron’s review of Barry Horner’s book Future Israel: Why Christians Anti-Judaism Must Be Challenged: 1. Racist Hermeneutics? The first thing that comes to mind when one reads these chapters is the surprise that hermeneutics could be Anti-Judaic. One … Continue reading →

From his new book Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative: In my second year at Dallas Seminary I took a course in the Greek exegesis of Ephesians. One of the requirements for the class was an exegetical paper on a particular … Continue reading →

At the very heart of the real Christian missionary message is the conviction that every individual hearer to whom the missionary goes is in deadly peril, and that unless the message is heeded he is without hope in this world … Continue reading →

Many of us were taught to read and comprehend documents according to a self-centered methodology that assumed that all literature is dynamic. We were taught to ask questions like, “What’s in this for me?” or “How am I to understand … Continue reading →

But the one area of his proposed methodology where I believe Kaiser will receive the most interaction from his critics (and with which I personally would plead that the Church must not follow Kaiser) is his insistence in many places … Continue reading →

From the Fear of God: That alternative is used by Jesus to arouse men to fear. “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him, which is able to … Continue reading →

From the Gospel And Modern Substitutes:  “I am not ashamed of the gospel” (Romans 1:16). PAUL was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, but a good many people nowadays are ashamed of it. At least the Epistle to the … Continue reading →

It is not, therefore, at all derogatory to the doctrine of justification that it uses the language of a court of law; for a court of law represents—in obscure fashion, it is true—a fact in the being of God. Men … Continue reading →