by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 12, 2022 | Discipleship
Need for Christ-like Compassion in a ‘Six feet apart’ world. Writing in the 90’s, Garland’s word choice is oddly poignant for today. Commenting on chapter one of Mark He notes the particular way Jesus healed a leper. He touched him then heal him. Jesus was willing to...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 12, 2022 | Discipleship
David Garland on Discipleship in Mark In preparation to write the Mark study I found a commentary that quickly became my favorite. It is part of the NIV Application Commentary series published by Zondervan. The Mark commentary was written by New Testament scholar...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 12, 2022 | Church History, Spiritual Gifts
What about Healing Today? I recently had a conversation with an old friend in which we discussed the idea of divine healing. I was surprised at how immediate and negative his response. I asked myself if next time, I need to give a trigger warning before I talk about...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 8, 2022 | Doctrines
What is Repentance? by J.I.Packer One of the best explanations of Repentance I have ever read was by J.I. Packer. I have quoted it in full below. The excerpt is from Rediscovering Holiness by J.I. Packer, published by Regal Books, 2009. The except comes from chapter...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 8, 2022 | Doctrines
Towards a Definition of Repentance Today definitions are assumed rather than investigated. Yet we live and “define” our lives by them. A definition in need of investigation is repentance. A good way to get at defining such important and common terms is by...
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