“You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.” (Psalm 65:8b) Recently on my sabbatical, I had the privilege of witnessing many amazing sunsets and several beautiful sunrises. Truly, to behold the rising and setting of the sun is a gift held out to…
This week IVP released the newest installment in the “Week in the Life” series with John Byron’s “A Week in the Life of a Slave.” Byron is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary and focused his doctoral research at the University of Durham on slavery metaphors in early…
“[The tongue] is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.” (James…
“The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” (James 5:16) If this is true, that the prayers of a righteous person have great power, I wonder why we dad’s don’t pray more frequently for our children? If you’re a Christian dad, you undoubtedly pray from…
“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.” (Proverbs 6:6-8) When our kids grow up and leave home, one of the things we want them to have…
Edited By Richard Rushing Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, November 2009. The Puritans…Really? Those unfamiliar with the Puritans may wonder if a book composed entirely of selections from their writings could possibly edify a Christian today. The answer is a resounding “Yes!” In this devotional volume Richard Rushing…
By Alec Motyer, Edited by John Stott Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2009. What are Christians to think of all those wars in the Old Testament, when the New Testament teaches us that Jesus is the Prince of Peace? What are Christians to think of all the commandments in the…
Fluency in Biblical Hebrew is a worthy goal for any student of the Bible, but especially for those who are called to preach or teach it vocationally. I’ve been studying Hebrew for approximately 13 years now and I can say that I’ve found Hebrew much more difficult to attain reading…
