Yesterday, Bruce Baugus posted his story at the Gospel Coalition, and he tells of his journey answering the question: “How do I know the Bible is God’s Word?”
What’s his answer? Read it.
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Can’t I just skip over the geneologies?
BibleMesh posted an article yesterday entitled, Can’t I just skip over the genealogies in the Bible? It’s a short read with some good examples of why you should read over those names with thankfulness and hope.
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Why Study a Book like Genesis?
The elders of our church just finished a year-and-a-half-long sermon series through the book of Genesis, and I had the privilege of preaching the last sermon.
I titled this final sermon “Why Did We Preach Through Genesis?” and I gave 3 answers:
- To build your confidence in the Bible
- To build your confidence in the Basics (how to love God, love your neighbor, and make disciples)
- To build your confidence in Jesus
Have you doubted whether old books like Genesis are useful to us? Have you wondered what is the main point of Genesis? Would you like to understand better how Genesis teaches us about Jesus?
You might enjoy the sermon. Check it out!
3 Myths Exposed About Solomon’s Wisdom
We often ask God for wisdom with the expectation that he’ll teleport it directly to our minds. If we ask, he’ll give, and he’ll give it quickly and fully.
But, as we’ve seen in our series on Proverbs, that’s not at all how wisdom works.
Till He Comes just published a guest post I wrote as a companion piece to my Proverbs study. In this post, I debunk 3 common myths about Solomon’s wisdom. One of the myths is that God supernaturally zapped wisdom into Solomon’s brain. Nope. Nada. Not true.
I’m not going to tell you the other two myths here. You’ll have to go check it out.
The Legacy of Howard Hendricks
Howard Hendricks, long-time professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, passed away last week. I never knew the man, but I have much respect for his book on OIA Bible study entitled Living By the Book.
Dave Miller’s eulogy for Dr. Hendricks at SBC Voices captures the wonderful legacy of this man and his love for teaching others how to study God’s Knowable Word. May it be said of us that we had such passion and influence in propagating love for the Bible in our generation.
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How’s Your Bible Reading Going?
How’s Your Bible Reading Going? If your answer is anything other than “Absolutely everything I ever wanted it to be!”, check out this post over at Gospel Coalition by Ryan Kelly. It lists out a bunch of ways we tend to get off track, with suggestions for addressing each one.
Tim Challies Recommends Good Commentaries
Tim Challies just began a series of posts where he plans to collect strong recommendations on good commentaries on each book of the Bible. His first post on Genesis is here.
He’s done a lot of work researching which volumes pastors and scholars have found most helpful. If you’re looking to get a commentary to help you prepare for a study or class, you may want to check out Challies’s recommendations.
We’ll plan to post here when we find his recommendations particularly helpful.
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Use Your Bible
Darryl Dash has a great post, where he shares his vision for frequent Bible use in our churches. Note that I didn’t say Bible “reading.” While reading the Bible is important, we should also make frequent reference to the Bible in all of our meetings, counselling, planning, and hanging out. Just beautiful.
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10 Tips for Reading the Bible in 2013
Shane Vander Hart posted 10 quite sensible tips for reading the Bible in 2013 on his Caffeinated Thoughts blog. I especially appreciate his suggestion to dedicate the best time of your day to reading of God’s Word.
I highly recommend you check it out!
How NOT to read your Bible
As you consider what your time with God will look like in 2013, Matt Smethurst of The Gospel Coalition has some sage advice about how NOT to read your Bible.
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