What This Little-Known Social Theory Has to Do with Your Sermons

| Sat, August 17, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Preaching 0

By Jeffrey Arthurs, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry.

Remember ERP: Estimated Relationship Potential. This is a social science theory from the field of interpersonal communication which demonstrates that when we meet someone we quickly form an estimate of the potential for a relationship. We start to calculate: What kind of relationship is possible here? What will the nature of our relationship be? Will it be a romantic relationship? Will it be an authoritative relationship? Maybe I want to avoid this person. [Read more…]

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| Wed, July 31, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products 0

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Why Haddon Robinson Says Less Is More in Preaching

| Sat, July 27, 2019 | Bible Study, Books, Preaching, Products

By Haddon Robinson, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry.

There is an old story that preachers tell: A man came to church one Sunday and the only person who was there, besides himself, was the preacher. The preacher was hesitant to preach his sermon to one man sitting in the front row, but the man said, “Look, I came to church and I expect that you preach. I need to be fed.” So the preacher got up and preached his sermon and he got caught up in the moment.  [Read more…]

Sale Ending: IVP Bundles 30% Off

| Thu, July 25, 2019 | Bible Study, Books, Products

This month’s highlighted publisher is IVP, the prestigious publisher behind many of the most-loved Bible dictionaries, commentaries, and reference works. [Read more…]

6 Recent Archaeological Discoveries That Affirm Details in Scripture

| Wed, July 24, 2019 | Articles, Bible Study
Photo credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David

Each time an artifact related to the biblical narrative is unearthed in Israel or the surrounding lands of the Bible it becomes a witness to the perfection of God’s Word.  [Read more…]

Do Your Sermons Make Your Congregation Think You’re Angry?

| Sat, July 20, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books

By Matthew Kim, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry.

There is a temptation in every preacher to begin and end every sermon with correction. Didn’t Paul tell us in 2 Timothy 3:16 that “all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”? Yes, he did say that. So we follow suit and begin and end every sermon with correction, rebuke, and training in righteousness because it’s good for our listeners. Their apathy needs to be shaken up a bit with some scolding, we say to ourselves. [Read more…]

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| Mon, July 15, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products

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This is the perfect opportunity to get that commentary you need for your upcoming sermon series or class, or to enrich your library with resources that help you get more out of your Bible studies. [Read more…]

Throw Yourself on the Written Word of God

| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Lexham, Lexham Publishing, Products

By Walter C. Kaiser Jr., adapted from I Will Lift My Eyes Unto the Hills: Learning from the Great Prayers of the Old Testament

In Daniel 9:1–27, we are told that Daniel opened his windows toward Jerusalem three times daily in order to pray to God (Dan 6:10). And we have no reason to doubt that just as often he opened the Scriptures to know the will of God, for it was from his understanding of “the word of the Lord given [earlier] to Jeremiah the prophet” (Dan 9:2) that he knew how to pray. Daniel may have carried a scroll of the prophet Jeremiah with him from his homeland, or he used one that was in the possession of the exiles. This high regard for the Scriptures is likewise very evident when we hear Daniel praying, for he does so in a series of subtly woven quotations from what we today call the Old Testament. [Read more…]

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| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products

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Why Archaeology Makes Faith Less ‘Blind’

| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Articles, Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Products

Biblical archaeology is archaeology focused on the ancient Near East. It includes places like modern-day Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, and Iran from 1,400 BC through the first century AD. 

And though students of the Bible often overlook archaeology, it’s one of our most significant partners in Bible study—a witness to the events, culture, and people in the Bible’s stories.  [Read more…]