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Preaching!
Quick note …
I am preaching at Stonebriar Community Church, north of Dallas, in Frisco, on August 7 and 14 (9:00 am and 10:45 am).
[For other speaking events, see here.]
Articles!
For those interested in some of the esoterics (!) of preaching, here are two recent articles (as downloadable pdfs) published in Dallas Seminary’s journal, Bibliotheca Sacra.
‘‘Pericopal Theology’’ and
‘‘Christiconic Interpretation’’
(Two more articles to follow in subsequent issues of BibSac.)
These articles are derived from the Griffith-Thomas Lectures (2015) delivered at Dallas Seminary. For videos of these, see here.
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Preaching!
Quick note …
I am preaching at Northwest Bible Church, here in Dallas, on July 10, 17, 24, and 31 (9:00 am and 10:35 am).
Doing Judges, featuring Ehud, Barak, Gideon, and Samson, respectively.
Full of gore, guts, and potty humor.
Should be fun!
[For other speaking events, see here.]
Lifespan!
A 50-year-long study has recently shown what we all knew already: unhealthy lifestyles can reduce our lifespans.
Inadequate exercise, imprudent diet, and inadvisable smoking, potentially resulting in heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, can diminish the length of life. If you are a male in your 40s, being stricken with all three conditions will bring your life expectancy down from 78 to 55 (if you are a female, your reduction would be 20 years). If you were in your 60s,
Lectureship!
Dr. Mark Bailey, President of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), described W. H. Griffith Thomas (1861–1924) as “one of the founding minds and hearts of Dallas Theological Seminary … with a passion of a new approach to theological education, where the central text of study would be the scriptures, and where Christ especially would be honored.” You might be surprised to know the man was an Anglican; but, then again, the two other co-founders of DTS were a Presbyterian
Privilege the Text!
Yup, that’s my latest, published by Moody in Chicago, and due out later this year.
(Actually, I’m speaking at Moody Bible Institute’s Pastors’ Conference, and Moody Publishers is planning a release to coincide with that event! Fun!)
Yes, I know, I know, the Bible warns against all these book productions.
My son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless,
and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
Ecclesiastes 12:10–12
But I kinda sorta feel
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.