Fundamentally ReformedFundamentally ReformedFormer independent fundamental Baptist discusses errors & weird traits of extreme fundamentalism, IFBx, KJV-only debate, contemporary Christian music [CCM], Calvinism/Covenant Theology, & the Bible, while promoting Christian unity & magnifying grace. Articles
Quotes to Note 8: How Christians Should Meditate on Christ?s Sufferings
2009-03-27 15:02:00 As preparation for Easter , I’ve been reading Jesus , Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter, edited by Nancy Guthrie (Crossway). The book provides 25 excerpts from past and present leaders in the Church. Each of the excerpts provides a short chapter, from 4 to 8 pages or so. Guthrie masterfully ... More About: Religion , Reviews , Devotional
More on the ESV Study Bible
2009-03-25 17:49:00 I just learned that in honor of the ESV Study Bible being named the 2008 ECPA Book of the Year, Crossway is offering a 35% discount on all editions, now through April 8th. They are also selling access to the online edition as a separate product for $19.95 (this comes free with the purchase of ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Reviews
ECPA Book of the Year: The ESV Study Bible
2009-03-25 03:32:00 Congratulations to the ESV Study Bible , and Crossway, who produced it. They won the 2008 Book of the Year award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers’ Association. I am enjoying my copy immensely. (I got the brown trutone version, that you see to your right.) My pastor, John Piper, also won top honors in the Christian Life ... More About: Reviews
That?s Hebrew to Me!
2009-03-19 15:09:00 I’ve been studying Hebrew this year, and let me tell you. The phrase, “That’s Greek to me” now communicates nothing to me. Greek is far easier than Heberw. I wanted to share the new Hebrew grammar we’ve been using: A Modern Hebrew Grammar by Duane Garrett and Jason Derouchie. The book will be published in July ... More About: Religion , Jewish , Miscellany , Old Testament
Book Giveaway: What He Must Be ?If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie
2009-03-18 15:29:00 I have two copies of What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter to giveaway, compliments of Crossway. I am going to limit the contest to fathers of daughters. And you must reside in the US (where I can mail things media rate). So please use this contact form, and reply with your ... More About: Reviews , Book
St. Patrick?s Day Devotion
2009-03-17 14:59:00 Behold over and over again I would briefly set out the words of my confession. I testify in truthfulness and gladness of heart before God and his holy angels that I never had any reason, except the Gospel and his promises, ever to have returned to that nation from which I had previously escaped with ... More About: History , Devotional , Missions , Patrick , St Patrick
Bob?s Book Blurbs: Deliberate Simplicity by Dave Browning
2009-03-16 14:00:00 For details on where you might get a free copy of this book, check out the end of this post. Today I’m participating in a Zondervan book blog tour. The book is quite intriguing, with a catchy title: Deliberate Simplicity . A while back I heard about a church in Washington that had locations in several countries ... More About: Religion , Reviews , Book , Dave
A Christ-Centered Perspective of King James Onlyism
2009-03-13 18:50:00 Damien over at Return to Biblicism, just completed a three part series on “Christ and the Scriptures“. He gives me hope: there are other people out there who write longer blog posts than I do!!! His series focuses on why we believe the Bible, and he argues convincingly that we should believe in Christ first, and ... More About: King James , King , James , Perspective
Bob?s Book Blurbs: What He Must Be ..If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Vo
2009-03-12 04:32:00 In What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Voddie Baucham Jr. does Christian dads a favor. He challenges them with a biblical vision of Christian courtship; and he cushions his challenge with a clear cut, easy to read, guide for how to think and plan about their daughter’s future marriage. Baucham realizes ... More About: Religion , Reviews , Bible , Book
Romeo, Juliet, and a Biblical Courtship Model
2009-03-10 18:54:00 Voddie Baucham Jr. has just written a fascinating and somewhat provocative new book: What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter (Crossway). Crossway was kind enough to give me a preview of the book, and my wife and I were quite pleased as we skimmed through it last night. Baucham is saying ... More About: Religion , Christian , Reviews , Bible , Model
Regular Programming
2009-03-03 19:05:00 Will resume shortly. I’ve been sick the last few days, and it may be a day or two before new posting resumes. Blessings to all, Bob Hayton More About: Programming , Site News , Regular
Quotes to Note 7: The Church Spiritually Fulfills OT Penal Execution Laws
2009-02-28 16:43:00 I’ve been enjoying the book Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures by Dennis Johnson (P&R), lately. I hope to finish the book and have a review up by next week. This morning I came across a section that I’ll share in a quote below. I had never thought of the connection ... More About: Religion , Church , Theology , Reviews , Laws
Music Mondays: ?Desert Song? by Brooke Fraser
2009-02-23 15:37:00 Music Monday posts highlight the music which touched my heart on Sunday. I pray the message of these songs will help us all to live in the spirit of Worship all week long. Two Sundays ago I heard this song for the first time. It followed a heartfelt, God-centered, prayer by a man whose wife only ... More About: Religion , Music , Song , Christ , Desert
Fundamentally Funny
2009-02-18 15:59:00 Recently I discovered a new blog which targets fundamentalist oddities for humor. So many of the posts cover things I remember, and most are just light hearted fun. Take a moment today and laugh about church basement Bible Colleges, honorary degrees, hair raising sermon illustrations, a million dollar bill gospel gimmick. Ponder the place of The ... More About: Funny , Fun , Fundamentalism
Testing the Textus Receptus: Luke 2:22
2009-02-15 04:58:00 In Testing the Textus Receptus posts, I test the claims of Textus Receptus (TR) Onlyism. This is a moderate form of King James Onlyism focusing on the Greek (& Hebrew) basis for the King James Version. As I mentioned earlier, Luke 2:22 is one of three passages that James White (author of The King James Only ... More About: Luke 2
Super Sale at Sovereign Grace
2009-02-14 06:19:00 Before I forget myself, I need to remind everyone about the second annual super sale that Sovereign Grace Ministries is hosting. You can find details about the sale here. All their music CDs, such as Together for the Gospel Live, Valley of Vision, & Songs for the Cross Centered Life, are available for $6 All their books, ... More About: Christian , Reviews , Super , Sale
Testing the Textus Receptus: Introduction
2009-02-12 14:05:00 Recently, James White debated Bart Ehrman, a former evangelical textual scholar turned agnostic on the reliability of the New Testament. I am not necessarily a White fan, and I am not going to speculate as to who really won the debate. What interests me has to do with White’s fielding some criticism from proponents of ... More About: Testing , Introduction
Candle Prayers for Toddlers by Juliet David ? A Review
2009-02-10 15:30:00 Authors: Juliet David, illustrations by Helen Prole Format: Hardcover Page Count: 128 Publisher: Candle Books (distributed in the US by Kregel) Publication Date: 2008 ISBN: 0825472016 Rating: 4 of 5 stars There are many books for toddlers these days. Few are designed to teach them how to pray. Candle Prayers for Toddlers collects a wide assortment of prayers arranged by topic, and ... More About: Religion , Christian , Reviews , Review
Cardboard Testimonies
2009-02-06 19:47:00 This is a powerful video clip. It testifies to the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Watch and be moved to worship, thanks, praise and joy. [HT: Shaun Tabatt] more about “Cardboard Testimonies“, posted with vodpod More About: Video , Religion , Devotional
God, Why a Recession Now?
2009-02-04 14:06:00 Many wouldn’t think of God as being behind the current economic slump. Some will use this recession as one more reason not to believe in Him. Or they’ll have one more reason to curse Him. Our pastor, John Piper, however, believes God has a purpose for the recession. He went so far in Sunday’s sermon “What ... More About: Religion , Devotional , Calvinism , Recession
Long Pants, Basketball, and Modesty in the News
2009-02-03 19:52:00 Recently, ESPN.com highlighted a small Christian school that required their boys to wear pants, when playing basketball [HT: Seth McBee]. For a couple years when I was in high school, I encountered the same thing. Check out Seth’s post, or the original ESPN article for the entire interview, as I’m sure many of my readers ... More About: News , Religion , Sports , Standards , Basketball
Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World (edited by C.J. Maha
2009-02-01 02:08:00 Authors: C.J. Mahaney (editor), and others Format: Hardcover Page Count: 191 Publisher: Crossway Publication Date: 2008 ISBN: 1433502801 Rating: 5 of 5 stars My thanks go out to Crossway for providing me with a review copy of this book. Any book entitled World liness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World promises not to be your average book on the shelf of ... More About: Religion , Standards , Reviews
And The Winner Is?
2009-01-28 16:31:00 It’s been fun hosting my first ever book giveaway contest. I should make the entry question a bit easier next time, but we had 11 contestants. Where else can you get such a good odds at winning? Okay then, the winner of the Chronological Study Bible (NKJV) by Thomas Nelson Publishers is….. <drumroll please> Okay, <keep the drums ... More About: Religion , Reviews , Freebies , Winner
Against Spiritual Abuse
2009-01-26 19:10:00 Spiritual abuse is a sad reality. Churches, pastors, and others can perpetuate it. I’m sure among cults it is common, but unfortunately in many independent Baptist circles, it is too. I don’t want to say that everyone who claims to have been spiritually hurt this way, really was. Nor do I impugn evil motives on the ... More About: Religion , Abuse , Spiritual , Christ
Chronological Study Bible ? Book Giveaway
2009-01-23 21:47:00 With the completion of my review for the Chronological Study Bible (NKJV) by Thomas Nelson Publishers, I can now announce my book giveaway. Compliments of Kate Etue, publicist for Thomas Nelson, I was given a second copy of this excellent study Bible. I will send this copy out to a US resident, who can answer the ... More About: Fun , Freebies , Book
The Chronological Study Bible (NKJV) by Thomas Nelson Publishers ? A Review
2009-01-23 20:44:00 Author: compilation of several scholars Format: Hardcover Page Count: 1690 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 2008 ISBN: 0718020685 Rating: 4 of 5 stars The Chronological Study Bible (NKJV) by Thomas Nelson Publishers, is a very well done study Bible. The hardback book is beautifully designed with color and graphics on every page. In fact, pages without some kind of article ... More About: Religion , Reviews , History
Video for Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: ?I?m Holding a Miracle?
2009-01-22 19:49:00 Jason French, a member of my church, created this video last year. I remember how greatly moving it was the first time I watched it. This year, in time for today, the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, he has it posted on YouTube. [HT: Desiring God Blog] Take the time today to ... More About: Video , Christian , Anniversary , Miracle , Abortion
Clarifying Calvinism
2009-01-21 14:13:00 Phil Johnson (of Pyromaniacs fame), just finished a superb series of posts entitled Clarifying Calvinism . The series is posted over at Grace To You’s blogizine Pulpit Magazine. He starts out by exhorting younger, web-savvy Calvinists to get their theology from books not blogs (a wise piece of advice, I’d admit). Then he discusses hyper-Calvinism and gives ... More About: Religion
Reading Update
2009-01-19 20:48:00 Quick update on my reading for you all. I recently finished Crossway’s Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World edited by CJ Mahaney, and Thomas Nelson’s The Chronological Study Bible (NKJV). I’m still working my way through P&R Publishing’s Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures by Dennis Johnson, and Reformation Trust’s ... More About: Reviews , Reading , Freebies , Update
Why ?Limited Atonement? (part 2)
More articles from this author:2009-01-16 16:02:00 I apologize for not picking up my limited atonement series sooner. The holidays plus a couple bouts of illness intervened. I’m not optimistic enough to think in the next few posts I’ll answer all of everyone’s questions on this topic. I’ll still have more research to do and questions of my own, I’m sure. What I ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , Part , Limited 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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