Jack Crabtree

Articles

• Following Jesus on the Trail to Life. Discusses the importance of Jesus' resurrection and addresses the question, "Who will follow the resurrected Jesus into Life?" (6/09)
• Perseverance: The Meaning of Christmas. Proposes that the meaning of Christmas lies in the certainty that God will fulfill His promises. (12/09)
• What God Gave Us for Christmas. Contrasts the futility we experience in this life with God’s promise of Life in the age to come. (12/08)
• Jesus, Jacques, and the American Church. (John 3) Discusses church “technique” in light of Jesus’ interaction with Nicodemus. (3/06)
• The "Magic of Christmas". Reflects on Christmas as a light shining in the darkness and one of the few remaining times when the story of Jesus can be freely told in the public forum. (12/06)
• The Shock of Easter. Discusses the “shock” of the resurrection and its implications for how believers live their lives. (5/07)
• Identifying and Responding to False Teachers. Addresses the question, “How are we to interact with others who hold doctrinally significant beliefs that we think are false?” (10/07)
• The Challenge of Easter. Looks at the implications of Jesus as Judge. (3/08)
• The Scandal of Jesus' Birth. Reflects on how the circumstances of Jesus’ birth foreshadowed His willingness to suffer shame and wrath on our behalf. (12/07)
• College and Losing One's Faith. Comments on the college experience and Christian faith. (8/05)
• A Basis for Hope. An excerpt from The Most Real Being that explains how divine determinism is the only human hope of glorification, while limited determinism provides mere "groundless optimism" or empty despair. (11/04)
• Satan and the Significance of Easter. Examines the meaning of the resurrection of Christ as reflected in the role of Satan in human sin and God's purposes in history. (6/04)
• Faith and Worry. Explores the connection between our fears and our faith. (3/04)
• There Must be Fifty Ways to be a Pharisee. Explores the essence of Phariseeism and how it manifests itself today. (4/03)
• Answers to Chapter Eight. (1/03)
• Easter Unbelief. Uses the disciples' response to the resurrection to discuss the biblical basis for faith. (3/02)
• Understanding the Bible. (2/02)
• Commonsense Interpretation. (2/02)
• Has the Time of the Gentiles Passed?. Asks whether the spiritual darkness of our generation indicates that the "time of the Gentiles" is over. (10/97)
• Only One Thing Necessary. (Luke 10:38-42) Explores Jesus' puzzling interaction with Mary and Martha. (11/99)
• The Parable of the Rock Garden. Explains how love of the church and criticism of the church can and must go together. (4/96)
• Faithfulness: Building the Temple Anyway. Uses the example of the returned Jewish exiles to describe what makes a ministry faithful. (11/00)
• Understanding the Second Commandment. (Exodus 20:4-6) Highlights the transcendent nature of God taught by the commandment against "graven images." (6/95)
• In Praise of Manna. (Deuteronomy 8:1-10) Illustrates the place of suffering in the Christian life through the story of the manna in the wilderness. (5/95)
• Unorthodoxy. (Matthew 25:14-30) Asserts that "orthodoxy" can be a way of burying one's talent in the ground. (12/93)
• The Parable of the Ten Virgins. (Matthew 25:1-13) Explains the parable as a call to a deep and persevering desire for the kingdom of God. (1/95)
• Two Reflections on Thomas and the Story of Easter. (John 20:24-29) Portrays "doubting Thomas" as a model for truth-seeking and a lesson in the miracle of faith. (6/94)
• The Tao of Faith. (Galatians 5) Discusses the concept of 'woo we' in Taoism and the striking parallels between it and the Evangelical understanding of "walking by the Spirit." (2/94)
• The Holiness of Financial Independence. (I Thessalonians 4:9-12) Explores Paul's teaching about "working with your hands" and its implications for Christian fundraising. (10/95)
• Sharper Than Any Sword. (Hebrews 4:12-13) Explains how the proclamation of the gospel lays bare the hidden person of the heart. (10/94)
• Bible Study for What Ails Us. (Revelation 2:1-11) Defends the importance of pursuing doctrinal understanding. (12/97)
• Appeal for Radical Biblicism. Calls for a radical commitment to the search for what the Bible actually means. (8/97)
• Up With Legalism!. Shows how opposition to "legalism" and indifference to righteousness are by no means the same thing. (5/93)
• A Christmas Message. Laments that the popular idea of "the true meaning of Christmas" obscures the true meaning of Christmas. (12/94)
• The Anatomy of Sainthood. Draws the "portrait" of a saint to answer the question "Who will be saved?" Discusses the role of belief in salvation. (4/92)
• The Miracle of Sophrosune. Describes the Greek and biblical virtue of 'sophrosune' and its implications for the problem of self-hatred. (4/93)
• Christianity. Asserts that true godliness is not necessarily religious. (9/88)
• Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas. Portrays the hardships and faith of Mary as a model for the Christian life. (12/95)
• Treasuring These Things in Our Hearts. Asks how the extraordinary events of Jesus' birth were so easily forgotten. (12/96)
• The Unimportant Birth of the Insignificant Jesus. Highlights the surprising and instructive way that God brought His Son into the world. (12/99)
• Letter to the School Board. Addresses problems created by lack of philosophical bases for the public schools' AIDS/HIV curriculum. (10/93)
• Can Spiritual Man Learn from Natural Man?. Refutes the idea that Christians have nothing to learn from unbelievers (8/96)
• Two Challenges. Gutenberg College 1998 commencement address. (7/98)
• To Live is Christ. Reconsiders the 60s generation as an unlikely role-model. (11/98)

Audio Series

Audio series with talks given by Jack.

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• Biblical Philosophy. Informal conversations with Jack Crabtree about the content of the biblical worldview.
• christianity@work. Archived programs from Christianity@work, a radio show with Jack Crabtree and Christine Barber.
• Coming to Truth. A Wednesday Night Class where Gutenberg tutors and others within the Gutenberg College community describe the intellectual journey that led them to conclude that Christianity is true.
• Did Jesus Have to Die?. Talks by Jack Crabtree exploring the significance of the death of Jesus, given at Reformation Fellowship.
• Jesus' Teachings on Pharisaism. Talks by Jack Crabtree and Earle Craig exploring Jesus' view of the Pharisees, given at Reformation Fellowship. (Also on iTunes)
• Miscellaneous Talks. Individual talks given by various teachers on a variety of topics.
• Romans. Talks by John A. "Jack" Crabtree on Paul's letter to the Romans, given at Reformation Fellowship in 2009-2010. (Also on iTunes)
• The Authority of the Bible. Talks by Jack Crabtree on the issues related to biblical authority, given at Reformation Fellowship.
• The False Gospel. Jack Crabtree and Larry Barber seek a better understanding of the false gospel that Paul is responding to in Galatians. Talks given at Reformation Fellowship.
• The Gospel of Luke. Talks by Jack Crabtree on the Gospel of Luke, given at Reformation Fellowship. (Also on iTunes)
• Understanding and Living with the Dynamics of Sex. A Wednesday Night Class, led by McKenzie Study Center staff, exploring the question of how a Christian deals with the dynamics created by the fact that we are sexual beings.

Christianity@Work

The radio show "Christianity@Work," which aired from 1997 to 2002, featured a dialogue between Jack Crabtree and marriage-and-family therapist Christine Barber. Each week they discussed the implications of the biblical gospel for our lives. Visit our "Christianity@Work," page to view a list of programs available in audio format.

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