Loading ...Matthew | January 30, 2008
This rule of interpretation was given to me at Brown Trail School of Preaching. The general rule was to interpret the unclear text with a clear text in the Bible. This principle seems valid but there can be abuses in this method of reading the text. Sometimes the clear text can overshadow [...]
Matthew | January 29, 2008
This week I sent off my application for the Doctor of Ministry program at Harding Graduate School. After a lot of prayer, I thought it best to work on the Ministry program over the Ph.D program. I do not have the desire to be a professor in a university. I love [...]
Matthew | January 28, 2008
Almost every morning Gabrielle gives me a token of love to take to work. It is a picture she drew, a toy she has, or a book she has been reading. She walks up to me to give me a hug and to tell me that she loves me every morning. Then [...]
Matthew | January 27, 2008
Saturday we were going to have game night at the Morine’s house, but that was cancelled because of sickness. The Morine clan travelled to Florence, AL for the day. While we were there, we picked up some books, Wayne Jackson’s book on Acts, and Homer Hailey’s book on the Minor Prophets, and a [...]
Matthew | January 25, 2008
I am certainly not against reasoning through the scriptures. We need to have correct logic, reason, whatever you want to call it to understand the Bible. The point I want to make is that in contrast to some of the books concerning interpretation, which highlight the ability to reason as the beginning point [...]
Matthew | January 24, 2008
I have started a new class on Restoration History for the congregation. I was amazed at the reception for this class. We have a ton of people taking the course. I personally love the study of Restoration History because of the background it provides to someone like me. I grew up [...]
Matthew | January 23, 2008
In Jeremiah’s laments he sees his suffering coming from the actions of the Judean community. God is not ultimately responsible for the suffering that the will endure because God desired for the people to serve Him, but the people rejected the Lord. God tried to prevent the coming disaster, because the Lord tried [...]
Matthew | January 22, 2008
I read another chess book over the weekend. This book was great for intermediate players. The book would be good for a player in the 1300 to 1400 range. It dealt with most of the major openings for white and the defense for black. It is a book that takes major [...]
Matthew | January 21, 2008
There is the issue to explain in defending the traditional view of the imparting of the Holy Spirit. How was Ananias given the power or right to lay hands on Paul and give him the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:17)? F.F. Bruce argues correctly that Ananias was sent by the risen Christ for the [...]
Matthew | January 20, 2008
Some of you will enjoy this post as much as the posts on the hockey books. I have been studying chess for the last few weeks. I have increased my ratings to 1535 on Yahoo. This is not bad for someone who plays chess than forgets about chess. The book was [...]
