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Mick Boersma — June 27, 2022
Ive been asked by many alumni and other friends, So, hows retirement life going? Fair question. My answer usually runs along the line of Well,...
David Horner — June 03, 2022
Years ago, a friend gave a provocative talk in a seminary chapel on Why I Stopped Going to Church. His point was that church is something we are,...
Betsy Barber — May 11, 2022
Ever since Easter Sunday, Ive been thinking about the women who came to the garden tomb with spices to care for the dead body of Jesus. These...
Octavio Esqueda — April 15, 2022
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the most crucial events of the Christian faith. Both events are united and make our salvation...
La muerte y resurrecci籀n de Jesucristo son los eventos m獺s trascendentales de la fe cristiana. Ambos acontecimientos est獺n unidos y hacen posible...
Kenneth Berding — March 28, 2022
I am writing this post with one sort of person in mind: the student who has just discovered the depth and wonders of theology, including Reformed...
Eric Oldenburg — March 11, 2022
Read the first part of Eric's story in My COVID Lesson: Keeping Short Accounts Part 1 published earlier this week. During this COVID season, God...
Eric Oldenburg — March 09, 2022
In the late summer of 2020, our local church transitioned from fully online services to holding in-person services outside in the courtyard, while...
Octavio Esqueda — March 04, 2022
Christmas and Easter are the two key events in the Christian calendar. At Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God who became a...
Kenneth Berding — February 22, 2022
My wife is remarkably hospitable far more than I. For ten straight years at her instigation, we invited all of my enrolled college students over...
Mick Boersma — February 14, 2022
My wife and I recently watched the first two seasons of The Chosen, a video series on the life of Christ being produced by Dallas Jenkins. We found...
Octavio Esqueda — January 24, 2022
Integrity is the essential distinctive for a follower of Christ. Our character defines, proclaims and demonstrates our faith in a holy God to all...
The Good Book Blog — January 21, 2022
We just received the following letter from one of the leaders at our partner school, Kyiv Theological Seminary, in Ukraine. It is a plea for...
Kenneth Berding — January 05, 2022
I read quite a few good Christian books in 2021. Here are seven of my favorites, plus a bonus book. Insider Church: Ekklesia and the Insider...
Steve Porter — December 06, 2021
In a well-known sermon from 1987, Dr. E. V. Hill preached his wifes funeral. Interspersed with remembering Jane Ednas life and grieving her loss, Dr. Hill intones Job 1:21, The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Kenneth Berding — November 30, 2021
I recently read through Stephen Paynes new devotional book, I Lift my Eyes to the Hills: Gods Help in Times of Trouble . Steve is a former...
Kenneth Berding — October 29, 2021
It has become increasingly popular in recent years for teachers of the Bible (myself included) to disparage people who apply Jeremiah 29:11-13 to...
Gary McIntosh — October 25, 2021
What do pastors actually do? While the answer to many may seem obvious, others ask the question with honest curiosity. It really is difficult to...
Steve Porter — October 12, 2021
Within the Gospel accounts, Jesus utilized a variety of metaphors to describe his relationship with his followers: vine and branches, shepherd and...
The Good Book Blog — October 08, 2021
This guest post is by J. D. Greear, the pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, NC, and former president of the Southern Baptist...
Octavio Esqueda — September 24, 2021
I have frequently heard from many Christian leaders the claim that faith in Christ is the most important thing of all and that everything else is...
Kenneth Berding — September 11, 2021
Twenty years ago, my wife and I were living with our two daughters in a suburb on the northern edge of New York City. The shock waves from the two...
Kenneth Berding — August 29, 2021
Im writing these comments as someone who has great appreciation for the modern worship movement. Still. Am I the only one who has noticed a spate...
Kenneth Berding — August 25, 2021
I grew up in a church setting that was really into higher life teaching. This teaching goes by many different names, including victorious...
Joanne Jung — April 30, 2021
The following is the fourth post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Read The Good Book Blog series written by Professor...