The law given to Israel had different categories. There were the commandments: fundamental instructions to do concerning God and morality. There were the judgments: civil law governing social behavior to their fellow man. There were the statutes: religious law of how to worship and serve the Lord correctly. Also there were the testimonies: the Lord […]
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Book review: To The Ends Of The Earth
Book review: To the ends of the Earth: Calvin’s missional vision and legacy. Michael A.G. Haykin and C. Jeffrey Robinson Sr. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014. Note: I received a complimentary electronic copy of this book for review purposes. Though I am not a Calvinist in my soteriology, I appreciate the work in the Gospel that […]
Guest-post by R.P. Amos: God’s View of Contemporary Israel
God’s View of Contemporary Israel With Israel so much in the news and tensions high in the world, it might be helpful for the Lord’s church to consider God’s view on Israel as taught in His Holy Scriptures. 1. Israel’s Present Spiritual State “blindness in part is happened to Israel” As to knowing God’s plan as […]
Guest-post by R.P. Amos: God's View of Contemporary Israel
God’s View of Contemporary Israel With Israel so much in the news and tensions high in the world, it might be helpful for the Lord’s church to consider God’s view on Israel as taught in His Holy Scriptures. 1. Israel’s Present Spiritual State “blindness in part is happened to Israel” As to knowing God’s plan as […]
Book Review: Dispatches from the Front
Tim Keesee, Dispatches From The Front: Stories of Gospel Advance in the World’s Difficult Places. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014. [Note: I received a review copy from the publisher in kindle format.] Tim Keesee has spent years visiting missionaries in difficult places around the world; this book is a digest of several articles detailing the tough […]
Guest Post by R.P. Amos: 7 Meeting Places of God with His People
The Lord’s desires to be near His people. “Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice” (Psa. 50:5). There are 7 places in Scripture where God’s people as a whole habitually meet with Him. Not just going to a service or a school to learn, but to […]
Book review: Taking God At His Word
Book Review: Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me. by Kevin DeYoung. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014.) I received a review copy from the publisher. Kevin DeYoung, a well-known preacher and blogger, articulates the doctrine of Scripture in a clear, modern, and […]
Becoming A Spiritual Heavyweight
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. […]
Book review of David F. Wells’ “God in the Whirlwind”
Book review: David F. Wells, God In The Whirlwind: How The Holy Love Of God Reorients Our World. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013.) David F. Wells is the well-known author of acclaimed books like God in the Wasteland and No Place For Truth. In his latest work, God In The Whirlwind, Wells couples erudition, wisdom, and […]
Book review of David F. Wells' "God in the Whirlwind"
Book review: David F. Wells, God In The Whirlwind: How The Holy Love Of God Reorients Our World. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013.) David F. Wells is the well-known author of acclaimed books like God in the Wasteland and No Place For Truth. In his latest work, God In The Whirlwind, Wells couples erudition, wisdom, and […]