by Justin Marple | Feb 11, 2012 | Recommendations, REVIEWS
Welch, Edward T. Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2007. You may not realize how much you struggle with worry until you read this book. You will grow in grace. The 30 meditations speak to issues such as money and...
by Justin Marple | Feb 11, 2012 | Recommendations, REVIEWS
Tripp, Paul David. Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, 2d ed. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2001. While this book will be very helpful for parents of teenagers, it can be life-changing for anyone of any age. It is often true that when we...
by Justin Marple | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 45:14-46:13 shows us the powerlessness of idolatry, which cannot even be compared to the power of the true God. This explains the pleading of the nations with Israel, “Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.” But the...
by Justin Marple | Feb 2, 2012 | Systematic Theology, TEACHING
The task of identifying essentials has been a debate within the Presbyterian Church for some time now. The failure to identify essentials and exercise discipline concerning such essentials has been blamed for the lack of theological unity of the mainline...
by Justin Marple | Jan 22, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 44:23-45:13 uses the image of God forming and molding Jacob/Israel in the womb of his mother Rebekah to describe the LORD forming and molding the nation of Jacob/Israel. Not only did he do this metaphorically for the whole nation, but he literally formed each...
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