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Chrissy Wilson!

She won the MacArthur Commentaries for Free Book Friday. Congratulations.

Everyone make sure and check back next Friday to see what book (s) will be up for grabs.

If you have read my blog for any length of time you know that my family is moving to Belgium to plant a church with four (4) other families from LifePoint Church. As a result, I must decrease the size of my library. It is not feasible to move the books to another land due to the cost of freighting the excess weight. So…I have decided to have a drawing each Friday for a different book (s) that I will give to the lucky winner.

All you have to do is click on the retweet button at the top of the post and your retweet will be counted automatically thus entering you for the free books. We will have a random drawing of those who retweet the post for the winner and the book will be shipped to you. Hope you enjoy and benefit from the books that are given away.

Here are the first ones…

MacArthur NT Commentary Revelation 1-11

MacArthur NT Commentary Revelation 12-22

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I think Wayne Grudem‘s Systematic Theology book is one of the best theology books available. It is very accessible to any reader.

Here is a funny skit that was performed by a university group about Grudem. If you watch this and laugh you must be someone enjoys reading and studying theology.

H.T. [DGM]

I have been reading about a couple of topics lately that not many people in the United States and the western world do not like to discuss. In fact, I couldn’t even type the words. I think my computer is having problems and wouldn’t allow the letters to be put together to spell the words.

Several months ago the I began to sense the Lord leading me to learn more about what it means to “share in the suffering of Christ”. Here are a few of the books I have been walking through as a read and try to digest. I haven’t completed all of them but I am in process.

Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper and Justin Taylor

The Reason for God by Timothy Keller

If God is Good by Randy Alcorn

Any words you would like to add to this discussion I would love to hear them.

I would love to hear from you about passages of scripture that help you explain suffering to others.

This is an incredible illustration of living too safe. The video is an older video of Francis Chan, but well worth the watch. Chan is the pastor of Conerstone Church in Simi Valley, California. He is also the author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God.

Session 3 – Interpretation

A.  Three Keys to Interpretation

1.     _________________– raw content of the passage

2.  __________________ – what comes before and what comes after

Several types of Context

a.  ___________________

b.  ___________________

c.  ___________________

d.  ___________________

e.  ___________________

3.  __________________________– Scripture with Scripture

Resources

1) Study ______________________

ESV

HCSB

NAS

NIV

2) _______________________

Use same translation

3) Bible ___________________

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Revised and Expanded

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary, Revised and Expanded

4) Bible _____________________ – smaller version of a Bible dictionary

The Holman Bible Handbook

Halley’s Bible Handbook

The MacArthur Bible Handbook

5) __________________– book of maps

Holman Bible Atlas

Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps & Charts, Revised and Updated

Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions

6) Bible __________________________

Holman Old and New Testament Commentary Boxed Set, 32 Volumes

The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Set, 28 Volumes

The NIV Application Commentary, New Testament Set, 20 Volumes

7) _______________________ – Greek and Hebrew words

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words

The Complete Word Study Old Testament Spiros Zodhiates Amg Publishers / 1994 / Hardcover

The Complete Word Study New Testament

Websites

http://www.biblestudytools.com/

http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/Bible.org

http://www.desiringgod.org/

http://www.gty.org/

http://www.ligonier.org/

To listen to the teaching click here.

A. What is                                         ?
Introduction

1. The primary task of any teacher of Scripture is to explain the text. (Psalm 119:34)

Well, things slowed down greatly in my reading earlier this summer. I have picked back up recently and have completed a couple of really good books about ministry in Belgium and working with people who speak French as their first language.

#18 Firebrand of Flanders by Phyllis Thompson

I also recently completed a book by D.A. Carson written about his father who was a church planter in Quebec.

#19 Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor by D.A. Carson

I hope to be back diligently read again on a more consistent basis in the coming days and weeks. My Goal seems to be in jeopardy if I don’t get active pretty soon.

I just got the new Kindle 2.0 and have already downloaded 3 books.

Any suggestions on what needs to be next on the Kindle?

What about cool things Kindle will do other than be an electronic reader?

The past few months I have really let up on my goal of reading 50 books this year. Life took over and the pace of reading slowed to a crawl during our summer break from school.  I was able to complete a couple of books that are of interest to me in light of the coming changes to our family in the next year with Belgium on the horizon.

First…

A Theology as Big as the City by Ray Bakke.

I have had this book in my library from one of my doctoral seminars a few years back. I read through it for a class and enjoyed it then but it is really applicable today. Needless to say, I read with new eyes and an open mind.

Second…

Planting and Growing Urban Churches, edited by Harvie Conn.

This book was also on my shelf from a previous doctoral seminar. It is a good book but more research oriented for the practitioner than for the average reader to enjoy. I would recommend it though as an easy read.

The kids began school today so I am hopeful that I can return to my normal reading routines. Summer schedules bring a great amount of variety to our days and lives as a family. That variety is needed and appreciated, but I am looking forward to the consistency of scheduling for our family.