In the Christian life we can easily find ourselves using jargon without knowing what we’re really saying. What exactly is “grace”? Sinclair Ferguson clarifies: It is legitimate to speak of “receiving grace,” and sometimes (although I am somewhat cautious about the possibility of misuing this langauge) we speak of the preaching of the Word, prayer, [...]
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It’s not a “thing”
Posted in Biblical Studies, gospel, tagged grace, Sinclair Ferguson on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wisdom and Authority
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Who? Who? Who? Throughout Ecclesiastes, especially in chap. 8:1-9, the author (“the Preacher”) asks rhetorical questions beginning with who. Throughout the book the expected answer, almost without exception, is no one. So he begins this section. Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? (Eccl. 8:1) No one is so [...]
Are we righteous in vain?
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? (Eccl. 7:16-17) At first glance these statements give one pause. What is the Preacher trying to say? As I have been blogging through my [...]
Who knows what is good for man?
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
That’s one of the questions the Preacher asks in Ecclesiastes 6:12. What is good for a man in times of adversity and absurdity under the sun? He tells us seven things in Eccl. 7:1-14. Reputation: a good name gives what money cannot buy. Consideration: It is better to go to the house of mourning than [...]
Stop Striving and Enjoy God’s Daily Gifts
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So much has been said about the rat race, the figure of speech that seems to summarize our life in this world, under the sun. But often the answer to this predicament is not itself helpful. We strive for wealth to have good things, and then later we realize that our wealth does not satisfy [...]
Guard your steps! Words, Worth, and Worship
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After you watch this video, consider how you prepare for Sunday morning worship. The Preacher’s advice in Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 is clear and straightforward. Think before you Worship: prepare your heart. Eccl. 5:1 To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing [...]
Watch your Step!
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, tagged Ecclesiastes on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How brazen and dishonest people are with their religion. They will go so far with it as suits their needs; so they attend the services and sing the hymns, and when they have to, give a little money to the Lord. But do they live as one should do who’s made a vow to God? [...]
Decisive Moments
Posted in Biblical Studies, Personal growth, tagged John Piper on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
25 years ago. In 1986 Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist was published. God has used (and is still using) that book and John Piper to reorient and reshape me into his image and likeness. Back in the fall of 1985 through the spring of 1986 I was taking “Perspectives on the World Christian [...]
Nothing Better…
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, Personal growth, tagged Ecclesiastes on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge [...]
Listen to the Preacher!
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical theology, contemporary culture, tagged Ecclesiastes on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. Eccl. 1:12-13 After his opening statement of his [...]
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