“All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower drops off,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:6–8, cited in 1 Peter 1:24–25 NASB)
Taking some time off between Christmas and New Year afforded me the opportunity to reflect on my personal priorities for this year. I confess to a certain amount of “blog fatigue” before the holidays, but emerge from my time of soul-searching re-energized, believing even more firmly that only a return to the Biblical Foundations will ground us sufficiently in ultimate reality both individually as believers and corporately as the people of God. Only “the word of the Lord endures forever”—people are like flowers that, while beautiful (because God-made) for a season, eventually wither and die.
The beginning of 2007 marks two strategic initiatives for the ministry of Biblical Foundations. The first is the acquisition of the www.biblicalfoundations.com website and name. Once fully populated, this new sister website will feature all of my publications and resources on various topics related to rebuilding the biblical foundations for the home, the church, and society. The www.biblicalfoundations.org website will continue to feature my weekly blog, my speaking and teaching schedule, and a variety of other links and resources. This increased web presence will seek to lend an increasing voice to the mission and purpose of the Biblical Foundations ministry.
The second initiative is a 12-week discipleship series I will offer this spring at my local church, Richland Creek Community Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Starting February 11, the series will follow the outline of my book God, Marriage, and Family (Crossway, 2004), highlighting a different issue related to marriage and family each week. The opening segment of each session will be videotaped and made available at Richland Creek’s website, www.richlandcreek.com. For more information on the series, see the Speaking Schedule on this website as well as the Richland Creek website. Please join us if you are within driving distance.
Often we are too busy with the many good activities in which we are engaged that we lack the focus needed to accomplish (with God’s help) the great things our Lord has called us to pursue. This year may you and I heed the author of the Book of Hebrews’ call: “. . . let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.” (Hebrews 12:1–2 NASB) Help us to do so, Lord Jesus, for your glory and our good.
P.S.: At the time of writing, www.biblicalfoundations.com is still under construction, though some materials are already posted. Please let me know if you are interested in any particular features being added or if you have any suggestions on how to design the site. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to dialogue with many of you in this way.
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Andreas,
We are so excited to see the ways that the Lord continues to expand your ministry. It is our pleasure to be your partner in publishing and–more importantly–your partner in the Gospel!
My wife and I have just started reading your book God, marriage and family. Already we’ve found it the most helpful we’ve read on the subject. Greatly looking forward to the seminars being available on the web.
Love you writing on many issues. I host the website of a reading group (themisfits.wordpress.com) and in 2007 one of the books we plan to read is God, Marriage, and Family.
Perhaps one request to your webmaster … make sure the site is viewable with all browsers. I use Safari on the Mac and biblicalfoundations.org did not always work well on this browser.
I’m very thankful to see more web exposure with BiblicalFoundations.com. May your labors on that site and this bear much fruit to the glory of Christ.
I especially appreciate the articles that deal with hermeneutics, exegesis, and Biblical Theology. Would you consider addressing the issue of Biblical Theology and Eschatology sometime? Not necessarily a debate between millennial positions as such, but your opinions as to whether or not a solid Biblical Theology actually points to an eschatological position. Some would say that only an amillennial position does justice to a two-age BT (such as Vos’ position). Other well-known exegetes think BT is wholly compatible with historic premillenniallism. Do you think that BT actually lends itself to a particular perspective?
Finally, any and all articles that deal with exegetical questions and application and your perspectives on BT are always welcome.
Thank you especially for your thoughtful work on the family.