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While some books of the Bible can be neatly outlined, others are not while nonetheless being clearly understandable. In 2 Timothy, there are certainly the… Read More »An Overview of 2 Timothy and Four Commentary Recommendations
Roy Beacham Having described in the previous essay how God directed me into police chaplaincy, I would like to follow with a personal philosophy of… Read More »A Philosophy of Police Chaplaincy
Being familiar with some of Rod Dreher’s other works like The Little Way of Ruthie Leming and How Dante Can Save Your Life, I was excited to… Read More »The Benedict Option for Education
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Rod Dreher’s much anticipated book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, is how unremarkable… Read More »The Benedict Option: The Christian Option
A church is a voluntary society. Baptists believe that people join churches not by birth but by choice. People freely associate, and can freely disassociate.… Read More »Freedom and Churches
“10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11… Read More »Not in My House: Reminding Ourselves of 2 John 10–11
Roy Beacham One of the doors of ministry that opened for me, in God’s providence, was that of police chaplaincy. Somewhere around the year 2000… Read More »Police Chaplaincy: A Testimony of Ministry Opportunity
It is time to complete our discussion of Psalm 137 by looking through stanza 3, verses 7–9: Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of… Read More »Looking through Psalm 137, Stanza 3: Worship that Trusts in God
Liberty is the absence of unwarranted coercion, leaving the human open to persuasion and his own agency to choose what he ought. Freedom does not,… Read More »Freedom – Societal and Individual
1 John 5:18 (ESV) states, “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born… Read More »1 John 5:18, and a Note on Perseverance and Preservation
Jon Pratt God brings trials of various kinds into all our lives, and we are not to be surprised by this (1 Pet 4:12). But I admit… Read More »Treasures of the Trial
It’s that time of year again, a time when Evangelical Christians debate whether or not it is a good thing to observe Lent. My answer… Read More »A good and bad way to use Lent
We have considered our experience as God’s people in exile through stanza 1 of Psalm 137; now look at stanza 2, verses 5–6: If I… Read More »Looking through Psalm 137, Stanza 2: Worship that is Pleasing to God
Freedom is another word that the disingenuous enjoy. Just as the Tolerazis cry ‘intolerance’ and pose as victims even while they terrorize and bully others,… Read More »Freedom
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom” (Ps 90:12). How do you use your time each week?… Read More »Does Your Schedule Show a Commitment to God’s People?
Jon Pratt Central Seminary has hosted the MacDonald Lecture Series annually since 1991. The lectures are named in honor of Dr. Charles MacDonald, who served… Read More »Race and the Church
In our study of Psalm 137 over the past several weeks, we have looked at the historical context of the psalm, the analogical relationships between… Read More »Looking through Psalm 137, Stanza 1: Worship in a Pagan Culture
How do we rehabilitate this word? First, we must insist that tolerance does not mean agreement, nor does disagreement mean intolerance. Tolerance actually suggests disagreement,… Read More »Rehabilitating “Tolerance”
The kingdom of Israel divided into southern and northern divisions under the reign of Solomon’s son Reheboam in roughly 930 B.C. (2 Chron 10). Reheboam… Read More »When God’s People Live in a Godless Nation – A Reminder from Long Ago
When I was in Bible college, seminary training was considered a luxury—perhaps useful, but not at all necessary for pastoral ministry. Consequently, the idea of… Read More »A Good Man, a Good Christian, a Good Fundamentalist