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Bryan Chapell forthcoming book on the Gospel shaping practice

Bryan Chapell is coming out with a new book that sounds excellent, “Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape our Practice.”
Chapell is the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis and the author of Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon and Holiness by Grace, both books I have not read, but have had highly [...]

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 [...]

Submitting to the Bounds of Scripture

Systematic Theology is an intriguing discipline.
Many questions arise in systematic theology: “Where did Cain’s wife come from?” “Can God create a stone that He cannot lift?” ” How can God both bring evil upon people (Job 42:11) and not dwell with evil (Psalm 5:4)?” “Can you lose your salvation?” “Do our prayers change God’s mind?” [...]