Question: If you hear a stranger preaching, how can you tell if he's an ordinary preacher or Jesus himself? Answer: Check your watch. If the message is a 45-minute sermon, it's a preacher. If the message is a 20-second parable, it's Jesus. Stay tuned now for The Bible Study Hour as Dr. James Boice begins a series of ... well, 25-minute sermons ... talking about Jesus the master parable-teller. Listen thie weekend!
"Although the history of Presbyterianismin Australia is relatively brief, it is not altogether without its value. It is true, of course, that our age, which is so focused on the present, is rather ambivalent towards the past. Many people, even in the church, subscribe to the dictum that "Newer is better". This leaves us vulnerable to a certain ahistoricism – the view that suggests that the past is “old hat” and contains few, if any, lessons for today."
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God's Word Today Daily Web Devotional from Dr. Boice
Renewing our minds begins with understanding and applying the great Christian doctrines, and thus far we have at least touched on four of them: the doctrines of God, revelation, man, and the fall. These doctrines are not exhaustive, but they are important as well as being a proper starting place for our thinking if we are serious about what Paul is urging upon us in our text from Romans: "be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
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Question: If you hear a stranger preaching, how can you tell if he's an ordinary preacher or Jesus himself? Answer: Check your watch. If the message is a 45-minute sermon, it's a preacher. If the message is a 20-second parable, it's Jesus. Stay tuned now for The Bible Study Hour as Dr. James Boice begins a series of ... well, 25-minute sermons ... talking about Jesus the master parable-teller. Listen thie weekend!
