Hans Rookmaaker left us prematurely at the age of 55. It would seem he had so much more to give. Nevertheless, his legacy is solid, and many have carried on the burden of his thoughts. His devoted daughter, my friend Marleen, has accomplished the Herculean task, a labor of love, of editing and publishing his […]
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The BibleMesh Institute welcomes Dennis Greeson as its new Dean. For the past five years, he has worked with BibleMesh in various capacities, including curriculum and course development, administration, and teaching. As Dean, he will lead the BibleMesh Institute in pursuing its next phase of development. We are pleased to present this Q&A to help
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Isaac Backus was a Baptist pastor and prominent advocate of religious liberty during the era of the American Revolution. Also famous for championing the separation of Church and State, he served as a delegate to the 1788 Massachusetts convention that ratified the United States Constitution. This selection, taken from his work A History of New England
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I hate trying to talk while I’m in the dentist chair. It vexes me why anyone would ask me questions while drilling, scraping, or spraying my teeth. I hope they don’t expect anything more than an “uh-huh” or “huh-uh.” Recently, however, my dental hygienist asked me how long it takes me to prepare a sermon.
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There are some pastors who maintain the discipline of extensive wider theological study beyond preaching preparation on their own without any help, but there are few of them. Nor is it ideal to fly entirely solo, because it means missing out on external expertise and iron-sharpening-iron interaction. At the Pastors’ Academy we used to offer
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Beginning in the 1930s, and working into the late 1960s, Swiss theologian Karl Barth wrote his 13-volume Church Dogmatics, six million words in all. In the eighth book (Doctrine of Creation, Part IV), he brought theology to bear on the practical issues of moral life in society. In this selection, he takes on the question of abortion, declaring
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