Talbot School of Theology Faculty Blog /blogs/good-book-blog Kevin Lawson <em>Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given...</em> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/growing-toward-maturity-in-christ /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/growing-toward-maturity-in-christ Kevin Lawson <em>Ahora me gozo en lo que padezco por vosotros, y cumplo en mi carne lo que falta de las aflicciones de Cristo por su cuerpo, que es la iglesia; de la cual fui hecho ministro, según la administración de Dios que me fue dada para con vosotros, para...</em> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:55:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/crecer-en-la-madurez-en-cristo /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/crecer-en-la-madurez-en-cristo Kenneth Berding What are some of the most common hindrances to answered prayer? <em>Not Asking for Anything</em>: James 4:2b says, “You do not have, because you do not ask.” Many of us don’t receive answers to our prayers simply because we don’t ask for anything. I... Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/eleven-hindrances-to-answered-prayer /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/eleven-hindrances-to-answered-prayer Adam Day Hobbits are fond of laughing, eating, drinking, and eating some more. In fact, Tolkien (in <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>) describes them as eating six meals a day — yet they are nimble enough to disappear swiftly and silently when they want to avoid “... Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/we-cannot-fence-the-world-out /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/we-cannot-fence-the-world-out Kevin Lawson <em>If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train...</em> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/watching-both-ourselves-and-our-teaching /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/watching-both-ourselves-and-our-teaching Kevin Lawson <em>Si esto enseñas a los hermanos, serás buen ministro de Jesucristo, nutrido con las palabras de la fe y de la buena doctrina que has seguido. Desecha las fábulas profanas y de viejas. Ejercítate para la piedad; porque el ejercicio corporal para...</em> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:55:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/cuidar-de-nosotros-mismos-y-de-nuestra-ensenanza /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/cuidar-de-nosotros-mismos-y-de-nuestra-ensenanza Kenneth Berding Let me invite you into a thought experiment. What if you became a Christian? What would change? I’m talking about an actual disciple of Jesus, not a Christian in name only. What would be different if you became a Christian?[1] If you became a... Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/what-would-happen-if-you-became-a-christian-a-thought-experiment /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/what-would-happen-if-you-became-a-christian-a-thought-experiment Kenneth Berding Yesterday (that is, on the day I’m writing this), I was walking alone in a lush forest, breathing in pristine air, listening only to the crunch of my own footsteps on autumn leaves and the distant waves crashing on a beach. As I veered toward the... Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/longings /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/longings Kevin Lawson <em>“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign...</em> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/becoming-like-our-master-and-teacher /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/becoming-like-our-master-and-teacher Kevin Lawson <em>"El discípulo no es más que su maestro, ni el siervo más que su señor. Bástale al discípulo ser como su maestro, y al siervo como su señor. Si al padre de familia llamaron Beelzebú, ¿cuánto más a los de su casa?"</em>(Mateo 10:24-25, RVR 1960) Hace... Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:55:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/llegar-a-ser-como-nuestro-senor-y-maestro /blogs/good-book-blog/2024/llegar-a-ser-como-nuestro-senor-y-maestro