Bible

By Scripture Alone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17

The Bible is the record of God’s saving works of mankind. Every word of it proves true and it is essential for the salvation of sinners. How do you view the Bible?

Book Review: Why Trust The Bible?

Our student ministry always gives books as a graduation gift. This year the gifts included an ESV Study Bible for anyone who didn’t already have one and a collection of other books that Luke (@LukeTolbert), our student pastor, hand selected. Among those books was Why Trust The Bible? by Greg Gilbert. This is a short book …

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Put Your Knife Away

Some of the Bible’s teachings are hard to accept. In fact, some people find many of the Bible’s teachings to be unpalatable and even offensive. In our historical ignorance, we often beleive that these criticisms of God’s word are new. In fact, many who would seek to alter God’s word do so with the false …

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A Biblical Worldview or a Worldly View of the Bible

I like this definition of biblical worldview: A Christian worldview or a biblical worldview refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs, derived from the Bible, through which a Christian individual, group or culture interprets the world and interacts with it.  A biblical worldview necessarily involves application of the whole Bible and not merely the parts that …

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Should I Bring My iPad to Church?

I love books.  I especially love Bibles.  I appreciate the care with which many are bound, I like the smell, and of course, I love the broke-in feeling of an old Bible.  My heart is warmed when I flip through my Nelson New King James Study Bible that carried me through high school, college, and …

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Monday Musings

“Martin Luther once said that the Bible is like a lion.  If people criticize it, you don’t defend it–you let it out of its cage.  Even in these skeptical times, when the Bible is tossed into a pile of irrelevant books written by dead white males, the lion still roars and the cage still must …

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In Honor of Tethered Preaching

I’ve posted a new article from John Piper on the Articles Page.  In this post from Desiring God Ministries, Piper writes of the differences found between the Bible-oriented preacher and the entertainment-oriented preacher using John Calvin as his example of the Bible-oriented preacher. In part, Pastor Piper writes:  For Calvin, preaching was tethered to the Bible. That is why he …

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ESV Study Bible

The ESV Study Bible is a long-awaited resource due out next month.  Many people (me too?) seem to be awaiting its release the same way a small child looks forward to Christmas.  I’ve pasted a video about it’s release below.  It is sure to be a valuable resource for study and sermon preparation.