Logos 4 is out

Libronix has come out with Logos 4. Here is a video introduction of the new product. It looks really great, but I will wait till they get the Mac kinks worked out before I make the leap. Can’t wait to keep everything in Logos synced on my iPhone.

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why philippians?

Matt Chandler gives the top ten reasons he selected to teach through the book of Philippians for a small group video Bible study. I especially liked reasons 1, 2 and 9 below, but go check out the whole list.
How the church began. Acts 16: Lydia is a wealthy Asian (Thyatira); the slave girl is [...]

biblical illiteracy

Randy Alcorn is concerned about the level of Biblical illiteracy in the church today, even among its leaders. It is a very real concern.
Biblical illiteracy among Christians is arguably at an all time high, with chilling implications that can hardly be overstated. I know that various things in the church will inevitably change, such [...]

while we are on the topic of preaching

Here are John MacArthur’s ten reasons for preaching the word.
first the intro paragraph:
Faithfully preaching and teaching the Word must be the very heart of our ministry philosophy. Any other approach replaces the voice of God with human wisdom. Philosophy, politics, humor, psychology, homespun advice, and personal opinion can never accomplish what the Word of God [...]

just thinking out loud here

I noticed some similarities this weekend between John 1:13 and Romans 9:16
Ephesians 2:9 and Romans 9:11
reckon if maybe there is a point here that we miss most of the time? just wondering.

Bible translations and study

as I said before, I am kind of a nut about Bibles. The bottom line is that I think everyone should get one that they will read and then read it for all its worth.
Having said that, at Bible study yesterday morning the importance of using a literal translation in your study [...]

the importance of Bible Study

I had a question this week about why we need to spend time studying theology. My answer was that a right view of God is necessary when a storm comes into our lives and destroys something. At that point of loss do we think that God “allowed” it or do we think that [...]

study essentials

Mark Driscoll has posted six study essentials in a Christian’s life to follow up his earlier post on the necessity of being studious. Here are three of them, but all 6 are good and there are links in the post to some excellent online resources.
1. Have a good Bible.
Every Christian needs a good Bible [...]

Objective Bible Study

Challies has a post about the necessity of leaning on the Holy Spirit when studying the Bible to avoid the possibility of reading the Bible to support preexisting arguments rather than what is there.
he first gives an interesting illustration involving the Loch Ness monster that wraps up like this.
In the case of the people gathered [...]

personal revelation?

the Thirsty Theologian is hard core when it comes to personal revelations from God. Quoting Sinclair Ferguson who gives three reasons why people these days prefer personal revelation to reading the general revelation contained in the Bible. Here is Mr. Ferguson’s third reason:
3. Direct revelation makes it unnecessary to engage in painstaking Bible [...]

change the world?

Brad Abare has an article on Catalyst about why changing the world disturbs him. It is titled, reasonably enough, “Changing the World Disturbs Me”. In the article he makes this statement, “Lately, I’m beginning to think that this inclination for world changing is not only unhealthy, it’s also counter-productive. Perhaps the idea of [...]

Deacon stuff

I added the narrative explanation of deacon qualifications and role below the outline on the Deacon Outline page. Yes, that’s right, even more words.

what is our hope?

I Peter 1:13 says that we need to prepare our minds for action (the KJV word picture is to “gird up the loins of your mind” I love that!) be sober minded and set our hope fully on the grace that will be brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
If we are going to focus [...]