An obsession with the Scripture’s applicability

Comment: A reminder that the key to Scriptural interpretation is “what does it mean” not “what does it mean to me”.
John MacArthur: What Does It Mean “to Me”?
Intro:
That’s a fashionable concern, judging from the trends in devotional booklets, home Bible study discussions, Sunday-school literature, and most popular preaching.
The question of what Scripture means has [...]

Avoid 23 & 90

Comment: What follows (the link) is a book review of “23 Minutes in Hell”. Perhaps you have heard of this and other other book like it “90 Minutes in Heaven”. I am not posting this to promote either book, rather to warn against the concept of extra-Biblical revelation.
Wiese’s story is simple. One night, while [...]