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God’s will does not always come to pass. Does that sound… wrong… somehow? How many times have we heard, though normally stated in softer, more compassionate terms, “Just get over it! It happened, so it was obviously God’s will; accept it and get on with your life!”? Sometimes it takes the form [...] Grace? Or Faith? Or Works? AND Works? ???
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 How many times have you listened to a [...] Dear ISI’ers, I saved this back in March from a posting by Jay Guin to put in the blog sometime. I was impressed all over again reading it just now, refreshing my memory as to why I had saved it in my “need to post someday” folder. Have you ever spoken with someone like the [...] I had never heard the discussion of “disputable matters” and “matters of indifference” presented in the way Jay does below. It hangs together for me. What about you? In Him, Mark
Falling from Grace: The Paradox of Romans 14 and Galatians Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:02 AM PDT (Jay Guin)
Of course, I [...] The notes for the class mentioned in ISI #134, and an Excellent 8-minute video excerpt titled “No More Samaritans,” can be found at 20s30s Class Notes. (Click on the 090621 link on that page.) I only got through maybe the first half of the notes (the PDF document at the above link), but the information [...] I heard a really good comment listening to a sermon this morning. The idea was that many of us read the Word looking for commands and rules, and sure enough, we find them. What do you think we would find though if we read the Word looking for signs of the AUTHOR instead? [...] Danley asked me to post the notes below for him… –Mark
This morning I heard a lecture from Dr. Ken Cukrowski at ACU about the role of women in ministry. He provided insights I have never heard before on this controversial issue. I would like to share my notes [...] I ran across an old article by Joe Beam I thought you might be interested in. Unfortunately, it is still timely. Behold the Sectarian Pattern
By: Joe Beam
I’ve posted a PDF file on baptism… a rather interesting paper by a rather interesting Baptist, Robert H. Stein, who is the Mildred Hogan Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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