September 1, 2009 by Zane Hodges in Journal Articles

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it with its lusts, neither turn over your body’s members as instruments for unrighteousness, but turn yourselves over to God as people who are alive from the dead, and turn over your body’s members to God as instruments for righteousness. For […]

September 1, 2009   in Journal Articles

Stephen R. Lewis* Introduction To quote Charles Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of […]

September 1, 2009   in Journal Articles

Philippe R. Sterling I. Introduction: What Is Happening Today? U.S. News and World Report1 and Christianity Today (CT)2 not long ago ran cover stories about Evangelicals adopting historic church rituals. Christianity Today introduced its feature article with the cover-page declaration, “Lost Secrets of the Ancient Church: How Evangelicals started looking back to move forward.” CT […]

September 1, 2009   in Journal Articles

Robert Vacendak* I. Introduction Describing the Emerging Church (designated as EC hereafter) is difficult.1 This is due to the fact that the EC movement is a somewhat recent phenomenon (most say it began in the 1990s) and is fairly diverse in most theological categories. In 2007, the Myers Professor of Ministry at Northern Seminary, Robert […]

September 1, 2009   in Journal Articles

Lon Gregg* I. Introduction: Error and Christian Faith Many years ago, before YouTube, before even “Candid Camera,” television host Art Linkletter made a big hit with the “Kids Say the Darndest Things” segment on his weekly show. Children would say cute things that struck his studio audience (and millions of homemakers tuning in for the […]

August 10, 2009 by Bob Wilkin in Audio

The word Christian is only found three times in the Bible. In this message, Bob Wilkin explores exactly what the word Christian means in its Biblical use.

July 8, 2009   in Audio

Apologies again for the low quality recording. This too was converted from an old cassette tape.

Issue One: Assurance, Or, Must One Believe in the Eternality of the Gift? One question that has emerged is whether one needs to believe in Jesus for something that cannot be lost. Whether we call that something justification, salvation, heaven, or eternal life, the question is whether one must believe that what he receives by […]

Editor’s note: It has been my privilege to edit Zane’s commentary on Second Peter for publication in our one-volume NT commentary, which we expect to be released in November or December. The following struck me as especially powerful. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. 3:10. In the Greek text the word […]

9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Peter’s point, of course, is that what seems long and short to men is not long or short to the Lord. Therefore, any seeming delay […]

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