I haven’t been able to do much blogging since the move, but I thought a brief update might be of interest to some. The semester started three weeks ago and since then I’ve been teaching 6 hours a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays. While that might seem like an ideal schedule to some, I’m finding… Read More »
Jonathan Moorhead: Hughes Oliphant Old has written a classic 7-volume history of preaching. Theologically he is a liberal, clearly rejecting the doctrines of inerrancy and the person of Satan (and demons). Yet, I find it interesting how he evaluates the preaching of John MacArthur: "Why do so many people listen to MacArthur, this product of… Read More »
I heartily concur with David Murray’s list of 10 Problems with Old Testament Teaching. Messianic Jews are being persecuted in Mevasseret Zion (the town where the closest mall to Yad HaShmonah is). That times have changed (on the computer) is clear from the fact that Google Desktop is being retired. TMC is ranked #2 again… Read More »
I read this here and think it worth reposting for you. This one may be hard to accept, but you shouldn’t assume that because your child makes straight A’s that he/she is getting a good education. The truth is, a lot of times it’s the bad teachers who give the easiest grades, because they know… Read More »
From USA Today: Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates show almost no gains in learning in their first two years of college, in large part because colleges don’t make academics a priority, a new report shows. Instructors tend to be more focused on their own faculty research than teaching younger students, who in turn are… Read More »
I’ve had a few requests for my Sunday School lessons as I teach through Isaiah chapter by chapter. This week I start the well-known chapter 53 (technically, it begins in 52:13). And I’ve just posted the available handouts and mp3 files for chapters 1-52 here. There are many better resources, including: Layman level, easy reading,… Read More »
Just to make clear right from the start here, this is not April 1. And this article is not from the National Enquirer or the Onion, but from the New York Times. Ready? One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it’s… Read More »
This came out last month when I was away, but I want to note it for any academics who read here who didn’t see it. Carl Trueman on “The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind“: Third, there would seem to be a pervasive evangelical inferiority complex. This means that, while we do not wish to… Read More »
This blog post says better than I could a number of things that have grieved me in recent years. If you ‘re teaching or planning to teach the Bible, please read it. If you ‘re thinking of sending your child to a “Christian college,” please read it. If you ‘re considering beginning a seminary education,… Read More »
“Christian fiction” those two words will make the bravest man tremble and flee in terror. I know. Bear with me. About ten years ago, we were having dinner with a couple of students at our house. We did that around 400 times, so I don’t remember them all with vivid detail. But for some reason… Read More »