Doug Moo Biblical Studies

by | May 17, 2008 | General Theology

Fellow TMS Alumni Blogger, Fred Butler, points us to the resources of Doug Moo – whose Romans commentary is a must read for me as I continue to preach through the book. Hip and Thigh: Doug Moo Biblical...

Jeremiah Wright, Evangelicals’ Brother in Christ

by | May 15, 2008 | General Theology

Jayson Byassee of Christianity Today suggests that we need to stop picking on Jeremiah Wright and instead embrace him as a brother. Does Wright advocate and illustrate orthodox Christianity? What do you think? Jeremiah Wright, Evangelicals’ Brother in Christ | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical...

The Sweetness of God’s Sovereignty

by | May 8, 2008 | General Theology, The Gospel

On Sunday evenings for the past two months, I have been preaching through the ninth chapter of Romans. It is a difficult one to navigate exegetically and theologically. I’ve enjoyed the study and the preaching. God has used it in a number of people’s lives (as they have relayed it to me) to help them not only comprehend (what can be comprehended) but enjoy the sovereignty of God in the arena of salvation. Questions abound when reading Romans 9. Emotions tend to flair when discussing it and it’s implications. However, I remember when I was in college and was coming to terms with God’s sovereignty in salvation, I read (in a secular English course) Jonathan Edwards’ Personal Narrative. To this day, it remains one of my favorites of all I have read of Edwards. It is one of my favorites, not because it is one of the most profound or earth-shattering of his compositions, but probably because of the personal effect it had on me when I read it. I used the following quote from Edwards in the introduction of my sermon this past Sunday evening. It sums up well my own struggles and sweet resolutions in understanding and enjoying God’s sovereignty in salvation: From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, in choosing whom he would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be convinced, and...