Never assume the gospel.  Proclaim it.  I have been teaching now for thirty plus years, and I have often said that if I have learned anything from all of these years of teaching it’s that my students don’t learn everything I teach.  What they tend to learn is what I emphasize – what I’m excited [...]

Kevin DeYoung helps to clarify what different Christian communities mean by the phrase social justice by acknowledging an unconstrained and constrained vision.  Here is a question that helps us differentiate between a constrained and unconstrained vision of social justice.  Is it always, in every circumstance, just to give food to the hungry person? Before I [...]

1.  Read the Old Testament, carefully, often.
2.  Pray for understanding.
3.  Read John Sailhamer. (Here is a link to a recent interview with John Sailhamer by Christianity Today)
(HT: Justin Taylor)