Block, Daniel I. Covenant: The Framework of God’s Plan of Redemption. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021. 704 pages. Hardcover. 9780801097881. $54.99. Introduction Daniel Block is well-known as being one of the premier evangelical scholars of our day. He is a retired Old Testament (OT) professor of Wheaton College, yet continues his scholarly work. His published …
William Wilberforce, wealthy and eloquent rising star of the British Parliament, paced nervously around a square near John Newton’s home before knocking at the door. The politician had recently become a Christian and was unsure whether he should retire from public life. Wilberforce sent a sealed letter to Newton asking to see him and requested that …
The pastor as a hearer The words of James in the first chapter of his letter and his counsel to hearers are familiar indeed: But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at …
Introduction A brief word of caution to our understandable desire for life to get back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic: Has the “new normal” we all talked about quickly become something from which we want to wake up entirely? Weren’t there problems with the “old normal?” The weaknesses in the economy and business world, …
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13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (ESV) In his famous book of poems, Lays of Ancient Rome, the English author Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) recorded the legend of Horatius. Faced with an Etruscan army about to destroy Rome, Horatius, and his …
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring outstanding excerpts from student papers at the BibleMesh Institute, which offers affordable online training for local churches, schools, and ministries. The author’s name has been withheld for privacy and security purposes. He is a missionary in Northeast Asia. Sometimes in life the Lord calls us …