Hermeneutics… Can We Trust Jonah? 22 Feb 201223 Feb 2012 Every year I pick a book of the Bible to study. I had a hard time deciding what book I was going to pour over but I finally landed on…
Asides… The Bible: A Local Book 18 Jan 2012 It's easy to forget, as we embrace the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible is a book composed by real men in real contexts. It's easy to forget the local…
Asides… Hermeneutics and Road Maps 10 Jan 2012 How we read the Bible is extremely important. It is not enough just to open up our Bibles and start reading the words on the page. We must come to…
Biblical Theology… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storlyine of Scripture (Part 20) 27 Dec 201128 Dec 2011 In the beginning God created a garden, and He put man and woman in that garden to cultivate it and to expand it and to build up a world of…
Biblical Theology… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storyline of Scripture (Part 19) 20 Dec 201121 Dec 2011 The apostle Paul wrote a rather astounding statement in his letter to the Ephesians. He said: To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace…
Church History… Martin Luther Is My Homeboy: The Legacy of Luther (Part 1) 14 Dec 201115 Dec 2011 It is no coincidence that one of the slogans that came out of the Reformation era was "Sola Scriptura" (Scripture alone). It was the rediscovery of the Word of God…
Biblical Theology… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storyline of Scripture (Part 18) 13 Dec 201114 Dec 2011 It's sometimes really easy to forget how strange Christianity can be. Those of us who grow up in the church hardly bat an eye at the strangeness of talking snakes,…
Atonement… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storyline of Scripture (Part 17) 6 Dec 20117 Dec 2011 There are some subjects which can never be exhausted. No matter how much you discuss, analyze, and debate you can never unpack all there is to know about that subject.…
Books… A Word You Can Read: A Review of “The Doctrine of the Word of God” by John Frame 28 Nov 201129 Nov 2011 I think I am safe to say that no single theologian has had more of a profound impact on me than has John Frame, Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy…
Biblical Theology… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storyline of Scripture (Part 15) 22 Nov 201123 Nov 2011 The birth of a child changes everything. I remember thinking that Krista and I were pretty well prepared to have kids. We had read books, asked good questions, made all…