Paul BurkhartAs usual, I’m going to to take the rhetorical back door to my topic. I’ve spent all week moving. I’m moving from a room in the third floor of a Brooklyn Jewish woman’s house to a house in a slightly “rougher” part...
Terry DelaneyLaurelen Whitney, Don Whitney’s daughter, has entered a national contest in which participants submit a Youtube video of themselves singing the National Anthem. Every viewing of the video and 4 or 5-star rating increases the...
Ryan BurnsLogos Bible Software is giving away a signed copies of Driscoll’s Death By Love to 5 lucky twitter followers once they reach 1K followers. So, go follow Logos and spread the word for your chance to win. It is getting close.
Introduction Voddie Baucham has been called an “evangelist to intellectuals.” He is an author, a Bible teacher, a churchman, and an apologist. His unique blend of sound biblical exposition and cutting-edge relevance make him one of the...
Carter, Joe and John Coleman, How to Argue Like Jesus. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2009. 174 pp. $15.99. Joe Carter, not the baseball player, is the managing editor for Culture11, an online magazine, and writes on his personal blog, The Evangelical...
Jake BelderLast semester, I decided to go to school part-time, and took up a thirty-hour-a-week job to help us out financially. I wanted to do a few classes at the same time to keep moving forward with my studies, and ended up doing one class on campus and two...
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter ed. Nancy Guthrie. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2009. 152 pp. $12.99 Nancy Guthrie has once again dazzled with a compilation of seasonal devotionals. Her last devotional book...
Bake Ottofy is the writer behind the Treasury of Bible Studies and Bible Teaching Notes website. I know him personally and have found him to be a wonderful expositor, teacher, and mentor. He offers free give aways of some of his notes through his...
Santos, Helen. Caleb’s Lamb. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2007. 95 pp. $10.00. I cannot call this a review so much as an alert. This book is an excellent tool to teach your children what substitutionary atonement is and how...
Last night Ryan sent a prayer request on Twitter for his dad. He had suffered a stroke and is passing a kidney stone. The update this morning is that the heart seems alright but the stone needs to be passed. His dad is in a lot of pain. Please pray...
Semester 1 Stats: Less than 4 months (Sept-Dec) Pages of papers written: 114 Pages of notes taken: 154 Pages read: about 1,900 (+/-100) Total pages written: 268 (I produced just over 13% of what I consumed) Ending GPA: 3.2 Wow. That first semester...
BibleWorks8 (BW8) is the latest in the Bible Works computer software series. Building upon the huge successes and renovations made to BW7, this new edition has much to offer while at the same time remaining constant in most of its functionality...
Chad BrooksI know of a student (through a friend at a different seminary than mine) that is finishing his M.div in 5 semesters. This means that in two and a half years, he finished a 90+ hour masters level degree. While it had to be cheaper, and quicker, I...
We passed a milestone yesterday with our 400th post! In a little over 1 year we’ve written 402 posts, fielded 929 comments, dodged 263 bits of spam, and grown from 600 visitors the month we launched to over 4,500 visitors last month. Thanks to...
We are now through the first month of using the Letters of Samuel Rutherford as a devotional in 2009. If you are reading along, I pray you have been as blessed as I have been. I would like to take some time to reflect back on some quotes as well as...
Ed Stetzer of LifeWay has a wonderful post about balancing ministry with family. This is just as important for the seminarian and it deserves a careful read.
Jeff PattersonIX Marks asked a roundtable of seminary presidents two questions: Why is your seminary needed? What’s an exciting example you have seen being done in a local church that would encourage pastors to think of raising up the next generation? Read...
At one point in the past, I posed the question on my blog of how long a pastor should remain with one church. Every now and then I look back at the most thoughtful response I received to the question (which came from an Orthodox priest) and spend...
Suffering and the Goodness of God, ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2008. 253 pp. $23.99 Introduction Suffering and the Goodness of God is the first book in a new series being published by Crossway Books...
This February Sic et Non is giving away a bunch of Bible software. Go check out the site for details.
Recently, my family and I made a trip down to Texas to see my extended family. My grandfather is nearing death. Every time we see him could very well be the last. There’s so much I want to ask him. What’s his greatest fear in all this...
With a renewal of Reformed Theology spreading throughout Christendom in the last couple decades, it is truly to our benefit that we look to the past in order to understand how to move forward. This is aptly stated in the Introduction to each book in...
Words, words, words. If you’re in seminary, then your world is based wholly on words. Deep words. Big words. In seminary you will hear many words, you will read many words, you will write many words, and you will speak many words. This being...
As we are beginning a new semester of classes, I have been reflecting on what I have learned during the first three semesters and where that learning has taken place. Personally, I have learned more outside of the classroom than I have inside. That...
I got an email last night from Rob Schumaker. He wanted me to let everyone know that his Schumaker Foundation is giving away a $1,000 scholarship for Divinity students. Check out his site for detials. Deadline to apply is March 9, 2009.
Dr. Kistemaker is my favorite professor. Maybe it is because it was in his class that I, for the first time, finally understood the letter to the Hebrews. Maybe it is because he retired 12 years ago, but still teaches almost every semester! Or...
Since I apparently have too much time on my hands (uh, yeah right) I decided to create a fun little online quiz to help people see if they have what it takes to survive seminary. Go take the Seminary Survival Quiz and be sure to post your badge on...
I don’t know about you, but I live in a strange tension. I’m a preacher at heart. Every conversation no matter how casual somehow turns to Christ and his impact on our hearts and lives. Every biblical text I read goes through the...
Carr, Simonetta. John Calvin. Illustrated by Emanuele Taglietti. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2008. 64 pp. $18.00. With 2009 being the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, Reformation Heritage Books has published a wonderful...
One of the opportunities that I have while in seminary is working as an Intern in the Chapel office here at Asbury. This year, I am leading the student team that designs and coordinates three services a week as well as many special events. I came to...