A while ago I came across the story of a Swiss man caught speeding on a Canadian highway. His excuse was a classic. He blamed his actions on the lack of goats on the roads. The man was caught driving at 161 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.

The traffic officer recorded that the Swiss driver said he was...

Learning Hebrew is a daunting task – and that’s an understatement! It takes years of actually interacting with the Hebrew text to take steps forward in understanding the language more. One of those steps in learning Hebrew is understanding the basics of the Masoretic accent marks (not...

Can New York City teach Christians about the gospel?

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Here is a short guest post from my friend the software engineer.

Tim Keller dusted off an old pearl of wisdom of his and re-posted it on twitter. I discovered it on Facebook as many of my friends were making fun of it. One Twitter user...

The word [hebel] normally refers to warm air, briefly visible as water molecules contained in it condense when it cools. A larger body of warm air, such as mist, can remain visible for a longer time. It is a visual metaphor. Mist appears to be more substantial than it is (ephemerality), soon...

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Most kids raised in Christian homes enter a stage, often during their teen years, where they question their parents’ faith. What is the best way to respond?

January 18, 2020 by: Graham A. Cole

You Are a Theologian

The case can be made that every Christian is a theologian because every Christian has a theology, whether well thought out or not.¹ After all, the word “theology” clearly has to do with God (theos, Greek for...

Why do so many Christians fail to be good stewards? Christ taught the parable that explains it all. Luke 12:43–47 “Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ” “Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath....

Today’s Kindle deals include some newer books and some older ones; there are some good picks!

Westminster Books has a sale on R.C. Sproul’s excellent commentary on the Westminster Confession (which has been newly reprinted). You may also be interested in the ESV Creeds & Confessions...

• Pope sets special day to honor, study, share the Bible

The Catholic church boasts that it gave the world the Bible, but history reveals that it kept the Bible from the laity for as long as possible until brave Reformers and the printing press put the Bible into the hands of plowboys. I was a Roman...

New lessons from our Answers Bible Curriculum (ABC) are now available! ABC is our four-year unique and powerful Sunday school curriculum used in over 10,000 churches. We’ve upgraded to the second edition of ABC and have been rolling out lessons for all age groups (Pre-K–Adult) as they...

“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him,

“for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table. Mephibosheth bowed down and said,...

Insanity in the Public SquareNBC did a helpful piece helping us to understand that the pain of menstruation is more than just physical ... for transgender men. Now, "do the math" here. We're talking about biological females who identify as males. The article begins, "When transgender model and...

A weekend reading review!  Because Pastors also need a break from heavily theological reading! Actually this weekend I’m preaching at a retreat!

 

John L. Plaster. SOG: The Secret Wars of America’s Commandos in Vietnam.  New York, NY: Simon Schuster, January 1st...

This is our weekly roundup of links for 1/13/2020-1/18/2020 from around the web. We hope you find the following articles helpful to your growth in godliness. Our writing team writes all over the internet for a variety of publications like Desiring God, TGC, and much here. 1) Let Not Food Destroy...

This is our weekly roundup of posts for 1/13/2020-1/18/2020. If you have any feedback on how we can serve you our readers better, I would appreciate it. Thank you for reading and allowing us to minister to you throughout this past week through these posts. Monday 1/13/2020 How the Psalms Saved My...

“This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.” (Psalm 102:18) Only God can create, and whenever this verb (Hebrew bara... More...

A nice long post for a cold winter’s day. Find a cozy chair and set aside some time to read:

THE KIND OF PREACHING NEEDED AMONG THE UNEVANGELIZED PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY.

BY T. D. WITHERSPOON, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF HOMILETIC AND PASTORAL THEOLOGY IN THE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,...

"Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. " - 1 Corinthians 3:7

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16 Jan 2020, Chronological Bible Reading, Genesis 16-18. My wife, Lori, and I are reading through the Bible in chronological order, which is the order in which the events happened. Her blog on this can be found here. This is not intended to be a lesson or a sermon. It is my thoughts and...

-Episode 2607-

Let’s Make a Deal

Segment 1 (00:21)

We cannot barter with God. To barter with God is to misunderstand our relationship with him. God gives because he is a giver, not because he gets something in return. We should pray if there is something we desire or need, but not to demand and...

Great prayer reminders: 1. Be specific in your asking. 2. You must pray in faith. 3. Fight distractions that keep you from prayer. 4. Focus on abiding in Christ for more fruit in prayer. 5. Pray the promises of God. 6. Don’t give up in prayer—keep praying. 7. If you struggle getting...

•Your questions, comments, conundrums, and snarks
•One listener’s experience with gender confusion
•Can a husband forbid his wife from attending a different church?
•Todd found a news program that isn’t just murder and mayhem
•Chick Fil A clarifies their giving changes
•How did one man’s death pay for every sin?
•What Greek Interlinear should we use?
•Should we arm people in our church services?
•Can someone get saved by praying a prayer?
•How do I please God with my music?
•What do I do when a Mormon leads public prayer?
•Seeing your father’s legacy at his funeral
•Can you be a Christian if you don’t go to church?

BY PETER KROL

A few days ago, I outlined the OIA method of Bible study that we follow.  In short, it stands for Observation, Interpreation, and Application.

I’ve already made one audacious claim: that everyone has a Bible study method.  Today I’d like...

A French comedian has taken a lot of heat over a song he titled ” Jésus est pédé” which, translated into English, means “Jesus is a f****t.” The controversy comes after a mass of homosexuals complained about the use of the gay slur and, instead,...

MEAWW — Minnesota’s ‘teacher of the year’ for 2018, Kelly D. Holstine was seen kneeling during the national anthem at the LSU-Clemson game as Donald Trump was in attendance. 

The teacher, 46, is an instructor at the Tokata Learning Center which is an alternative high...

“God spoke to me.” “God gave me a dream.” “The Holy Spirit led me.” All these represent claims that I hear just about every time I am around other Christians. Rare is the modern Christian that does not make these claims. Rarer still are those that dare to...

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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.

Genesis 3:15

And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good...

As I get older and see more movies, I realize that nostalgia cannot always work for movies I liked as a kid. Sure, some movies are classics and speak to the child in all of us (The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, E.T., and a number of Disney films), but some are sadly ones...

God speaks very clearly in Scripture on the subject of human life and the value of the unborn. It's quite confusing why some Christians are still open to exceptions on abortion and others are proudly pro-choice. Even science and biology provide evidence for human life in the womb. We know at...

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Crossway, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away a brand new book that I think will be of a lot of interest to you: Created to Draw Near: Our Life as God’s Royal Priests by Edward T. Welch. There will be five winners...

I would have preferred to pass over this matter in utter silence if I were not aware that here many dangerously go astray. For there are some who deny that a commonwealth is duly framed which neglects the political system of Moses, . . . Continue reading →

A 103 years ago in 1917, the world’s biggest heroes had been away from their mothers and sisters and their wives and daughters for 3 years. They were men, young and old, who walked away from their families and walked into foreign lands to fight for their kings and countries, neighbours and...

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read (Lk 4:16).

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any...

Married men seem to enjoy a boost in earnings between age 22-45

I saw a bunch of pro-marriage friends were tweeting about this article from the St. Louis Federal Reserve which talks about how well married men do financially compared to single men, and using it as a reason to argue that men should...