by Justin Marple | Aug 2, 2017 | Reformed Reading Report, REVIEWS
Zahl, Paul F.M. Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2007. Paul Zahl defines grace as “One-way love” (emphasis his).1 Self-consciously in dialogue with Luther and the Lutheran tradition, Zahl seeks to distinguish...
by Justin Marple | Jul 30, 2017 | 2017 Sermons, SERMONS
I’ve mentioned the last few Sundays a study that shows that many young people who grew up in Christian circles have adopted a counterfeit faith that they have not necessarily learned from their parents words as much as from their parents actions. These youth and...
by Justin Marple | Jul 23, 2017 | 2017 Sermons, SERMONS
This is the sermon largely as preached at MacAlpine Presbyterian Church this morning. Most of the changes that I made from the prepared text are reflected below in this text, but not all of them. New audio link. I spoke a couple weeks ago about a study of youth and...
by Justin Marple | Jul 21, 2017 | Genesis Commentary, TEACHING
The following is a paper submitted for the Doctor of Ministry course entitled “Humor and Storytelling in Preaching: From the Bible to Today.” The course was taught by Dr. Sam Lamerson at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The oil...
by Justin Marple | Jul 21, 2017 | Canon Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
In the Hebrew Scriptures there are three divisions: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. (I have written about this extensively in older posts, but I will repeat a few things for our purposes in this post.) The Torah consists of five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,...
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