Andy Naselli

Thoughts on Theology

Three Miracles Showing Jesus’ Authority

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That’s the title of a 40-minute sermon I preached on Matthew 8:23-9:8 yesterday morning at my church.

Here’s the outline:

  1. Jesus has authority over nature (Matthew 8:23–27).
  2. Jesus has authority over demons (Matthew 8:28–34).
  3. Jesus has authority over sin and sickness (Matthew 9:1–8).

The text suggests at least five responses:

  1. Stand in awe of Jesus.
  2. Cling to Jesus.
  3. Fear Jesus.
  4. Trust Jesus.
  5. Glorify Jesus.

My Recent Contributions to the Evangelical Drudge Report

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Here is what I recently contributed to Justin Taylor’s blog:

  1. The Folly of Idolatry
  2. The Reformed Resurgence Series by Collin Hansen
  3. An Unusual Wedding Procession
  4. The Altar: Not the Finish Line
  5. The 99 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces
  6. “That doesn’t mean that my view is right. It just means that nobody can talk me out of my view.”
  7. Gerald Bray Reviews N. T. Wright’s “Justification”
  8. Don’t Waste Your Cancer: Matthew Hoskinson’s Testimony
  9. Haughty Spirit : Fall :: Pride : Destruction
  10. Interview with Darrell Bock
  11. Carson on Inerrancy
  12. Maintaining Moral Purity in the Ministry
  13. Graham Cole’s Book on the Atonement
  14. News Stories in Photographs
  15. Baptism: Three Views
  16. Carson on the Gospel and Social Action
  17. Randy Alcorn on Suffering and Evil
  18. Review of the ESV Study Bible
  19. Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men
  20. Two of D. A. Carson’s Forthcoming Books
  21. Tim Keller on the Gospel and the Poor
  22. The Beauty of God’s Creation
  23. Amen

Calvin on the Extent of the Atonement

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Here’s a new book as a PDF that is “available [to the whole world] for a limited time as a free download“:

Paul Hartog. A Word for the World: Calvin on the Extent of the Atonement. Schaumburg, IL: Regular Baptist Press, 2009. 72 pp.

I haven’t read it yet, but I’m sure that it’s worth a careful look.

Paul Hartog is an associate professor at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary (Ankeny, Iowa). He has earned MA and MDiv degrees in theological studies (Faith), an MA in history (Iowa State University), a ThM in Ethics (St. Andrew’s Theological College), and a PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity (Loyola University, Chicago). He has also ministered as an assistant pastor in Baptist churches in Slater, Iowa, Romeoville, Ill., and Grimes, Iowa.

Feedback welcome.