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Posts from ‘February, 2009’

Helpful posts on Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention

The issue of Calvinism is hotly debated in many circles of the Southern Baptist Convention. As a 5-point Calvinist who loves missions, evangelism and calling people to repentance and faith, I appreciate when people seek to show that Calvinists and non-Calvinists can work together for the cause of the Gospel.
The folks at Between the Times [...]

Christ-centered hermeneutic part 4 of 5

All Scripture really is God-breathed

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim 3:16-17).
Most conservative Christians accept the teaching that all of Scripture is inspired by God and the ensuing implication that [...]

Feature story on senior director of strategy at Desiring God

I am the editor of Towers, the newspaper of Southern Seminary, and I recently wrote a feature story on Matt Perman, senior director of strategy at Desiring God.
Matt also writes at What’s Best Next an excellent blog about productivity and efficiency in every sector of life.
Here is an excerpt from the story:

As a [...]

Christ-centered interpretion: part 3 of 5

The storyline of Scripture: God redeeming a people in Christ
In my last post, part 2 of 5 on Christ-centered interpretation, I said Luke 24 is the most important chapter for learning how to correctly read the Bible. There Jesus teaches two men on the road to Emmaus and His apostles how to read the [...]

Sports musings Feb. 8

I am fan of most of the major sports and keep up with them as I have time. Here are a few musings from the sports world:

What a great Super Bowl!

I know, I know, a little late, but seriously: what a good game. The last two Super Bowl fourth [...]