Below is an excerpt of Modesty: More than a Change of Clothes by Martha Peace & Kent Keller, pages 17-18. What Is the Biblical Standard of Modesty? A picture book would have been quite handy, but God chose in His infinitely perfect wisdom to give us words to answer this question. After all, the Scriptures were …
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Did Matthew Use Hosea out of Context?
By Dennis E. Johnson The Holy Spirit has provided several signals to mark the route from ancient individuals, events, institutions, and offices to their fulfillment in Jesus, his work, and his people. Among the most obvious are Old Testament passages that New Testament writers explicitly quote and apply to Christ. Case study: Hosea …
What Jesus Meant by “The Good Shepherd”
By Dennis E. Johnson Another metaphor that conveys the Lord’s provision for his people is that of the faithful shepherd, who protects his sheep against predators and provides for them by finding rich and safe pastureland and fresh water. On his deathbed, Jacob spoke of the Lord as his shepherd and invoked the shepherd’s …
Excerpt from Dan Doriani’s Book – The New Man
The following is an excerpt from chapter 8 of Dan Doriani‘s book, The New Man: Becoming a Man After God’s Heart. |8| A Man as Leader Martin Luther once said, “Young fellows are tempted by girls, men who are thirty years old are tempted by gold, when they are forty years old they are tempted by honor …
Excerpt from Give Them Truth by Starr Meade
Here is an excerpt taken from pages 33-35 of Starr Meade‘s newest release, Give Them Truth: Teaching Eternal Truths to Young Minds. “When parents and teachers become convinced that, yes, their children need to learn Bible—the Bible’s big picture, its individual narratives, its characters, its genres, its commands and promises, its doctrines, its gospel in all …