The year is coming to a close, and what a year it?s been. Here are some highlights from the Lexham Press blog in 2015. We launched this blog right at the end of the previous year with a free book for Christmas. We celebrated the birthday of Reformed theologian Geerhardus Vos?and we had pi! Richard
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Abraham Kuyper on Adam, Noah & the Church
Noah became in fact the second progenitor of the human race; not that he replaced Adam, since Noah himself was the fruit of human procreation, as God had not directly formed Noah by his own hand. Noah inherited his nature and character from his parents and grandparents, which had not been the case with Adam.
Read morePreach Excellently with the Right Tools
Good contextualization is critical to communicating the message of the Bible. But good contextualization is hard work. It requires intimate knowledge of both Scripture and the audience that you?re trying to reach.?God?s Word is always contextual. Scripture is fixed, but its application is not. In his new book, Excellent Preaching, Craig Bartholomew helps pastors shape
Read moreGod’s Gift of Common Grace
Common Grace is the concept that, despite the sinfulness and depravity of the world, God has blessed all of creation and everyone?whether or not they are numbered among the believers. Flowing from God?s mercy and good purposes for the world, Common Grace mitigates the effects of sin and offers to the world evidence of God?s
Read moreGod?s Love in the Midst of Our Darkness (An Advent Devotional)
Today?s guest post was written by Dan Bush, co-author with Noel Due of Embracing God as Father: Christian Identity in the Family of God and the upcoming Live in Liberty: The Spiritual Message of Galatians.?To discuss this and other pieces Dan has written please join his group on Faithlife. Suggested readings: Romans 13:8?14 and Matthew
Read moreMark Alan Bowald on the Ethos, Logos & Pathos of Scripture
Contemporary hermeneutics, including biblical hermeneutics, are held hostage to the myths of principles and to a ?text versus reader? framework. This is reinforced by lingering investments in distinctly modern notions of objectivity that emerge from and are dependent upon an essentially deistic worldview. The perceived gap between us and the source of meaning, the human
Read moreAnticipating the Birth of Jesus
The following excerpts come from today?s reading in Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide through Advent?and 300 Christmas Quotations and Prayers?(both 50% off during Advent). Tuesday: Luke 1:68?79 (Part 2) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and has redeemed his people, and has raised up a horn
Read moreThe Arrival of the Son of Man
The following excerpts come from today?s reading in Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide through Advent?and 300 Christmas Quotations and Prayers (both 50% off during Advent). Friday: Luke 21:25?36 (Part 2) The Arrival of the Son of Man ?And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress
Read morePreparing for the Advent of Christ
The following excerpts come from today?s reading in Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide through Advent?and 300 Christmas Quotations and Prayers (both 50% off during Advent). Tuesday: Psalm 25:1?10 To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my
Read moreThe Complete Library To Date from Lexham Press 75% Off!
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