What I Read Online – 10/16/2012 (a.m.)

• Audio « STAND for the Gospel | promoting gospel-centred ministry in Aotearoa, New Zealand

  • Conrad Mbewe – The Need for Saving Faith
     Conrad Mbewe – The Need for Gospel Information
     Conrad Mbewe – The Need for Evangelistic Preachers
     Conrad Mbewe – The Need for Mission-Minded Churches
     Conrad Mbewe – The Need for Realistic Expectations

• Background in Biblical Interpretation: Part 2 – Reformation21

  • First and most important of all, the biblical text must have priority. If the explanation does not fit what the text itself tells us, it is wrong
  • The second principle I would put forward is that we should be very wary of any interpretation built on the claim that something was “just what everybody did or thought in those days”. It assumes a uniformity which is not necessarily the reality
  • A third principle is that we should beware of assuming that practices and beliefs in the surrounding world stayed uniform throughout the period of the Old Testament

• AlbertMohler.com – Revisiting Inerrancy: A Panel Discussion Considers What is at Stake

  • With current challenges to the inerrancy of Scripture in view, I convened a panel of theologians to revisit the question. In one sense, the challenges to inerrancy are more direct than ever, with figures associated with some evangelical institutions calling for a straightforward repudiation of the doctrine. Other assaults are more subtle, but all of these challenges demand our close attention.

     

     

• 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer – Justin Taylor

  • 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

• If Your Church Is Not All You Want It to Be – Desiring God

  • If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.

• Parenting Teenagers in Grace University | HeadHeartHand Blog

  • This is the hardest university I’ve ever been in, and I’m not sure if I’m ever going to graduate. If I do, it certainly won’t be with honors. However, I’m learning so much about God’s lifelong grace towards me (and about my parents’ grace towards me over 30 years ago), that I’d be willing to repeat the course.

• How do you minister to a child whose father has abandoned the family? | Practical Shepherding

  • Speak truth.  Remind children of the character of God and that he is faithful even in suffering.  Remind them of their need for Christ.  Do not be amazed years later if you look back on this painful moment as a turning point in that child’s faith as they grasped the truth of God’s Word because of a heightened desire for answers that provide hope.

     

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