Pastoral Insights from a Reformed Baptist Perspective
Robert Gonzales, Dean and Professor at Reformed Baptist Seminary, has written a couple of excellent articles on "The Danger of Reformed Traditionalism." In part one he identifies the basic problem of subtly allowing faithfulness to a particular Reformed confession to undermine our commitment to the authority of Scripture. This is a problem I have encountered … Continue reading Robert Gonzales on the Danger of Reformed Traditionalism
Today I read an interesting article by Isaac Gaff at the Worship Studies blog. The brief, but thought provoking, article is entitled, Why I Write Down Public Prayers. I recommend reading it and considering Isaac's point of view. I also recommend reading the comments to the post, which include some equally thought provoking interactions about … Continue reading Publicly Praying Written Prayers: Good or Bad?
The following video contains an interview with Voddie Baucham on CNN. I am thankful for his faithfulness to Scripture and his willingness to take a stand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmHwHF1A1Do I also encourage you to check out a couple of articles at Voddie's blog, where he addresses the matter of whether or not we Evangelicals should really be … Continue reading Voddie Baucham Speaks Out on Women in Office
Perhaps some of the blog's readers have already visited Michael Marlowe's Bible Research website from the link on this page, but if you haven't already checked it out, I highly recommend it. Marlowe has a wealth of articles and information at the site, covering areas such as study of the Greek New testament, the Hebrew … Continue reading Recommendation: Michael Marlowe’s Bible Research Website
I have stumbled upon an interesting new Bible study software program called ScriptureDirect, which is dedicated to study of the New Testament. The makers of this software have also made a fun little movie called Back to the Source, which can be viewed or downloaded for free. The movie takes you on a journey with … Continue reading Back to the Source: A Cool, Fun, Free Movie on Keys to Bible Interpretation
Back in June, John Piper wrote an interesting article at the Desiring God Blog. The article was called 20 Reasons I Don't Take Potshots at Fundamentalists. I was intrigued by the title and got to thinking that, in too many Evangelical circles, those "fundamentalists" have become the whipping boys from which most appear to want … Continue reading John Piper on Fundamentalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQl4Zd5T9Kc I first saw this video at the Contemporary Calvinist blog, and I liked it so much that I wanted to share it with my readers as well. In it Voddie Baucham discusses the need to ask the right question about the problem of evil. He had me almost shouting, "Amen!"
Some of you may have noticed the addition of the Two Ways to Live Gospel presentation link on the blog's right panel. It has been included on the homepage of Immanuel Baptist Church (where I serve as an elder) for quite some time. However, I thought it was worthy of a post on the blog … Continue reading Two Ways to Live
Some of you may already have discovered Ben Witherington's ongoing critique of Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices, by Frank Viola and George Barna. But for those who haven't, I want to recommend his review here. Of course, as a Reformed Baptist I would not share many of his views, but this … Continue reading Ben Witherington’s Response to Pagan Christianity
Many of the blog's readers know of my recommendation of e-sword and of the many e-sword resources I have made available at Pastor Throop.com (Just click on the 'Select Category' drop-down menu). But today I would like to let you all know about a couple of other nice websites for e-Sword. First, there are a … Continue reading More e-Sword Resources
