B. C. Newton: Recent Episodes
Cole Newton
Audio recordings of my blog articles, both new and old, that aim to provide rooted theology for the unwithered church. Visit bcnewton.co for more resources.
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2021.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Daniel | Iain Duguid
ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi (Volume 7)
Daniel: The NIV Application Commentary | Tremper Longman III
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
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Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
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Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
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Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2023.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
Exegetical & Theological Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews // Robert Paul Martin
Hebrews: An Anchor for the Soul // R. Kent Hughes
ESV Expository Commentary Vol 12: Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews // Richard Phillips
New Testament Commentaries Vol 2: Philippians-Hebrews and Revelation // Geoffrey Wilson
Hebrews // John Brown
Hebrews // John Calvin
Preached in 2019.
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Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
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Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Ten Commandments // Thomas Watson
Keeping the Ten Commandments // J. I. Packer
The Ten Commandments // Kevin DeYoung
Words From the Fire // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Ten Commandments// Peter Leithart
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019. For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Lord’s Prayer // Thomas Watson
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution // R. Albert Mohler
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God // Timothy Keller
Treatise IV // Cyprian of Carthage
On Prayer // Tertullian
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
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Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.coFurther Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2019.
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Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
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Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2019.
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Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
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Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
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Further Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2019.
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Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2019.
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Resources
The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits // R. Albert Mohler
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism // Ben Myers
The Institutes of the Christian Religion // John Calvin
The Apostles’ Creed // The Village Church
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached on March 29, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2020.
For more resources forknowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
Preached in 2018.
For more resources forknowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes // Daniel & Jonathan Akin
Ecclesiastes: The Philippians of the Old Testament // William Barrick
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End // David Gibson
Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes // Zack Eswine
Is This All There Is to Life?: Finding Wisdom for Life in Ecclesiastes // Ray Stedman
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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Preached in 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
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STUDY GUIDE
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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Preached in 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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Preached April 19, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
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STUDY GUIDE
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Preached on April 13, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians// Gordon D. Fee
Philippians // Dennis Johnson
Exalting Jesus in Philippians// Tony Merida and Francis Chan
ESV Expository Commentary, Vol XI: Ephesians-Philemon
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians // Mark J. Edwards (editor)
Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Philippians, Colossians // Graham Tomlin (editor)
STUDY GUIDE
Preached in 2018.
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Further Readings
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians// Gordon D. Fee
Philippians // Dennis Johnson
Exalting Jesus in Philippians// Tony Merida and Francis Chan
ESV Expository Commentary, Vol XI: Ephesians-Philemon
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians // Mark J. Edwards (editor)
Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Philippians, Colossians // Graham Tomlin (editor)
Study Guide
Preached June 24, 2018.
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Further Readings
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians// Gordon D. Fee
Philippians // Dennis Johnson
Exalting Jesus in Philippians// Tony Merida and Francis Chan
ESV Expository Commentary, Vol XI: Ephesians-Philemon
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians // Mark J. Edwards (editor)
Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Philippians, Colossians // Graham Tomlin (editor)
Study Guide
Preached June 17, 2018. For more resources for knowing and loving God’s word, visit bcnewton.co
Further Readings
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians// Gordon D. Fee
Philippians // Dennis Johnson
Exalting Jesus in Philippians// Tony Merida and Francis Chan
ESV Expository Commentary, Vol XI: Ephesians-Philemon
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians // Mark J. Edwards (editor)
Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Philippians, Colossians // Graham Tomlin (editor)
Preached on April 5, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached on March 22, 2020.
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Preached on March 15, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached on March 8, 2020.
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Further Reading
Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary// R. C. Sproul
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians // F. F. Bruce
New Testament Commentaries: Volume 1: Romans to Ephesians // Geoffrey Wilson
Ephesians // R. Kent Hughes
Ephesians // Charles Hodge
ESV Expository Commentary: Ephesians–Philemon (Volume 11)
Preached on March 1, 2020.
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This sermon was preached on February 23, 2020.
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If the definition is too specific, then loopholes will be looked for and found. Particularly, if we limit pornography to being viewed images, then we exclude erotic fiction, which is generally more consumed by woman than men. Indeed, during our time in college, my wife was often dismissed whenever she warned other young women that their obsession with romances, whether in film or in book, was creating unhealthy expectations and problematic desires for their future marriages.
We should not avoid entirely the person who's repenting of sin. Instead, believers with a spirit of compassion should bear each other's burdens and so fulfilled the law of Christ. That ought to be that that should be how we interact.
Again, the Christian who is making war against their same-sex attraction is going against everything that culture is spitting out at the moment. Everything around them portrays sexuality as the defining characteristic of a person, that who (or even what) you are attracted to is the most important aspect of your character. So for a person to fight against that cultural pull, he or she certainly needs a loving and engaged church community to support and encourage them.
Having discussed the Septuagint last week, we now dive into seeing how the Greek translation of Exodus may have influenced the prologue to John's Gospel.
In Relatione (relevant links)
The Lexham English Septuagint
A New English Translation of the Septuagint (You can also read digital copies of each book here)
Septuaginta: Reader’s Edition (this is a Greek edition)
Eowyn's recommendation: The Last Battle
Gwendolyn’s recommendation: Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups
Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I found interesting)
Men and Women in I Timothy
The guys at Mere Fidelity discuss 1 Timothy 2:9-15. The final conversation on women being saved through childbearing was particularly good.
A Greek Lesson on John 1:2-18 Along the lines of today's episode, James White walks through John 1:2-18, giving a glimpse at some of its wonders.
What is the Septuagint, and why is Greek translation of the Old Testament important to us today? Those are the questions before us in this episode.
In Relatione (relevant links)The Lexham English Septuagint
A New English Translation of the Septuagint
Septuaginta: Reader's Edition
Gwendolyn's recommendation: The Man Who Preached Outside (George Whitefield)
Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I found interesting)
What Can You Learn from Greek?Peter Williams gives a number of examples of what we can learn while reading the New Testament in Greek.
Childhood Isn’t Supposed To Be Stressful. Here’s How Parents Can Help.This is a fascinating interview with psychoanalyst Erica Komisar.
That is who we are in Christ, as we share in His identity. We are blessed, chosen, holy, blameless, predestined, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, enlightened, and sealed. Or as Gordon says, “I am satisfied in God’s love as his adopted child; I am to think of myself as purchased, accepted, valued, and protected.”
Sin is fundamentally not a behavioral issue; it is a being issue. We are not righteous people who occasionally sin. We sin because we are sinners. Our heart is corrupt, and since the heart is the core of our being, there is no aspect of ourselves that escapes corruption, behavior included. This problem of defilement, therefore, requires a solution far greater than behavior modification.For more resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
We focus upon three challenges to God's design for marriage. Of course, any married person can attest to there being far more challenges to marriage than these three things, but we will focus upon these because they challenge the very institution of marriage. An argument over finances may threaten a particular marriage, but money and finances do not inherently oppose God's good design for marriage as a creation ordinance. Adultery, divorce, and homosexuality do oppose His design.
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Because marriage and the family are the smallest and most basic units of society, they are the building blocks for everything else. Again, because our world is marred by sin, some of those blocks will inevitably be warped and broken, but if the majority are healthy, society will still be healthy overall. Yet, as we see today, marital and familial dysfunction is now the norm, and the broader society cannot help reflecting that dysfunction everywhere else. That is why the hard work of “fixing” the culture can only begin by forming the kind of culture that we want within our own homes.
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The point of all of this that the introduction of gender as a separate category from sex is not harmless but is the promotion of a satanic and destructive worldview.
If demonic powers can be pulling the strings behind earthly rulers, perhaps the most plausible conspiracy is that the spiritual forces of darkness are using all of the different conspiracies and fearful news headlines to distract us from wielding the sword of the Spirit.
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This sermon was preached February 16, 2020.
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We are capable of faith but not saving faith.Saving faith, like the grace itself, is a gift of God.
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While we are speaking of man, we should remember that we are referring to mankind or humanity. Genesis 2 will describe to us the particular process by which God created man, both the first man and the first woman, but here in chapter 1 the Bible is speaking of mankind generally, both male and female. This is crucial to understand because it reveals that mankind can only properly image God through the two sexes that God designed for us: male and female.For more resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
This sermon was preached February 9, 2020.
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Biblical anthropology (the doctrine of humanity) is the predominate theological battleground of our day. Owen Strachen’s book is a great study on what Scripture has to say about mankind.
In Relatione (relevant links)
Eowyn’s Recommendation: The Parables of Jesus
(see also: Little Pilgrim’s Big Journey & The Kingdom of God Bible Storybook)
Reenchanting Humanity
Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I enjoyed)
You’ll notice that both links below have to do with Biblical Hebrew. I intend to do an episode on the near future on learning the biblical languages, but I share them here because this is the internet content that dominated my week. I have been working through Dr. Barrick’s lectures, and my girls are obsessed with the song.
Hebrew Worship – תְּהִלִּים 148 – Psalm 148 – Biblical Hebrew
TMS Archives: Biblical Hebrew Grammar I – Dr. Bill Barrick
Although we think of our good in terms of being safe, comfortable, and happy, God, who defines goodness in Himself, calls being made like Him good. Indeed, Hebrews 12:10 expresses the same reality as the catechism: "For [our earthly father] disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but [God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness." Our good is the sharing of His holiness.For more resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
This sermon was preached February 2, 2020.
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What are some reading habits for growing in preaching? Here's a few suggestions.
In Relatione (relevant links)Eowyn’s Recommendation: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (consider also the BBC Radio Dramas)
ESV Reader's Bible ( which also comes in a six-volume version)
I'll do future episodes sharing resources for learning the original language (and there are many!), but for now, John Dobson's books on Greek and Hebrew have both been excellent.
ESV Expository Commentary | this is an excellent basic commentary set to invest in
Best Commentaries on Each Book of the Bible
Top 5 Commentaries on Every Book of the Bible
Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms | this is a great place to begin reading creeds and confessions
Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I enjoyed)Shepherding Our Children through Hardships and Suffering
Seeing our children suffer through trials can be extremely difficult. Even parents who are well-equipped to cope with their own problems often find themselves feeling helpless when their child is the one hurting. How can we shepherd our children through adversity in a healthy, God-honoring way? When troubles find our children, here are three ways we can support them.
2 Samuel 12: On Nathan’s Brave Parable, David’s Belated Repentance, and the LORD’s Merciful Response (Bible Talk, Ep.103)The Bible Talk podcast is easily in my top five favorite podcasts.
This is the introduction to my teaching through Christopher Gordon's New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality.
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In Luke 12, Jesus told a parable of a rich man who stored grain for himself yet died before he was able to live off of his storehouse. God’s Word, however, is not like grain or earthly treasure; storing the Bible within our hearts is an investment of eternal consequence.
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The introduction to my 2021 series reading through John Owen's Mortification of Sin together.
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Whenever we reject or simply ignore God and His established order of creation, we are like a coffee mug that rebels against the potter by trying to be a frying pan. The whole situation would be laughable if the consequences were not so dire.
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Therefore, let everyone that is out of Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to come. The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over a great part of this congregation. Let everyone fly out of Sodom: “Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.”
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This sermon is not a repeat of our dissecting of the Secular Creed. Instead, I am aiming to focus on the actual text of 2 Timothy 3:5 through the particular focus of how it presently applies to secularism in our day. That is by no means the only application of that verse. In Paul’s own day, he was probably thinking about ascetics who thought they were godly through how rigorously they punished their bodies. Such asceticism has only an appearance of godliness, but it ultimately denies its power. Yet today that description applies very fittingly to secularism, which is the de facto worldview here in the West.
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Rather than the gospel being an abolition of the law, as many Christians seem to think, the gospel eliminates our debt for breaking God’s law and writes His law upon our hearts, giving to us the freedom to actually choose obedience. Since we no longer have any fear of the condemnation that the law brings, we are free to see the beauty of the law as it reveals the will of our Father. Thus, it is in the law that we discover how to “be imitators of God, as beloved children” (Ephesians 5:1).
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Notice that these are not programs to be implemented but rather a lifestyle to be lived. This makes things both easier and harder. It is always easier to blame Christians as a whole than to become the ideal yourself. However, you do not need pastoral or committee approval to implement these changes; you just need to love your church, love your family, and guard your eyes and heart.
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We each deserve death because of our own sins. Sin brings death, and Adam’s sin brought sin to all of us as his descendants. Nevertheless, we still justly earn our own condemnation.
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Why indeed would the psalmist make this passionate cry if his keeping of God’s statutes were already steadfast? Within this plea of desire, we also find a lamentation. His life does not fully conform to his theology. He knows the goodness of God’s commands, yet he still wanders away from them. He yearns to be steadfast, but he ebbs and flows like the tides.
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Secularism is very much a religion, and if the sexual revolution that began in the sixties was its equivalent of the Reformation, then we are presently living through its Great Awokening.
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Christian, in your flesh, you are incapable of obeying God’s law, and that is why your hope is in Christ rather than in yourself.
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And although the Iliad certainly ought to be read, there is a great danger in not going further into that great conversation. In comparison to the mushiness of our postmodern world, where division is very often actively fostered, the ancient wisdom of Homer can seem like a firm foundation. Indeed, that is certainly why paganism is a growing worldview. Yet the hope of mutual shared grief in light of life’s suffering is no hope at all. Or, at best, it is hope for some kind of hope.
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Sadly, the world’s proclamation that kindness is everything only means that we must affirm all those who continue to drive their metaphorical cars off the broken bridge of their sin. As Christians, we must reject such a mockery of kindness and of love, for it is not kind or loving to pretend that unrepentant sin does not lead to death! Instead, we must imitate our Lord, who never flinched from exposing sin’s hideousness, while also never failing to love and serve those around Him. Such kindness is too deep for secular hearts to grasp; therefore, let us show them in word and deed the boundless kindness of our Savior.
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In the New City Catechism’s brief trek through the Ten Commandments, we come now to the final two. Unlike the prohibitions against murder, adultery, or theft, we might be tempted to these final two commandments deal with less severe sins. The reality, however, is that the Ninth and Tenth Commandments are just as endemic and deadly as the ones we have studied so far.
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Men, brethren, and fathers, you are called to a high and holy calling: your work is full of danger, full of duty, and full of mercy. You are called to the winning of souls; an employment near akin unto our Lord's work,—the saving of souls; and the nearer your spirits be in conformity to his holy temper and frame, the fitter you are for, and the more fruitful you shall be in, your work.
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Like an athlete practices to compete or a soldier trains for war, we must devote ourselves to keeping the commands of our God. Diligence should mark the life of God’s people.
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The dogma that Love Is Love is most commonly associated with the LGBT movement and is a declaration that all love is truly love. Homosexual love is not a subordinate love to heterosexual love. Both are love and should be recognized as such. The simplicity of the statement adds to its appeal. After all, who really wants to be the person who calls someone else’s love a lie? Indeed, it has drawn in otherwise conservative persons by clothing itself in libertarianism. Increasingly, even those who view homosexuality as a sin now find themselves thinking, “What business is it of mine to say whom anyone else can love?” At the end of the day, love is love, right?
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Much as the first three commandments set our minds squarely upon how we ought to love God supremely with all our being, the three before us in this question focus upon how we ought to love our neighbor as ourselves.
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To keep the LORD’s testimonies, to hold onto them with all one’s might, seeking the Him with the entirety of the heart, must naturally lead to shunning all wrongdoing.
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Scientific consensus is not the same as truth.
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The two commandments before us are unique among the Ten. Only the Fourth and Fifth Commandments are not prohibitions. God prohibits idolatry, blaspheme, adultery, theft, and the others because He knows that we will commit such sins when given the opportunity. Likewise, He commands us to rest and to honor our father and mother because He knows that we will not do those things naturally.
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The Ten Commandments are often divided into two tables, one pertaining to the love of God and the other describing how we are to love our neighbor. The most traditional division is between the Fourth and Fifth Commandments. The Fourth Commandment, after all, requires the remembering and keeping of the Sabbath day holy, while the Fifth Commandment demands honor to be given to our parents. Thus, the Fourth describes an aspect of our obedience to God, while the Fifth commands us to respect our very first neighbors.
Pretty simple, right?
Well, I believe that the Fourth Commandment uniquely falls under both loving God and loving neighbor. Allow me to explain.
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Opening your home and providing for others is messy business; demanding the government to care for them is less intrusive to our personal lives while still feeling as if we have done something.
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Here the first three commandments are fittingly presented together, for these first commandments deal directly with how we are to worship and honor God as the only true and living God.
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The joy of the blessed is to seek Him, for all who seek will find.
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True feminism (if there is such a thing) ought to celebrate the unique joys and trials of women, rather than simply trying to be one of the boys. Women’s rights are human rights, for God made humanity both male and female. Should we lose that distinction, women’s rights will be sacrificed in the very pursuit after them.
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After declaring His purpose for their deliverance from that very mountain, God gave to His people the Ten Commandments. Although the LORD gave many more laws and commands to the Israelites, these ten were especially significant, which is testified by God speaking them directly to the people rather than through Moses and by their being etched into stone and kept in the ark. They received this special treatment because the Ten Commandments serve as a succinct summary of God’s expectations for His people.
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Having the ideal Sunday is kind of like having only green lights on the way to work and then being surprised with a promotion: if it happens, we certainly ought to give thanks to God, but we ought also to remember that we should not call it normal.
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Blessedness is hearing the same voice that formed light, say to us, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:23).
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This is the first lesson from my 2021 teaching through the Secular Creed, An Appearance of Godliness.
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Furthermore, we are not commanded to love our neighbor with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. That would be idolatry. Instead, we are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves. That is, we are called to love them as fellow image-bearers of God, and especially of our brothers and sisters in Christ, we are to love them as those for whom Christ died.
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Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present.
This month's sermon is by John Witherspoon, a pastor and American Founding Father, on Psalm 76:10: "Surely the Wrath of Man shall praise thee; the remainder of Wrath shalt thou restrain.”
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I am calling this study An Appearance of Godliness because, I believe, that is exactly what the statements of the Secular Creed are. Paul warned Timothy of the godlessness that would crop up in the last days.
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What makes our pride so tragic is that God is joyous to exalt us so long as we are humble enough to bear His image rather than our own. Full submission to Him means becoming fully human and the earthly representative of God Himself.
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Obedience without trust would indicate that we do not properly know God. As a father, I would grieve at my children’s suspicious distrust of me, even if they still obeyed what I told them to do. Such distrust would indicate that my children do not know or do not believe my affection and compassion for them. In the same way, our distrust of God is most fundamentally a failure to believe in His Fatherhood towards us.
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More pride and self-esteem and affirmations and approvals are not the solution to our society’s divisive problem, for our elevating of pride into a virtue is precisely what foments divisiveness in the first place.
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The present-day brand of Gnosticism is a variant that might be called Digital Gnosticism since it replaces the spiritual world with the digital one. Like our brothers and sisters of the early church, we must be prepared to resist the going appeal to transcend our physical bodies through ever advancing technology. God made all creation very good, and we ought to reject any attempt to be liberated from it.
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Where did all of this come from, and how did it escalate so quickly? How did things go so far off the rails?
In asking such questions, we would do well to remember that fruit always begins as seeds. Or, to speak less cryptically, Pride Month did not happen overnight.
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Only humility is wise enough to see fully how perilous each day’s path is.
Only the humble may avoid destruction by acknowledging how easily they may fall.
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Being made in His image, it is right that we would seek to know Him, love Him, live with Him, and glorify Him with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength. In the end, thatis what it ultimately means to be human and to be made in God’s image.
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This is my discussion of the final two chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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The humble are humble precisely because they have a proper view of self. They know their sins, their failures, their shortcomings. Their self-understanding is not inflated and, therefore, is not likely to burst like a balloon at slightest prick of a pin. It is right, then, that the humble have wisdom. Their eyes are open to see the world as it truly is, for they have the resolve to see themselves as they truly are.
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Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present. This month's sermon is by Charles Spurgeon on Hebrews 4:12: "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
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How can three be one and one be three? There is the profundity and the grand mystery that must be received by faith. Of course, if God really is infinite, then we should not expect to be able to fully explain every aspect of His divinity. Rather, we ought to bow our heads in humble gratitude that He would reveal such a marvelous truth to us at all.
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This is my discussion of the seventeenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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For the next four Thursdays of June, I offer meditations upon four of Proverbs‘ references to pride in the English Standard Version. These verses are:
Proverbs 11:2 | When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18 | Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 21:24 | “Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 29:23 | One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
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This is my discussion of the sixteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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While each individual Christian certainly still has the freedom to shop at Target, would it not be best to abstain? What witness might your abstinence display personally, and what witness might Christians display collectively? After all, denouncement by refusal to participate can be a powerful cultural witness, just ask Daniel and his friends.
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God is not merely the granter of eternal life; rather, knowing Him is eternal life. Also, by implication, to be ignorant of God is to be divorced and cut off from life everlasting. What then could be more important than knowing God? And what better place to begin than with the question before us: what is God?
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That day is swiftly coming. Indeed, even if Christ does not return for another millennia, each of us will surely see His face, in either grace or judgment, within the next century.
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This is my discussion of the fifteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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To belong to God’s people in this life is a visible testament that we will stand in the day of judgment numbered among those whom God has redeemed and made righteous.
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This is my discussion of the fourteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Note: Because this chapter is predominately a series of questions for self-reflection and self-examination, I will not be providing questions of my own.
As a Puritan writer noted, the fattened calf appears for a while to have everything that it could desire, yet it does not know that it is ripe for the slaughter. So, it is with the prosperity of the wicked; it only fattens them for the soon coming day of judgment.To read this meditation and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present. This month's sermon is by Robert Murray M'Cheyne on John 1:14: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
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Again, the wicked are not so. They do not yield fruit in season for the benefit of others; instead, they only hinder the good of others until they are at last driven away.
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This is my discussion of the thirteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection
- Which category of reproof resonated most with you?
- Did Watson accurately describe any reasons why you are (or have in the past) neglected offering holy violence?
- What will your repentance in response to these reproofs look like?
Do you walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers? Do you take no delight in the Scriptures and never meditate upon them? If so, then you certainly cannot claim to be rooted like a tree in God’s Word as the blessed are. You, therefore, meet the criteria of the wicked.To read this meditation and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
This is my discussion of the twelfth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection
- Which of the metaphors for offering violence most resonates with you? Why?
- Which of Watson’s reasons for offering violence’s you find most compelling? Why?
- What is the danger of moderation?
- How has Watson challenged you overall to offer violence?
He loves us far more and far better than we love ourselves, and as our Creator, He knows what is best for us far better than we do. So why would we not submit ourselves to Him? Why would we not trust that He will shepherd us throughout this life and through death’s dark valley?To read this article and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
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The prosperity described within this psalm runs far deeper than our bank accounts or physical possessions can ever go. Indeed, this prosperity is guaranteed in Christ to even the poorest of believers.
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This is my discussion of the tenth and eleventh chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection
- It seems that Christians often either ignore Satan completely or blame him for everything. Do you tend to fall onto one side or the other?
- Which of Satan’s treacheries that Watson listed resonated most with you? What are some other treacheries of Satan that you can think of?
- In what have faith and prayer helped you fight back the temptation to sin?
- What is the danger of worldliness? Why is it important that we are not of this world?
Since our church will soon begin to go through the New City Catechism as a part of Lord’s Day worship, I hope to increase my own use of the instructional resource by writing out meditations upon each question. I also hope that those meditations will be worth sharing here to stimulate your own meditation upon each doctrine. May the Holy Spirit, who “convicts us of our sin, comforts us, guides us, gives us spiritual gifts and the desire to obey God” (Q37), do so in our hearts as we set our gaze upon knowing God’s Word through the New City Catechism.
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Let us plant ourselves in Him who alone will bring us to “completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6), for apart from this steam of divine grace none of us can endure till the end.
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This is my discussion of the eighth and ninth chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection
- In what ways has the Lord’s Day replaced the Sabbath for Christians, and why is that so important?
- In what ways do you sanctify the Lord’s Day?
- Why does Watson place such an importance upon conversation?
- Are your conversations holy in the way that Watson describes? Why or why not?
These are certainly not exhaustive and will undoubtedly be tweaked as our daughter continues to grow and we gain two more little ones. Therefore, I do not offer these up as an aged guru whose journey is complete but as a fellow traveler pointing out whatever provisions or snares that I see along the way.
Are these things true of you? Does your life bring forth the fruits of the Spirit or the fruits of the flesh (see Galatians 5:19-21)? Are you also bearing your fruit in its season? Are you keeping in step with where the Spirit has you, or are you like a horse or mule that “must be curbed with bit and bridle” to stay near (Psalm 32:9)?
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Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present. This month's sermon is by G. Campbell Morgan on Mark 11:27 through the end of chapter 12.
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Perhaps we are looking at the whole thing from the wrong angle. Instead of being afraid of how intelligent AI is becoming, maybe we should take warning of how artificial we are becoming.
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Christian, if you do not delight in and meditate upon God’s Word, you are planting yourself in a parched, desert land. You are depriving yourself of the stream of living water granted to you by our triune God. Plant yourself, therefore, beside this stream, and drink deeply each day.To read this meditation and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
This is my discussion of the seventh chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection* Have you practiced self-reflection as a spiritual discipline in the past? If so, how has Watson changed how you view the practice? * Why is rooting our self-examination in the Word of God so important? * What are some practical steps that you might take for practicing self-examination going forward?
Do not lose heart, brother pastor, and keep preaching the Word. The fruit of the seed is in God’s hand; let us devote ourselves to faithfully sowing the Word.
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Root yourself in the forest of God’s kingdom today by giving your time and trust to God’s holy Word.
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This is my discussion of the sixth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection* How did you understand meditation before reading this chapter? * How has your understanding of meditation changed now that you have read Watson’s thoughts on the subject? * Which of Watson’s six matters for meditation most stood out to you? Why? * How do you plan to make meditating upon Scripture a regular practice in your life?
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I am no prophet to be able to predict the future success or defeat of the American Dream. I do know, however, that “what has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). We should not be surprised, therefore, to find our society repeating itself.
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Blessed are those whose delight in God’s law is evidenced by their constant chewing and tasting of its eternal truths.
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This is my discussion of the fourth and fifth chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection* What does Watson mean by hearing the Word? * Do you attend to the hearing of the Word with the devotion that he describes? * Are your prayers marked by holy violence? * Which of Watson’s points to consider most stirs up your heart to and in prayer?
It is our responsibility as parents to instruct our children how to guard against the wiles of the world while also preserving their innocence. We do our children no favor by presenting a fantasy of the world as harmless to our children.
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Blessed are those who delight in God’s law, for by it they behold the Blessed One.
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Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present. This month's sermon is by Jonathan Edwards on procrastination, his text being Proverbs 27:1: Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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That is the question that every preacher must ask, and he must answer that question for himself in accordance with the wisdom of the Spirit. I know plenty of faithful fellow preachers on both sides of the question. Even so, here is my experience attempting to answer the question.
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Blessed are those who turn away from the seat of scoffers, choosing to prize rather than ridicule the wisdom of God.
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This is my discussion of the second and third chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Chapter Two Outline* Mortification of Sin * Provocation to Duty
Chapter Three Outline* Each paragraph in this chapter is essentially its own attempt to give us “a right notion of Scripture” so that our desire would be to read it diligently.
* Read the Word as…a book made by God Himself.
a perfect rule of faith.
a soul-enriching treasury.
a book of evidences.
a spiritual magazine out of which you fetch all your weapons to fight against sin and Satan.
a spiritual glass to dress yourself by.
a book of spiritual recipes.
a sovereign elixir to comfort you in distress.
the last will and testament of Christ.
a book by which you must be judged.
Questions for Reflection* What reasons does Watson give for mortifying sin? * Do you agree that prayer is the best means of battling sin? * In what ways do you find your heart sluggish to the things of God? * Which of Watson’s descriptions of God’s Word stood out most to you? Why? * How might you become more diligent in reading the Word?
In 1968, Paul Ehrlich published his bestselling book, The Population Bomb, which predicted the apocalyptic death of millions in the 70s and 80s as the result of over-population. Surely you have heard the nutshell of his argument before: the earth and its resources simply cannot sustain humanity’s ever-growing population. Sixty years later, the fact that nearly all of his predictions have failed to come true did not stop the now ninety-year-old from doubling-down on the disaster of over-population on 60 Minutes just last month. And many people are still in agreement with his assessment.
Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson make a case that the global population is actually looking at the very opposite problem: a population bust rather than a bomb. In their book, Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline, they aim to dismantle several common population myths.
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Blessed are those who avoid the way of sinners, who turn away from the path of evil and pursue the wisdom and righteousness of the LORD.
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This is my discussion of the first chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Chapter Outline* Introducing the text (pp. 1-3)
* Violence Concerning Magistrates (pp. 3-4)In punishing the guilty (p. 3)
In defending the innocent (pp. 3-4)
* Violence Concerning Christians (pp. 4-7)
What this violence is not (pp. 4-5)An ignorant violence (p. 4)
A bloody violence (pp. 4-5)Toward oneself
Toward another
What this holy violence is (pp. 5-7)Violent for the truth (pp. 5-6)
Violent for our own salvation (p. 7)
What is implied in this holy violence? (pp. 7-8)resolution of will
vigor of affection
strength of endeavor
the many ways of offering violenceto himself
to Satan
to the world, and
to heaven
Questions for Reflection* Do you agree with Watson’s premise that “it is easy to talk of heaven, but not to get to heaven?” Why or why not? * How can we both be violent in our pursuit of heaven while also resting totally in the finished work of Christ? * How do our will, affections, and strength relate to one another? Is there a significance in Watson’s ordering of the three? * In what ways are you hoping the rest of this book will be a challenge to you?
The only way not to walk in the counsel of the wicked is to walk according to the counsel of the Scriptures.
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Here is a brief introduction to the book Heaven Taken by Storm, its author Thomas Watson, and the Puritans in general.
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Wise men and women somberly, but boldly, look death in the face, praying for God’s grace to keep them from wasting their limited time here on earth.
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Indeed, the blessed man is the focal point of the psalm, and he is described by action (meditating on God’s law), by comparison (like a tree), and in contrast to the wicked. Biblically, to be blessed is to be favored by God. Conversely, the wicked are disconnected from God, still “alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds” (Colossians 1:21). To belong to God means being blessed, wise, and alive, while rejecting God is wickedness, foolishness, and death. And each and every person must walk down one of these two paths. There is no third option.
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The first Sunday of each month I will be recording sermons from church history for a series called Dead Men Preaching. I recorded a reading of this sermon by Thomas Watson back in 2020 whenever our church read through Heaven Taken by Stormtogether. Titled “Parting Counsels”, Watson delivered this message to his church after the Act of Uniformity ejected him from the pastorate. The best place to read this and other sermons from this time is Sermons of the Great Ejectionfrom the Puritan Paperback series.
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From Israel’s enslavement in Egypt to their wondrous crossing of the Red Sea, the first fourteen chapters of Exodus are some of the most well-known stories in all of Scripture, which added a degree of gravity to preaching through them last year. Yet, as is almost always the case, well-known is a bit of a misnomer. It would probably be more accurate to say that we think that we know exodus story. The reality is that most of us remember the broad story beats: slavery, Moses in a basket, burning bush, plagues, Red Sea. And we allow our imaginations, films, or a combination of both to fill in some of the details.
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My goal is not to say all that could be said about Psalm 1; instead, I simply hope to present enough thought on each phrase of this psalm to provoke further meditation in you, the reader. I pray that you take these nuggets of Scripture, easily memorized, and ponder them in your heart and mind throughout the day and week.
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God’s execution of judgment upon the gods of Egypt was not simply upon an abstraction but upon the actual demons that reveled in such worship. The LORD judged them by exposing them as the frauds, the vanities, that they are. They called themselves divine, masquerading as being sovereign over particular domains of creation, yet Yahweh displayed with each sign that He “is the blessed and only Sovereign” (1 Timothy 6:15).
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Proverbs 1-9 and Song of Songs certainly can be seen as giving a similar message with emphasis toward boys and girls respectively. Yet rather than seeing Proverbs 31 as a boy-centered conclusion to Proverbs, I believe it provides a significant meeting of those two themes.
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While Exodus does not explicitly give a reason, it certainly comes pretty close to doing so. Consider God’s words to Pharaoh in Exodus 9:16, while warning of the plague of hail: “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” God could have erased all of Egypt in the blink of an eye. He could have rained fire and sulfur upon them until the whole country was nothing but ash and dust, just as He did to Sodom and Gomorrah. However, God had other plans. Repeatedly, God has said that both Israel and Egypt will come to know that He is the LORD, that He is Yahweh. So, God raised up Pharaoh for the purpose of displaying the power and greatness of His name through the defiant king.
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These six principles that governed how Henry commented upon Scripture should, likewise, govern how we read Scripture.
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Even if we were to study a book of the Bible one verse at a time, there would still be no way extracting every nugget of truth and wisdom from its pages, so given the pace with which we will be studying Exodus (often moving one chapter or more per week), there will obviously be many items of discussion that we will simply will not have time to dive into on Sunday mornings. I hope to present the most significant and interesting of these in articles called An Exodus Excursus later in the week, which, of course, is exactly what this is.
So, let’s dive into the topic at hand: in Exodus 1, did the Hebrew midwives sin by deceiving Pharaoh?
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A common assumption seems to be that forgiveness of a debt means simply wiping it out of existence altogether as if it never happened at all. Unfortunately, that is not how debt works.
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Grumbling, like all other sins, brings judgment and destruction. Yet the danger with grumbling is that, again, it comes naturally to us all as well as being so easy to excuse and even justify. For example, have you ever began to complain by saying something like "I just need to vent for a minute"? Or maybe you end by saying facetiously, "Sorry for the rant!" What is really being said is, "Grant me moral immunity to grumble for a moment."
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While the culture war continues to rage, I would like to very briefly ask my brothers and sisters in Christ to poke our heads above the fray of headlines and to consider the years ahead and how they might impact our actions today.
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After last reading of the pilgrims’ assault and triumph over Giant Despair and of their coming to the Delectable Mountains and what the Shepherds there revealed to them, we come now to the end of their journey and to the end of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. In these final pages, the company meets two more worthy pilgrims, Mr. Valiant-for-truth and Mr. Steadfast. They also pass through the Enchanted Ground into Beulah Land, where Christiana and many others are summoned to cross the River Death into the Celestial City.
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In our previous reading, Christiana and her ever-increasing company of pilgrims added Feeble-mind and Ready-to-Halt as well as Gaius' daughter, Phoebe, as James' wife. They then came to the town of Vanity and stayed in the house of Mnason, finding the town much less hostile to pilgrims that it was during Christian’s time. While staying there, Great-heart and several other worthy men fought back a great monster that had periodically plagued the town. In our present reading, the pilgrims continue on their journey, where they fight against Giant Despair and come after to the Shepherds upon the Delectable Mountains.
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When we last left Christiana and her companions, they added another pilgrim to their party, an older man named Honest, and then came upon the house of Gaius, where they were able to stay for over a month. We pick up the story once more with the pilgrims still resting in Gaius' house. Here we will read of how Gaius employed Great-heart's service in ridding the land of a fearsome giant named Slay-good, how they met another pilgrim named Feeble-mind, and how, after leaving Gaius, they came to the town of Vanity and of what they found there.
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Having previously ventured through the Valleys of Humiliation and the Shadow of Death and defeated the giant Maul in combat, we continue onward with the pilgrims' journey. Over the course of this stage, they meet a fellow pilgrim named Honest, who recounts for them the pilgrimages of Mr. Fearing and Mr. Self-will. Lastly, they are greeted warmly into the home of Gaius.
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In our previous reading, the pilgrims left the Arbour and passed by the dread of the giant Grim to come to the Porter's Lodge called Beautiful. There they resided for more than a month. In this week's pages, we read of the pilgrims' next stage of their journey, wherein they must pass through the valleys of humiliation and the shadow of death.
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When we last left Christiana and her fellow pilgrims, they had left Interpreter's House with a new companion to be their guide and protector, Great-heart. Together they came upon the place of deliverance, found the hanged bodies of Simple, Sloth, and Presumption, and began their climb up the Hill of Difficulty. In our present reading, the pilgrims face Grim the giant and find a lengthy lodging at the House Beautiful.
In our previous reading, Christiana and the other pilgrims came to Interpreter's House, where they were given a warm and joyful welcome since Interpreter had already received word that Christian's family had finally become pilgrims themselves. Having shown the travelers a number of lessons, they were ready again to set out. In these pages, the pilgrims come to the place of deliverance and discuss the imputation of righteousness, come upon men hanged as a warning, and start up the hill of difficulty.
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In our previous reading, Christiana, her four sons, and Mercy set forth upon their journey and entered through the Wicket-Gate. Though Mercy was fearful of being rejected for not having a received a letter from the King as Christiana had, the Keeper assured her of her acceptance. In our present section, the pilgrims continue along the path and, after escaping an assault, come the house of Interpreter, where they are shown many illustrations that will serve to instruct them for the remainder of their travels.
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Last week, we began our journey reading through the second part of the Pilgrim's Progress. There we met Christiana, Christian's wife, as she wrestled with the guilt of having mocked Christian's desire to become a pilgrim. After some visions in the night and a visit from Secret, Christiana resolved to set forth for the Celestial City herself taking her four sons with her. Our previous reading then closed with Christiana's dialogue with her neighbor Mrs. Timorous, who tried to persuade her not to become a pilgrim.
In our present passage, Christiana sets out on her journey with her four children and her young neighbor Mercy, who fears that she will not be permitted to pass through the Wicket-gate because she received no invitation from the King.
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As we begin reading Part II, we are greeted again by Bunyan who transmits this story to us as the sharing of his dream, and from the very first paragraph, we discover the subject of this tale: Christian's wife and children that he left behind in the City of Destruction.
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A few weeks ago, I dreamed a disturbing dream.
As with many dreams, I cannot recall the context nor the setting in great detail, yet Tiff and I were eating a meal with others. We were eating meat, which I came to realize was not beef or pork but human. Everyone at the table ate without hesitation, viewing it no different than any other form of meat. I too ate but with some reservation. Deeply embedded within me, I sensed that something was wrong, that something was erroneous. As I debated, still eating, whether I should ask Tiff later if she felt the same, I awoke.
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Having only been blown off course of our initial projected reading schedule by two weeks, we come now to the conclusion of the first part of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. Here Christian and Hopeful conclude their pilgrimage and finally arrive at their eternal home in the Celestial City. Of course, while this is the conclusion of Christian's journey, Bunyan wrote a sequel about Christian's wife, Christiana, and after a hiatus for the remainder of July and August, we will begin our study of her pilgrimage in September.
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As we last noted, the content of the ninth stage of Christian's journey was too large for me to adequately capture in one week. Thus, we previously discussed the first half of the stage, particularly Little-faith, Flatterer, and Atheist. Moving on the second half, we shall discuss the Enchanted Ground, Hopeful's testimony, and Ignorance.
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The previous stage took Christian and Hopeful into both the heights and depths of life, which very often do occur back-to-back as Bunyan has described. Now, as has been the pattern since the Valley of Humiliation, Bunyan follows a stage of much action with a stage of much conversation. In the ninth stage, which is bookended by their encounters with Ignorance, the two pilgrims tell the story of Little-Faith, are led into a snare by Flatterer, and enter into the Enchanted Ground. This is the largest reading that we have covered yet, and I soon realized that there was far too much to discuss over the course of one week. Thus, we will break our discussion of this stage into two parts.
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After shunning the corrupting company of By-ends and avoiding the pit at Lucre Hill, the pilgrims Christian and Hopeful concluded the previous stage of their journey with the sight and warning of Lot's wife. Now in this eighth stage, the pilgrims meet three settings: the River of Life, Doubting Castle, and the Delectable Mountains.
There will be no post on The Pilgrim's Progress this week.
The 8th Stage lies still before us with its classic description of Christian and Hopeful being caught in the grip of Giant Despair. Given the ever-growing depression and anxiety rates today, our society as a whole seems to be similarly locked in Doubting Castle.
With such a heavy and needed discussion paired with my preparation to preach Mark 10:13-16 (a passage equally heavy and needed), I have found that my mind has had the mental space to only focus on one of the two. And sermons always get the right of way.
Use this week, therefore, as an opportunity to catch up with the readings if needed or to read ahead if that suits you best.
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After witnessing the death of his fellow companion, Faithful, under a faux trial at Vanity Fair, our last reading ended with Christian escaping from his cell and setting back on his journey, singing in honor of his victorious brother. Along this stage of Christian's pilgrimage, he is joined by a new companion named Hopeful, and the pilgrims navigate their encounters with By-ends and Demas.
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After Talkative's departure, Christian and Faithful continue on to the next stage of their journey. In this week's reading, the two pilgrims meet with Evangelist who prepares them for the suffering and even death that awaits them in the town called Vanity. Once in Vanity Fair, the pilgrims are mocked, arrested, tried, and Faithful is martyred for the faith.
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Having passed through the Valleys of Humiliation and the Shadow of Death, Christian's journey marches onward. On this leg of his travels, we have two distinct parts. First, Christian begins to walk with Faithful and hears of his pilgrimage thus far. Second, Faithful has a dialogue with another traveler named Talkative.
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Our reading picks up with Christian setting out from his stay at the House Beautiful. Discretion, Prudence, Piety, and Charity accompany him down to the foot of the hill, the beginning of the Valley of Humiliation. Here Christian discovered a different kind of difficulty. Scaling the Hill of Difficulty left Christian ascending slowly upon his hands and knees, but descending can be just as perilous as the ascent. Indeed, despite Prudence's warning and Christian's wariness, "he caught a slip or two" (59). We should take heed that it is often after a time of rest, peace, and joy that the Tempter strikes hardest, hoping to catch us unprepared. This, of course, is exactly what befell Christian, as Apollyon came to meet him.
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In this third stage of Christian's journey to the Celestial City, he finds deliverance from his burden at the cross, loses his roll of assurance on the hill of difficulty, and finds rest at the House Beautiful.
We ended our first week's reading with Christian being sent back to the narrow path toward the wicket-gate by Evangelist. In our present reading, Christian enters the gate, has a brief conversation with Goodwill, and then is given much to meditate upon by Interpreter.
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As we begin our reading together through The Pilgrim's Progress, we first discuss Christian's flight from the City of Destruction, Pliable's short-lived pilgrimage, and the counsel of Mr. Worldly-Wiseman, applying these moments to our own walk with Christ.
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Our plan is to read both parts of The Pilgrim’s Progress, although we will likely begin Part II around September. The edition that I will be referencing throughout our reading is produced by Banner of Truth, which is a lovely little hardcover containing both parts, fourteen illustrations, and Scripture references in the margins. Of course, given that the narrative follows the pilgrims along their path, readers should be able to follow along using any edition via the stages of the journey that we will discuss each week.
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Entertainment producers like Disney, after all, have a tremendous financial incentive for lodging their characters into the imagination of children. Of course, the more fully they are able to catechize children into their narratives the more merchandise they are then able to sell. Yet on an even deeper level, if their tales can become core components of the child’s childhood, then he or she is likely to actively look forward to sharing whichever film or show with his or her own children. In other words, Disney and similar companies are in the multigenerational discipleship game.
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I think it was a great choice to set the Amazon's series, The Rings of Power, during the Second Age, depicting the downfall of Númenor. Tolkien wrote the least about the Second Age, so that gives creators a bit more room to go their own route. But I most love the potential that the story of Númenor has to reflect upon our own secular age.
Yet, while I will be overjoyed if I am proven wrong, it does not appear that the producers of Amazon’s series understand the heart beneath the story of the fall of the Númenóreans.
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As a pastor, "what do you think about The Chosen?" is a question that I get asked a lot.
Here are my thoughts.
While the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings were captured by three different videos, the trial and its verdict are still incredibly divisive.
How can everyone look at the same evidence and come away with such opposite opinions?
The problem isn't what we see but how we see.
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Is livestreaming into a church service the same as attending physically? What about metaverse services? And what do either have to do with digital gnosticism and transhumanism?
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There is nothing innately noble about being your authentic self, especially whenever our authentic selves are very often wicked.
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