Preaching @ Northwest 2020
Quick note …
I am preaching at Northwest Bible Church, here in Dallas, on July 5, 12, 19, and 26 (9:00 am and 10:35 am).
Four sermons on 2 Timothy: Completing the Course!
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[For other speaking events, see here.]
Yourself?
A recent, somewhat unscientific, study of 2,000 Americans revealed some interesting facts.
35 percent couldn’t name their blood type. 75 percent didn’t even know there were four major blood groups. Only 10 percent were aware that O-negative was the “universal” blood type, useful for emergency transfusions, holding the least risk for causing serious reactions. 66 percent confessed they had no idea the heart had four valves. Only a 30 percent were able to say that
Curmudgeon?
Alzheimer’s disease, one of the main causes of dementia in the elderly, affect more than 5 million Americans (projected to go up to 14 million by 2050). Worldwide this is estimated to be 50 million. Ten percent of those 65 or older are afflicted. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the US, costing the nation $305 billion.
While some risk factors, such as hypertension and diabetes, have been implicated in this neurodegenerative disease particularly affecting those
Fake!
The other day Fox 5 New York reported on a lady who shared something on her Facebook page:
I’ve had this beautiful succulent for about two years now. I was so proud of this plant. It was full, beautiful coloring, just an overall perfect plant. I had it up in my kitchen window. I had a watering plan for it, if someone else tried to water my succulent I would get so defensive because I just wanted to keep good care of it. I absolutely loved my succulent.”
That’s great.
Ephesians: Introduction
This is the first in a series of posts on each pericope of Ephesians, essentially a distillation of what is in my Ephesians commentary (more on that here).
The theme of Ephesians is clearly established early on in 1:9–10.
… the consummation of all things in Christ—
the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in Him.
Ephesians 1:8–10
God’s plan, his “administration/working out of the fullness/completion of time,” is to “consummate/bring together/unify
One!
What a week this has been, and a month, and a year! Impeachment, election fever, coronavirus, lockdown, economic devastation, unemployment, ….
And now the spotlight on police brutality, riots … all around the world!
Five decades ago, another voice sounded, From a Birmingham Jail:
I must honestly reiterate that I have been disappointed with the church. I do not say this as one of those negative critics who can always find something wrong with the church. I say this as
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.