by Bret Capranica | Dec 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
Here’s the second part of the interview.
by Bret Capranica | Dec 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
To comment on later, but – Challies has posted his interview with Grudem.
by Bret Capranica | Dec 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
As I did Tuesday, I do today – empty my “Of Note” file for Saturday. Here are a few articles I’ve found interesting over the past few months – a few of these have little to do with anything genuinely significant, but noteworthy nonetheless: Did you read about the oldest noodles every found? This is an important find for an Italian (even if they were in China). Did you miss Challies on Halloween? Well, read it in preparation for next year. Al Mohler comments on the Federal Government agreeing to help rebuild some religious institutions, but just not churches in the wake of the hurricanes this past season. Al Mohler on doped up kids. We love to medicate rather than educate and discipline these days. If you want to stay employed – don’t use a Mac – stick with a PC. Denny Burk has some good comments on what’s wrong with Evangelicalism. Another result of people rejecting inerrancy: The 100 Minute Bible. Only the important parts of the Bible are included here, in a format that will let you read daily for two minutes or less. Yes, by all means, that is what people need today, less doses of the Scripture, and only those portions chosen by who knows who? Here’s an interesting tool – a parallel Bible – Greek and the ESV. This is a good alternative to the previous link. In fact, if two minutes is all you have time for in the Bible, try reading consecutively through a passage of the Bible for only two minutes a day. That is a much better idea. Here is...
by Bret Capranica | Dec 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Jim Hamilton has posted two more articles on his “Shakesperean Worship.” The one referenced here in the title is a response to the Emergent Church in light of Hamilton’s proposition for a more liturgical approach (in a Southern Baptist Church no less). In the second article he provides an illustration from the church he is pastoring of how practically this worship is carried out. Interesting stuff. Still thinking through some of his...
by Bret Capranica | Dec 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Tim Challies posts the second part of the interview with Dr. Sam Waldron on speaking in tongues, signs and wonders. I’ll update a little later with a few comments.
by Bret Capranica | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
For years I have searched the Scriptures looking for the elusive but much acclaimed private prayer language. As of today, I still can’t find it in the Bible. No where! I do have some good friends who tell me they have found it in the Bible and in their mouth and they regularly engage in a regular private prayer language sessions in their prayer closets. The only passage I have yet to hear them quote is 1 Corinthians 14:4 “One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church.” For a moment (more like a split second), they had me convinced. Then I read all of chapter 14. Convinced no longer. In fact, there seems to be nothing “private” about tongues in any passage of the Bible where the infamous “speaking in tongues” is mentioned. Only one Gospel mentions the phenomenon (Mark 16:17 confirmation of eye apostolic witness 16:20) and it is a very PUBLIC speaking gift. The book of Acts mentions “speaking in tongues” a few times (contrary to the claims of most modern day tongue talkers). Acts 2, 8, 10 and 19 are the passages. Interestingly, each time a group spoke in tongues it was when a new people group was confirmed as those included (Acts 1:8 note the geographic parallels) in the emerging church (oops, that is probably not a good phrase to use today). Furthermore, all of the Acts accounts are PUBLIC scenes. The only other place in the Bible (yes, the whole Bible – I’m open to suggestions) where the phenomenon of tongues is mentioned is in 1 Corinthians,...
