Category Archives: teaching

More information on Suffering

More information is now available on the Desiring God Conference in Austin in October. Thanks to Creation Project for the heads up. Here is the scoop: Registration The registration fee is $25.00 per person if received on or before August … Continue reading

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two solid hits from RPM

Ramblin Pastor Man had some good ones up yesterday. First up was a link to a paper by Tim Keller and David Powlison about passing along bad reports about other people (a/k/a gossip). Well written and extremely practical instruction about … Continue reading

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Hebrews and Eschatology

The whole book of Hebrews was written to Jewish believers in Christ who were thinking about/considering the possibility of returning to Judaism. The writer’s purpose was to persuade these believers to stay with Jesus. He (or she) wrote that Jesus … Continue reading

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teaching

Instapundit gave a link to an article about Randy Pausch and his last lecture. In the article, Charles Lipson talks about the fact that professor Pausch’s lecture was also a lesson in great teaching. Lipson makes the point that good … Continue reading

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Hospitality

In our bible study this morning we talked a little bit about hospitality.  We are studying Hebrews and we have arrived at chapter 13 verse 2. This passage seems to echo the instruction of I Peter 4:7-9 that we keep … Continue reading

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a perspective on persuasion

 II Corinthians 5:11 says that since we know the fear of the Lord we persuade others. Most of the church isn’t persuading others (myself included) so why not? Because we don’t really fear the Lord? Just asking the question.

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