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Eschatology in the Last Battle

darryl — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:32:27 +0000

The Last Battle is the last book in the Chronicles of Naria and tells of the end of Narnia and the afterlife of Narnians. Some have said that it tells us something about the Eschatology of C.S. Lewis. With this …

God and Evil

darryl — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:32:50 +0000

Jay Adams on reconciling God and evil. Simply this: God controls all things, even the existence and activity of evil. We must remove the word “allows” when speaking of God and evil. He doesn’t merely allow evil to occur. If …

The enemy within

darryl — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:11:25 +0000

Kris Lungaard spent some time reading John Owens work on the mortification of sin and shrunk it down into a book that all believers should read, The Enemy Within. This is a great book. In it he focuses on how …

Herding the Elephants

darryl — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:24 +0000

Via Herding the Elephants | The Cripplegate “With all the digital ink that’s been spilled surrounding The Elephant Room 2, it’s been difficult (and a bit wearisome!) trying to keep up with everything. I thought that I would give it …

Aslan at the stone table

darryl — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:24 +0000

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book chronologically in the Chronicles of Narnia (although it was the first book published). It traces the discovery of the magical world of Narnia by the Pevensies not long after …

Issues with Theistic evolution

darryl — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:52 +0000

I’ve previously expressed my reservations about theistic evolution. Recently, I was interested to hear some new reasoning against it in this interview with Jay Richards Jay Richards (who co-wrote the Privileged Planet) has recently edited a book (God and Evolution) …

Why God gave instruction to man at creation

darryl — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:27:52 +0000

From “Instruments in the redeemers hands” by Paul Tripp, p39-41 (the entire book is assigned reading for this week). In explaining Genesis 1:26-28 Tripp makes the point that there is something unique about God stopping and actually speaking to the …

God’s example to us of being other-centered

darryl — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:03:21 +0000

Just a quick thought from a reading I did last week for one of my courses. Often the fact that God seeks His own glory is used as an example by unbelievers of God being less than perfectly good because …

Sermon: James 2 – Justification by works and saving faith

darryl — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:37:03 +0000

I’ve been doing a homiletics class over the last seven or eight weeks. I’ve preached twice during it and have received valueable feedback both times. I’m grateful for the opportunity to hone my speaking ability and how I handle the …

Review of the NIV 2011 Translation

darryl — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:30:57 +0000

I know there are some who watch this blog who would like to know more about how we get the Bible in English. There are also one or two who might just be interested in the latest edition of the …