Pastor Erik's Sometimes Dangerous Blog
Erik DiVietro
Teaching Pastor,
Bedford Road Baptist Church, 2004
Master of Divinity,
Liberty University, 2016
PhD in Bible Exposition,
Liberty University, 2022
Oddball Contrarian,
Since Birth (according to his parents)
In 586 BCE, the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “the firstborn son of Nabu”) had had enough of the small client kingdom of Judah. His armies laid siege to their capital Jerusalem and when the city fell, he razed it to the ground. Over the previous two decades, he had systematically removed the higher classes of
Kurt Willems shared this from Tim Hawkins. It made me laugh.
This morning, I thought I would follow up with some posts about the book of Esther, beginning with the king Ahasuerus who figures so prominently in the story. The name Ahasuerus appears in only two places outside of the book of Esther, and it is completely absent from contemporary history. This is surprising because of
On Tuesday mornings, there is a ladies’ Bible study that meets in the teen center – right next to my office. Most Tuesdays, I don’t get into my office until later in the day, but this week I was there because I had a hospital visit that got pushed up. I had a chance to
This morning, I want to encourage you to head over to Justin Taylor’s blog and read on “How to Listen to a Sermon”.
Today, let’s talk about architecture. Particularly, let’s talk about the work of Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel was a bridge engineer. He worked in iron – lots of iron. In 1886, the French gifted Frederic Bartoldi’s sculpture Liberty Enlightening the World to the United States. Today, we call this sculpture “The Statue of Liberty.” Although the sculpture
This is a repost of an article I wrote back in 2009, addressing the problem of preaching. Since I grew up in a pastor’s home, I got to hear a lot of good preaching. Unfortunately, I heard an awful lot of terrible preaching as well. My dad and I would often analyze a preacher’s approach
This morning, I am reposting an entry from back in February 2009. Back then, the church I mention – Next Level Church – was in its infancy. Since then, NLC has grown to several locations. This was months before we began the merger process that produced Bedford Road Baptist Church, and I was the pastor of one of our
The first minute and a half or so of this clip from The Passion of the Christ is one of the most heartwarming of the entire film (mind you, this is not exactly a cuddly film). But how accurate is it? Recently, there has been a lot of controversy online about the “masculine nature” of
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7v5bWzx4yE] The first minute and a half or so of this clip from The Passion of the Christ is one of the most heartwarming of the entire film (mind you, this is not exactly a cuddly film). But how accurate is it? Recently, there has been a lot of controversy online about the “masculine nature”
