Month: November 2007

Re:Greek

Here’s a resource I thought I’d pass along from the Mark Driscoll/Mars Hill/Resurgence family:

Re:Greek

Here’s some info from their website:

What is Re:Greek?

In our goal to resource multiple generations to live for Jesus so that they can effectively reach their city with the gospel by staying culturally accessible and biblically faithful we must not only study our city, as well we must study our bibles. The Resurgence Greek Project helps you study the Bible more effectively and more easily than ever before. No more flipping through numerous resources or problem solving an online tool that was designed in the early 90’s. Re:Greek brings you the latest technology to study the most timeless treasure, God’s Word, as part of the free online resources of theresurgence.com.

How does it work?

Everything is at your fingertips! If you want to search for a word, you can just click on it and a menu will give you options for that word. Want to study it in Greek? Easy, just switch over to the Greek text and all sorts of grammatical tools are available to you. Coming soon we will provide some video tutorials.

How can Re:Greek help me?

If you’re a pastor that thought you didn’t have time to do the “hard” work of studying the text in the original Greek and still keep your prep time in check, then Re:Greek will help you by allowing you to do the language work much more easily. Thus freeing up more time to spend with your family and ministering to the needs of your congregation.

If you are a God fearing man and woman called to minister wherever you live and desire regular study of your Bible, then Re:Greek will help. At Re:Greek you will be able to pick up right where you left off in your study and reading without having to navigate through the mess of pages. Without advertisements or pop-ups, there won’t be any distractions for you as you look to God’s Word for truth.

A Challenge From Chuck Swindoll To Pastors

In light of the present state of pulpits/preaching across the world, here is a great challenge from one of the most-gifted pastor/preacher/communicators of our time, Chuck Swindoll. I’ve heard him speak numerous times {radio, cds, in chapel while in seminary, etc}, and I wanted to share this challenge, especially for my fellow pastors out there. Enjoy…and keep preaching the Word!

A Video Message To Pastors can be found on his blog: The Pastor’s Soul, Role, and Home

…And My Hope Is Lost

You ask me what my hope is; it is, that Christ died for my sins, in my stead, in my place, and therefore I can enter into life eternal. You ask Paul what his hope was. “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” This is the hope in which died all the glorious martyrs of old, in which all who have entered heaven’s gate have found their only comfort. Take that doctrine of substitution out of the Bible, and my hope is lost. With the law, without Christ, we are all undone. The law we have broken, and it can only hang over our head the sharp sword of justice. Even if we could keep it from this moment, there remains the unforgiven past. “Without shedding of blood there is no remission.” He only is safe for eternity who is sheltered behind the finished work of Christ.
D. L. Moody

Thanks for these words, Ross!

Amazing Grace…

I’ve posted this before, but it’s Friday before the kids are out for Thanksgiving break so here’s a little Victor Wooten to take you into the weekend. Truly amazing… {You gotta hang around and watch. It gets REAL good about a minute and a half in}.

Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art at the Kimbell Art Museum

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The Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas announces Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art, a landmark exhibition of the earliest works of art illustrating the Old and New Testaments that will be on view from November 18, 2007, to March 30, 2008. Developed and organized by the Kimbell (its exclusive venue), and guest-curated by Dr. Jeffrey Spier of the University of Arizona, this highly important exhibition draws upon recent research and new discoveries to tell the story of how the earliest Christians first gave visual expression to their religious beliefs.

Admission prices for the exhibition are $14 for adults, $12 for seniors age 60 and over and students with ID, and $10 for children between 6 and 11. Children under 6 are free, as are Museum Members. An Acoustiguide audio tour is included in the ticket price. Members may purchase an audio tour for $3. Admission prices are half-off on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (not applicable for Member audio tours).

You can find more info here: Kimball Art Museum

Brian McLaren’s “gospel” {I Won’t Capitalize That Letter ‘G’}

Lee Irons gives an excellent review of Brian McLaren’s “gospel” from McLaren’s latest book, Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope.

This review is a must-read because in it you’ll find the contrast that exists among people’s view of the gospel, substitutionary atonement, etc. And then you’ll understand why I get so worked up about this “gospel” gaining popularity.

{HT:JT}

An Exposition On Prayer in the Bible by Dr. Jim Rosscup

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We’ve been trying to emphasize the importance of prayer at the church where I serve, so we now have 3 distinct prayer meetings. So it was to my delight that I saw this 5 volume {!!!!} set on prayer coming out by Dr. Jim Rosscup, a faculty member at Master’s Seminary.

You can read more about An Exposition On Prayer in the Bible and many endorsements at the Logos Blog. But here are a few:

This is the most comprehensive material that has ever been written on prayer. Jim Rosscup, in his usual and rich manner, has pulled together everything the Scripture has said on prayer and explained it. Not only is this a massive treatment from the Word of God, but from a man who, for twenty years, has been teaching a life transforming course on prayer at The Master’s Seminary. He has been living out these truths and teaching thousands of young ministers to do the same with profound blessing.
— John MacArthur, Author; Pastor/Teacher, Grace Community Church; President, The Master’s College and Seminary

Often in commentaries, prayers in the Bible are afforded little attention. Dr. Rosscup’s masterful and thorough exposition of biblical prayers is both insightful and inspirational.
—Harold Hoehner, Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary; Author Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary

I have been a colleague of Jim Rosscup’s at The Master’s Seminary for almost 11 years. One of the things that has always impressed me about Jim is that he has not finished learning. He is always studying, clarifying,
revising his notes, laboring to do a better job in what he teaches and writes….he is a man of prayer. What a blessing that a man who models consistent prayer has blessed us with thousands of pages on prayer. You can be sure that the project on all the prayers of the Bible is not something tossed together in short order. Dr. Rosscup has gone through it
again and again over the years and has tried to make it the best collection of explanations of biblical prayers possible. Prayer is all too often something we neglect in our lives and in our teaching and preaching ministries. Having a work like this at our disposal should be a great resource for helping others understand the prayers of the Bible.
–Michael Grisanti, Professor of Old Testament, The Master’s Seminary