The Attributes of God

      You will want to get this book and read it for yourself. Dr. Pink did a wonderful job presenting the characteristics of our Awesome God, and is doxological[1] as he expounds on the wonder of God. The book is short, but it contains gold to be sure. Well worth your time!

SDG,
dbh

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1. By that I mean that the author intentionally mixes praise to God with his discussion of God's attributes. I have to say, I found it delightful, and I do truly believe that if we are doing theology correctly, we'll be praising God in the middle of it!

I Preached On the 8th!

Due to some server problems with the file server our church uses to store sermon audio, I have not posted a link to them until this point. It would seem that the file server problems are solved, and all of the sermons, including my recent ones, are available again!

With that in mind, God granted me the opportunity to bring His Word to my church during both morning and evening services, the first on Galatians 1:10-12, and the second on Psalm 119:1-8, and you can find both of them at this link, and at the time of this posting, they were at the bottom of the page.

May God be glorified as His Word is heard, and may that always be the goal of every preacher.

SDG,
dbh

Covenant Theology from Adam to Christ

     I have spent a lot of time over the past week reading through this book, and it has been time well spent. My understanding of Baptist Covenant Theology has moved from infant stages into adolescence you might say, and I understand much more the issues of types and the church (whether the True Church [often referred to as the Israel of God in the book] or the "Jewish Church") in the Old Testament.

     It isn't the easiest read[1], as it contains two works from the mid 17th century. One is a book on the Covenants by Nehemiah Coxe, one of the contributors to the 1689 LBCF. The other is John Owen's exegesis of Hebrews 8:6-13, and if you didn't know better, you'd think John Owen was a Baptist given how he [accurately] handled the text![2]

     For those interesting in learning the basis of Reformed Baptist Covenant Theology, this book is an indispensible resource, and is very helpful for those of us Reformed Baptists who were looking for a good study of the Covenants to deepen our understanding of them. Highly recommended.


SDG,
dbh

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1. The editors did a very good job transcribing the works contained in this book into modern English with modern spelling and grammar, and provided many helpful footnotes explaining what would otherwise be difficult to understand words. At the same time, following the trains of thought takes patience and work, though the reader will eventually get used to it.

2. I'm well aware that John Owen was not a Baptist, but given his exegesis of the passage, one would wonder why he was not.

A Reformed Baptist Manifesto

This was truly an excellent book. It is short, but Sam Waldron puts a lot of good information into its few pages. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially those who are wondering where Reformed Baptists get their moorings.

Further, other titles by Sam Waldon can be found here. I hope I'll be able to read them all eventually. :)

SDG,
dbh