Are You like the Tree Planted Near a Stream?
by Bill Blair on 05/10/09 at 7:10 am
Which form of vegetation describes your life? Are you a tree near a stream or a shrub in the desert?
“Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see [...]
1 John 1:1-10 Greek Reflection
As some of you know, I am currently taking Greek Syntax and Exegesis online at SBTS. One of our requirements is to record ourselves reading and reflecting on the Greek text without notes, English translations, or help. This exercise is certainly a “stretching exercise” designed to stretch us beyond mere memorization to being able to [...]
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Water to Wine from william guice on Vimeo.
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He’s Here!
Here is a great little video of the Christmas story read from the Jesus Storybook Bible for your enjoyment and reflection today.
Learn more about the Jesus Storybook Bible here.
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Trevin Wax is having a book giveaway on his “Kingdom People” blog (www.trevinwax.com). Trevin is giving away his top 10 books of the year, a copy of the ESV Study Bible, and a copy of his forthcoming book Holy Subversion.
It is like an instant library starter with over $240 worth of good books!
Learn about the [...]
Adopted For Life — Book Review
In naming Adopted For Life by Russell Moore his number one read for 2009, well-known blogger Tim Challies described his reaction to the book as feeling like “Moore left it all on the field.”(link) I can think of no better way to describe this work that Dr. Moore has written. In this book, Moore not [...]
Full StoryAre you Questioning Multi-Site?
If not, then you really are not thinking according to Ed Stetzer.
Multi-site churches are quite an interesting subject to consider, but a difficult to get one’s mind around. The main difficulty arises from the fact that there is no one model for multi-site, so it is easy to misunderstand the topic by focusing on only [...]
The Role of the Deacon
Dr. Moore wrote an excellent post earlier this week regarding the office of the deacon which can be read here. The way deacons function in churches varies widely as can bee seen in the following quote from Dr. Moore:
There’s an entire generation of conservative evangelical churches where one would be more likely to find an [...]
Sarah Learns Biblical Hebrew — Video
This is my 4 year old daughter learning biblical Hebrew. Well, actually it is her imitating me learning biblical Hebrew. For those of you who know Hebrew, you will notice that she actually does know one word in the video.
Full StoryDavid Powlison on Marital Intimacy
Take some time to watch the video below that features David Powlison discussing marital intimacy. Powlison touches on some key issues that often escape us when we examine marriages. Here are some of the points that I got from watching this video:
Love is hard — Too many people see love as merely a euphoric emotion, [...]
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