Win a premium calfskin ESV Bible

The Boomer in the Pew blog is welcoming New Visitors, and giving away a brand new calfskin version of the ESV Study Bible!
Please read on for the exciting details… HERE.
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“The Bible’s Mt. Everest”

David Mathis (writing at the DG blog) says….

The last 12 verses of Romans 8 (verses 28—39) are the biblical Himalayas, and Romans 8:32 is Mount Everest.
[God] did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Stand in awe of this [...]

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How’s your love life??

Questions are everywhere. Online surveys abound, not to mention all those questionnaires circulated by your friends to get to know you better. (Has one of them has recently asked you, “How’s your love life?”). Perhaps the greatest, the most important question asked, raises that very issue. It put to Jesus and [...]

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Newsweek absurdly attacks Biblical view of Marriage

The folly of those who seek to promote the homosexual agenda in America has led to an anti-Christian cover-story (and editorial blurb) in Newsweek magazine. Thank God for the online response of Dr Al Mohler (“Turning the Bible on Its Head”) — who cites the article by Lisa Miller, and comes to these conclusions.
As [...]

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Don’t forget to deal with present, spiritual dangers

1st Peter 2…
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify [...]

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The Bible tells you everything…

I’ve decided to get down to reading a book which has long been waiting on the top of my pile: LOST IN THE MIDDLE, Midlife and the Grace of God, by the very wise and readable Paul David Tripp (Shepherd Press, 2004).
You are not even done with the introduction and you read [...]

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ESV Study Bible video clips

The English Standard Version of the Bible is a fine translation, even one of the best to use. Soon its publisher, Crossway Books, will issue an ESV Study Bible. In advance of its release, they have made available a few online video clips HERE. It is a great opportunity to hear Dr. [...]

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Jehoshaphat

One of my daily emails comes from Oxford University Press, publisher of a grammar reference work called Garner’s Modern American Usage. Their tip of the day recently surprised me, discussing the proper spelling (and pronunciation) of a name from the Bible. Here’s the entry –

Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Jehoshaphat.
“Jehoshaphat,” [...]

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Eve, the Mother of All Living

When did the first woman of the Bible receive her name? I can tell you that when she is named, it is for theologically rich reasons!
Adam gets his name first, from the Hebrew word for man (adam), which is also the generic term used for mankind (both male & female, as in Genesis 1:26-27). [...]

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What, Me Worry?

In the 1800’s on the American frontier, homesteaders had to be concerned with how much firewood was cut for the winter months. Concern over this kept men cutting whole trees most of the summer and into autumn — right up until the snow hindered the task. Then, as the cold winds blew, anxious [...]

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