Silent Truth is Public Error

Although Micah veils his autobiographical information, his messages of judgment rest on the lofty ethical standards given to Israel on Sinai (Mic. 6:1-8), his message of hope on God’s unchanging faithfulness to Abraham. Rebuffed by his audience (2:6; 6:6-11), this flashing preacher lifted his almost solitary voice from the highest peaks of ethical standards above the clamorous masses. Even his prophecies of doom must be valued as I AM‘s... Read More

“…Earnestly Seek from Him that Preparation of Heart…”

The first words in A. W. Pink’s An Exposition of Hebrews: “Before taking up the study of this important Epistle let writer and reader humbly bow before its Divine Inspirer, and earnestly seek from Him that preparation of heart which is needed to bring us into fellowship with that One whose person, offices, and glories are here so sublimely displayed. Let us personally and definitely seek the help of that blessed Spirit who has been given... Read More

Why Do We Hate Reading the Gospels?

J. I. Packer, quoted by Mike Bird: Finally, we could then correct the wooliness of view as to what Christian commitment involves, by stressing the need for constant meditation on the four gospels, over and above the rest of our Bible reading; for gospel study enables us both to keep our Lord in clear view and to hold before our minds the relational frame of discipleship to him. The doctrines on which our discipleship rests are clearest in the epistles,... Read More

If Only Barth Read Tozer

From Fred Sanders, The Deep Things of God, 209, Time would fail us to trace the way evangelicals have been driven to a high view of Scripture by their conviction that the Trinity is at work in these texts.  Glen Scorgie once described A. W. Tozer’s approach to Scripture as one that ‘eloquently describes the evangelical soul’s desire to hear God speak int he present tense and personally.’ For Tozer, ‘it is this present... Read More

What To Do When You Don’t Understand a Book of the Bible

A day or two ago I got an email from a friend who has been in church for long enough to know his Bible pretty well, but was struggling some while reading Hebrews.  So he emailed my Dad and my Dad sent it along to me to see if I had any ideas for resources that might help him along with the Warren Wiersbe devotional he was already using (a commendable place to start, by the way). Frankly, this is a topic on which I have some level of expertise, partly... Read More