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  • Reading Scripture Triperspectivally

    [This post is part of the Perspectives on Triperspectivalism series] Working off of the post last Friday mapping out John Frame’s Doctrine of the Knowledge of God, there’s an application we can make to how we read Scripture. The more you understand the triperspectival Framework, the more you see areas where can be applied. The danger…

  • John Frame’s Advice For Young Theologians #11-20

    As I explained in the original post, these pieces of advice come from “Reflections of a Lifetime Theologian” in Speaking the Truth in Love: The Theology of John M. Frame. Reflecting back on his career in teaching and his life of ministry, he offers off the cuff in an interview 30 nuggets of advice. Here’s the next…

  • The Sixth Sense and The Gospels

    I would imagine everyone who wants to has seen The Sixth Sense as this point. This illustration though could work with almost any M. Night Shyamalan film (except for Avatar, and maybe another couple, ok, so maybe not every one). If you haven’t seen the movie, I’m going to ruin the ending for you… right…

  • John Frame’s Advice for Young Theologians #1-10

    John Frame has spent over 40 years in ministry teaching in various seminaries. Having actually gotten the chance to read about his life and to meet with him in person, I can say he is the real deal when it comes to living what you teach. The following comes from an interview titled “Reflections of…

  • Trinitarian Spirituality: John Owen and The Doctrine of God in Western Devotion

    Few theologians have impacted me personally more than John Owen. I stumbled upon his writings early in my time at Dallas, and probably learned more about soteriology and sanctification in reading his Glory of Christ and The Holy Spirit: His Gifts and Power than I did in my classes. That’s not to talk down about…

  • My Adjustments to Prof Horner’s Bible Reading Plan

    Previously, I’ve mentioned I wanted to take part in the 3650 challenge. It fits in with my resolution to grow in my knowledge of Scripture. However, the more I thought about Prof Horner’s layout, and after my new friend Larry pointed it out, I decided to make some adjustments to the reading flow. As it…

  • Resolved: To Develop the Ministry of Marturo in 2012

    You may or may not have noticed, but I went ahead and changed the title of the blog back to “Marturo.” I mulled the idea over for a while before executing, but I think this is the right choice. If you remember back to about a month ago, I brought up the idea of Marturo…

  • Resolved: To Grow in Knowledge of Scripture in 2012

    Both for my benefit and yours, I thought it might be helpful to put some of my New Year’s Resolutions in writing. It benefits me by making it rather public and also helps me clearly articulate some areas of improvement to focus on this next year. It could benefit you by giving you some ideas…

  • Union With Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church

    Last week, we took a look at Robert Letham’s Union with Christ, so it’s only appropriate to turn this week to J. Todd Billings book with the same title. While they do share a title, the subtitle immediately clues you in that these authors are taking different vantage points and have different agendas when it…

  • More Christlike than Christians?

    In the past, I told you at least once, why I wasn’t going to read Love Wins. Initially, I thought the hype for the book was overblown (thanks to a great marketing strategy), people mis-reacted to the video trailer (I think it should have gone something like this) and in the end, Bell became the…