Dan Greenfield

  • John Ashbrook – The Nameless Prophet

    John Ashbrook (1926-2011) wrote dozens of articles for the OBF Visitor, a gospel pamphlet titled A Bird’s Eye View of the Bible, and three books: Family Fundamentals, New Neutralism II, and Axioms of Separation. These are still available through Here I Stand Books, which recently came under the umbrella of the American Council of Christian Read more

  • Dr. Rolland McCune Message #5 on Fundamentalism – W. B. Riley, Billy Graham, and Northwestern Schools

    In 1992 my young wife and I visited Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. We were warmly greeted by the president, Dr. Rolland McCune. After walking through the building and meeting some of the professors, Dr. McCune took us out for lunch. Trish and I felt greatly honored–“The Seminary PRESIDENT took little old US out for lunch!” Read more

  • Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary, from 1997 to 2020

    I hope present day students of biblical Hebrew appreciate what they enjoy today. I hope they recognize they stand on the shoulders of poverty-stricken Hebrew students of old, such as ME in 1997. Most likely they do not, but they are products of, as one of my profs would say, our Oprah-ized culture with a Read more

  • Romans 16:22 – Did Tertius Greet or Write “in the Lord”?

    I’ve had an unexpectedly interesting time with this greeting. The by-far predominant view is that Tertius, Paul’s amanuensis, greeted the Roman church “in the Lord” (Kruse, Moo, Cranfield). I only read one contemporary commentator (Morris) who goes against the prevailing view and instead leans toward Tertius “writing in the Lord.” Schreiner didn’t even mention the Read more

  • Dr. Rolland McCune Message #4 on Fundamentalism – Period of Consolidation, 1930-1950

    I mentioned in my last post how influential the biography of Robert T. Ketcham was in my life. Dr. McCune valued and believed in the importance of personal biographies. As he will relate in this chapel message from 1996, biographies not only relay historical facts, but they enable us to learn about the persons and Read more

  • Dr. Rolland McCune Message #3 on Fundamentalism – Period of Controversy, 1918-1930

    When I arrived at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary I had a very sketchy idea of what fundamentalism was. It was basically informed by two books I had read just one or two years beforehand, the biography of Robert T. Ketcham (Portrait of Obedience, 1978), and William Ashbrook’s New Neutralism. I was convinced fundamentalism was the Read more

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