Leadership books line bookstore shelves and continually pop up on best-seller lists. But is modern society?s fascination with leadership causing followers to miss out? What if you desire to meaningfully contribute to your organization as a follower, with no aspirations for leadership? Where?s the book for you? Allen Hamlin Jr?s Embracing Followership: How to Thrive
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Was Jesus? Resurrection Prophesied?
On the road to Emmaus, Jesus says: ?O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ suffer these things and enter into his glory?? (Luke 24:25?26 LEB). But what prophecy is Jesus referencing from ?the prophets?? Most likely?the suffering servant in Isaiah.
Read moreCelebrate Vos’ “Rich Meditation” on the Scriptures
Today’s guest post was written by Daniel Robbins, associate pastor of Christ Church in Bellingham, WA. He originally wrote this review of Geerhardus Vos’?Reformed Dogmatics?for the student journal at Covenant Theological Seminary. Vos? Reformed Dogmatics spans five volumes: Theology Proper, Anthropology, Christology, Soteriology, and the fifth covering Ecclesiology, the Means of Grace and Eschatology. While
Read moreSet Your Mind on the Things of God
Ash Wednesday Confession: Psalm 51:1?4 Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and from my sin cleanse me. For I myself know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, only you, I
Read moreCraig Bartholomew on the Heart of Biblical Religion
The possibilities and challenge of application in preaching are summed up in the phrase, ?Land the plane!? I owe this provocative metaphor comparing a sermon to flying a plane to my friend, colleague, and rector, Ray David Glenn. It is not unusual for us to discuss in the days leading up to a Sunday how
Read morePaul’s Passionate Defense of the Gospel in Galatians
To journey into the book of Galatians is to venture into a hostile and confused mob, where outbursts of anger, jealousy, and bitterness are vented in a chaotic cacophony. One voice cuts through the bedlam??Back to the gospel.? All stop to listen, but will all hear? That voice is Paul?s, and his announcement is broadcast
Read moreOne Small Change, One Big Difference
The Big Picture Surveys taken within the past decade show that three-fourths of Americans believe in the supernatural world of God and angels. Christians heartily embrace the concept of the supernatural, presuming that the Bible?s description of spirits, demons, and miracles must be true in order for Scripture to have any consistent meaning. However, we
Read moreLink Love for The Other Worldview
Last year, our sister imprint, Kirkdale Press, published The Other Worldview: Exposing Christianity’s Greatest Threat by Peter Jones.?A rash of reviews have been posted recently, praising this book’s treatment of the two opposing worldviews influencing Western culture. Sean McDowell had a chance to interview Jones on his blog. Here’s what he had to say about
Read moreThe Vast Historical Context of 1 & 2 Samuel
In the order of books in the Hebrew canon, 1?2 Samuel follows immediately the book of Judges, while in the order found in the LXX, the book of Ruth is inserted between them. But since the setting of the book of Ruth is also in the period of the judges, both arrangements make sense chronologically.
Read moreAbraham Kuyper on the Beginning of John?s Gospel
John does not proceed like Mark, who, after first mentioning the Baptist, suddenly introduces the Christ. Nor does John proceed like Luke, who takes as his point of departure the expectation that lived among the God-fearing Jews. And John proceeds unlike Matthew, who goes back to Abraham, and then from Abraham via David to Mary
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