Split Personality: After a dispute over the land Abram says to his nephew: “Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee….Is not the whole land before thee” (Genesis 13:8-9). But in the following chapter we see the same self-deprecating Abram, after hearing of his nephew’s kidnapping, do the following valiant acts: … More SPLIT PERSONALITY
For the longest time, I’ve contemplated how to preach Genesis 39 while staying faithful to the authorial intention of the text (what the author meant by what he said). I’ve heard countless sermons on “The Joseph Principle” and how to flee sexuality immorality like he did in this passage. However, I was always skeptical because … More Hermeneutics, Sexual Purity, and Genesis 39
Share this with anyone who is (or will be) married to a shepherd. If I was a young woman, and was thinking of being married, I would not marry a minister, because the position of minister’s wife is a very difficult one for anyone to fill. Churches do not give a married minister two salaries, … More Spurgeon: Marrying the Pastor
“If you try to minister to people without a solid knowledge of God’s Word and an ability to apply it to human needs, you are worse than a physician who treats people in medical ignorance. Worse, because the consequences can be eternal” (pg. 12). – John Frame in Studying Theology As A Servant of Jesus
“One great danger of idols is that we try to fill our souls with what cannot satisfy, and then in our loneliness, questions and despair we wonder where God is. We were created for fellowship with God, and apart from that communion we are lost. Theology is about life, and it is not a conversation … More An Idol Life
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