Preach the Word – July/August 2021

Movements in Sermon Writing I find that writing isn’t difficult. Sitting down to write—that’s difficult. The good lurking within my procrastination, fueling the fear at the edges of my work, is that it matters to ...

Book Review: Christian Freedom: Faith Working Through Love

Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) lived and served in what is today Wittenberg, Germany at the University of Wittenberg. Martin Luther published countless treatises, commentaries, sermons, lectures, confessional statements, and other writings, many ...

Four Branches – June 2021

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical theology: Gospel Motivation in the Shema via Vav Deuteronomy 6:4-9, often called the Shema, is a key confessional text of the Old Testament and was likely recited frequently ...

Four Branches – May 2021

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Direct Speech, Indirect Speech and Reported Consequences Linguistically speaking, the Gospels read a bit like a Hemingway novel, only with less wine consumed. Hemingway, in contrast to ...

Book Review: The New Syriac Primer

George Kiraz is the president of Gorgias Press and the director of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. The New Syriac Primer is an introduction to the Syriac language. In 1984 Kiraz immigrated to the United ...

Book Review: Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy

Stephen M. Garrett, associate professor at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, and J. Merrick, assistant professor at Grand Canyon University, present Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy much like the climate of the evangelical church: ...

The Reminders I Need! Luke 24:50-53

I need reminders. I’d guess some of you – many of you? – can relate. It seems as if one of the effects of sin is that it’s messed up our ability to remember properly.  ...

Preach the Word – May/June 2021

Joy and Confidence from the Basics - Part 5 You’ve heard that communication is 93% nonverbal. What does this say about sermon delivery? Clearly, we ought to spend way more time than we do in ...

Book Review: The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses

Dr. Chris Bruno has served at Northland International University, Cedarville University, and Trinity Christian School in Kailua, HI. Before that, he was pastor of discipleship and training at Harbor Church in Honolulu, HI. He has ...