This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Pastor’s wife with her role as a mother to her children

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the Pastor’s wife with her role as a mother to her children

Review: Batman and Robin Adventures Volume 2

Here’s a weekend reading review of comics, because sometimes Pastors also need a break from missions and minstry!  Here are comics I read with my kids!

Paul Dini.  Batman and Robin Adventures Volume 2. New York, NY: DC Comics, December 12^th, 2017. 232 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

Want to read comics based upon the world of Batman Animated Series?  This work is definitely one you should get your hands on!  I been reading aloud with my daughters the four volume comic series of Batman in the 90s and volume one of the Batman and Robin Adventures.  We are fortunate that we found some more under the series title of Batman and Robin Adventure!

MP3s of Historical Apologetics from Presuppositional Apologetics

In terms of teaching apologetics my Unit 1 are lessons on Worldview, Unit 2 here is on historical apologetics but from a Presuppositional Apologetics angle.

I thought I put together the MP3s in a table of content of unit two below.

Free Workbook in PDF: Studying the Holy Scriptures

So many free books online these days, Christians have no excuse not to read and grow!  Here’s another one!

There’s a helpful workbook one can use for the church: “Studying the Holy Scriptures.”

Here’s the book’s description:

Proverbs and not answering Fools

I have been thinking about the topic of not answering a fool.

What is going on in Exodus 21:32

I have covered Exodus 21:1-11 and Exodus 21:18-27 in previous posts concerning what is going on in those passages.

But I want to look in this post at Exodus 21:32.

Here’s the passage:

 If the ox gores a male or female slave, ^[ai]the owner shall give his or her master ^[aj]thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Here’s my thoughts:

Bible Contradiction? Who did Jacob wrestle with?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Who did Jacob wrestle with?

Here are the answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

God

“Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 And Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”” ( Genesis 32:24-30)

An Angel

“The Lord also has a case against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds. 3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his mature strength he contended with God. 4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and implored His favor. He found Him at Bethel, And there He spoke with us,” (Hosea 12:2-4)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Church’s Mid-week teachings

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the church’s mid-week teachings.

How to Prepare Sermon When Ministry Get Busy

How to Prepare Sermon When Ministry Get Busy

Establish the need: When ministry gets busy as a pastor, what do you do?

Purpose: In this lesson we will consider three points with regards to preparing sermons when ministry gets busy

1. Do not be discouraged
2. Short term
3. Long term

Ministry Travels lesson: Dying to self when others look down on you

This is a report from the field.

Generations of Leading Men of God Part 5

Establish the need: Do you appreciate older men of God who are leaders?

Purpose: We need to internalize six truths from 2 Kings 2 in order to relate to older generation and younger generation of men of God in a biblical way.

• We need to know older Men of God won’t always be with us (v.1-6)
• We need to take up the mantle of older Men of God who departed (v.7-14)
• We need to not idolize older men of God who departed (v.15-18)
• We need to realize the next generation men of God will have different work (v.19-22)
• We need to be warn not to mock the next generation men of God  (v.23-25)
• We need to look for one who turn death to life (v.19-22)

We will look at part five.

Mid to Late April 2024 Presuppositional Apologetic Links

Here are the links on Presuppositional apologetics from April 8th-30th, 2024!

1.) Cave to the Cross’ Apologetics: Summary Of Presuppositional Reformed Apologetics – Ep.269 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation – Part 1

2.) Apologetics Sermon Illustration # 94: Beware of parasitic false teachers and Polyergus breviceps Parasitic ants

3.) Introduction to Apologetics Series: Methods I (10 of 31)

4.) Back to Basics of Presuppositional Apologetics

5.) Evolution, Creation, and Legal Rights for Trees

6.) Guest Post: Understanding Van Til’s Trinitarian Apologetics in a Baptist Context

7.) Can Evolution Explain the Origin of Lungs?

8.) Guest Post: Faulty reasons not to believe

9.) The Myth of the Given & Its Presup Apologetic Application

10.) Free Audiobook: The Word of Flux: Modern Man and the Problem of Knowledge

11.) Panda Thumbs and Bad Atheistic Theology

12.) Pros & Cons Of Presuppositionalism Reformed Apologetics – Ep.270 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation – Part 2

13.) Kant and Van Til | A reply to the Reformed classicalist

Missed the last round up?  Check it out 

Ministry Travels lesson: The persecution from “within” is worst than the persecution from “without”

This is a report from the field.

Review: ESV Scripture Journal: 1–2 Timothy and Titus

ESV Scripture Journal: 1–2 Timothy and Titus.  Wheaton, IL: Crossway, March 31^st, 2018.  48 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

Want to have a journal for your reading of Scripture?  This is great, from the publisher Crossway.  This particular journal uses the English Standard Version (ESV).  There were copies of this ESV Scripture journal at my work and I picked up a copy.

Back Home from April 2024 Trip!

I am now home from my missions trip.

Thank you all for your prayers.