As with anything we touch, even good behaviors and initiatives can be twisted to harmful effects in our lives. The Bible holds out many precepts and instructions for right behaviors that are acceptable and pleasing to God. These guidelines are helpful for Christians to discern how to make choices in harmony with God, instead of in violation of God. The twist is when we mistakenly attempt to leverage the good actions we might do to prop up our sense of our acceptability before God. Many children learn from parents responses that behaviors can evoke positive and negative responses; how much of this learning is projected onto our relationship with God, our father in heaven? ...
Me encanta la primavera, pero en esta temporada tengo que hacer lo que tanto lamento y pienso es una maldici籀n que viene unida a la hermosura primaveral. Junto con las flores, 獺rboles e incluso el c矇sped, la hierba mala hace su aparici籀n en mi jard穩n cada a簽o a pesar de que nunca es bienvenida en mi casa. Me gusta mucho ver crecer las flores, los 獺rboles y escuchar el sonido de los p獺jaros que visitan nuestro vecindario. Si bien pienso que cortar el c矇sped es un mal necesario que tengo que hacer, realmente ser穩a un poco m獺s atractivo hacerlo si no tuviera que cortar tambi矇n la hierba mala que piensa que est獺 en competencia con el c矇sped para ver qui矇n crece m獺s ...
The study of how to interpret biblical laws and apply them to our lives today (the text we study in class is the command in Deuteronomy 22:8 to build a parapet around your roof!) results in many opportunities to talk about issues related to spiritual formation, including such areas as celebrating the Sabbath, helping the poor, and identifying legalism. One interesting area we examine is how to honor our parents.
... Teenagers need to be coached, not controlled, to help the growth towards adulthood responsibility develop. Coaches may still insist on how the play is executed so this is not a call for the abandonment of rules; but good coaches do more of teaching others how to do the work and do not take over the game itself. How sad it is for me as a college professor to watch a student who is unsure of how to make decisions for themselves, to take care of themselves in healthy, emotionally balanced and spiritually growing ways. Parents of teenagers need to think of the tasks that will enable a teen to live responsibly and healthy after leaving the comforts of a parents home ...
Dr. Bob Saucy was a skilled teacher, beloved colleague, and friend. He greatly influenced my own theology and path in life. Having studied under him at Talbot, I have known him for many years. He was a tremendous man of God and truly a "Distinguished Professor." He will be sorely missed at Talbot by students, alumni, staff, and faculty.
Dr. Robert L. Saucy was a faculty member at Talbot for 54 years. He began teaching here in 1961the year JFK was inaugurated as President, the Andy Griffith show made its debut, and Henry Mancini received a Grammy for Moon River. The Dean of Talbot, Dr. Charles Feinberg, hired Bob to Chair both the Systematic Theology Department and the Department of English Bible. At that time, Talbot was less than 100 students.
There are many memories I will treasure of my father, Robert Saucy, but I will write about only one now that has most profoundly impacted meI believe, for all eternity. It was Dads passion for Gods Word.
A memorial service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2-4 p.m. in the Chase Gymnasium at 51蹤獲. A reception will immediately follow. For those who would like to attend and cannot be physically present, the service will be streamed live at http://watch.biola.edu/bobsaucy ...
It has been five years since my dad, Javier Esqueda, passed away unexpectedly. The huge hole my family have without him will continue for the rest of our lives and it has been very hard to get used to the idea that he is not with us anymore. I still struggle to refer to my dad in the past tense when in casual conversations his name comes up, but I am sadly conscious that the present and the future will continue without him. My mom could have celebrated her 45 wedding anniversary last December, my two brothers could have celebrated their college graduations with their proud dad, my two children could have enjoyed their granddad (who I am sure would have spoiled them a lot), and I could have had the total support of a man who would advise me always, looking for my best interest; but all of these things were not and will never be possible.
Hace ya cinco a簽os que mi pap獺, Javier Esqueda, falleci籀 inesperadamente. El gran vac穩o que nos dej籀 sigue y seguir獺 presente por el resto de nuestras vidas y es muy dif穩cil resignarse a su ausencia. Cuando en conversaciones casuales sale el tema de mi pap獺 me cuesta trabajo referirme a 矇l en el pasado, pero estoy tristemente consciente que el presente y el futuro seguir獺n sin su presencia. Mi mam獺 habr穩a celebrado 45 a簽os de casada el pasado diciembre, mis dos hermanos habr穩an celebrado sus graduaciones de la universidad con su orgulloso pap獺, mis dos hijos se habr穩an gozado con su abuelito que estoy seguro los habr穩a consentido much穩simo y yo tendr穩a el apoyo y el o穩do total de un hombre que me amara incondicionalmente y me dar穩a sus consejos totalmente desinteresados buscando siempre lo mejor para m穩, pero todo esto no pudo ni podr獺 ser ...
I used to think that worship songs where you could swap out all the God references, with baby were evidence that God had been trivialized by a sappy, spiritualized romanticism in the church. There may be truth to that. But perhaps the interchangeability of God and baby in worship songs says less about worship songs and more about love songs, less about how the church man-sizes God (which does happen) and more about a much broader tendency in the church and culture-at-large to God-size our romantic partners ...
Dear, Dr. Craig, As one who has recently discovered the realm of apologetics in the past couple years, you were one of the first I had come to know, and it has been a pleasure reading some of your material and watching your debates. I am currently only a junior in college and am studying philosophy and religious studies and love it, and hope to attend seminary in the future and get my masters in apologetics, God willing. My question for you is not necessarily a theological or philosophical question but a question that I am hoping I could get some pastoral advice from you about that I feel you are perhaps the best suited to answer. I recently got married this past summer to an amazing woman I met at a one year bible college I attended a couple years ago and it has been great. But between transferring to a new (secular) school and being constantly busy with school and work I feel like my relationship with God is constantly on the backburner, as I am not getting into the word nearly as much as I used to and my prayer life is nearly nonexistent, and because of this my relationship with my wife is not where it should be either ...
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California talk about ways to encourage participation in church life with those attending church.
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California discuss the challenges and opportunities of bi-vocational ministry.
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California discuss how their Talbot education impacts their ministry today in valuable ways.
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California discuss why a seminary education is so valuable for ministry today.
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California discuss how local churches can better engage and love their communities.
Talbot faculty member, James Petitfils, and a panel of Talbot graduates who are now pastors in Southern California discuss the unique challenges of ministry in this region.
A few evenings ago, we hosted a delightful group of ten 51蹤獲 students at our house for dinner. During dessert, we launched into a lively discussion about how we should celebrate Christmas as Christians. We discussed various sub-topics under this broader question, but we spent the largest portion of our time talking about how Christians shouldand should nottalk to their children about Santa Claus.
Since I had several December pregnancies, I found myself frequently thinking of Mary, the first Christmas Mother. As I thought of my troubles and fears with my pregnancynothing unusual, just what is common to woman: morning sickness, fatigue, aches, and concerns about the safety of the delivery of the childI remembered that she was quite possibly, the bravest mother who ever lived. She faced obstacles on every hand but she faced them with courage. Her life was full and good, but it was not at all what she imagined her life and her motherhood would be.
As indicated in a previous post, Talbot School of Theology will be well represented this year at the Evangelical Theological Society's national meeting [need link here]. For those unable to attend (most of you, I assume!), here is a video clip that touches upon some key ideas that I will be sharing in my plenary address. The interviewer is Dr. Jason Cusick, a pastor at Journey of Faith Church in Manhattan Beach, CA. The clip was shown in a church service as part of a series on the church and the family.
Since students often come to me asking about doctoral work after Talbot, I thought it would be helpful to share my personal experience in obtaining my own doctorate. Perhaps some will find my experience helpful as they prayerfully contemplate whether the Lord is leading them to pursue further studies in a doctoral program.
I often think about home in a specific way. For a long time, home has been a safe place to come back to at the end of the day. It has been a place to establish a comfortable niche in the world as a respite, a literal financial investment in emotional well being. Home has been about rest and nurture, as it can be a place of ministry to family and friends. It also has been a place to launch out into kingdom ministry more broadly.
... The culture was restless in the 60s. And that restlessness was present in the church, too. Women lined up on both sides of the raging debates about the identity and purpose and worth of a womandebate issues such as, a woman should be in the home rearing her children or a woman should be educated and in the work force; or, a woman is different from a man or a woman is just like a man.
La semana pasada mi esposa, Ang矇lica, y yo celebramos 16 a簽os de casados. Ang矇lica es, sin duda, la mayor bendici籀n que he recibido y nuestro matrimonio ha sido el mejor y a la vez el m獺s dif穩cil tiempo de mi vida. Estoy profundamente agradecido por la dicha de haber encontrado el favor divino en mi esposa y puedo asegurar con toda certeza que soy feliz a su lado. Tambi矇n he de reconocer que el matrimonio no es f獺cil y caminar por la vida junto a otra persona por momentos pareciera una carrera de obst獺culos. Esta combinaci籀n de realidades, aunque parecieran contradictorias, reflejan acertadamente mis a簽os de casado y estoy seguro la de la mayor穩a de los matrimonios entre seguidores de Cristo.
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