Books… The Importance of Reading Widely and Diversely 14 Mar 201315 Mar 2013 It is very easy to become isolated and myopic. It can happen to any of us, and especially in regard to who we are willing to learn from. I have…
Discipleship… Slaves to Christ (Part 2) 7 Mar 20138 Mar 2013 Christianity is a different kind of slavery. I know how that can sound. It can be disturbing and unsettling. But so is the call of discipleship in the Bible. We…
Revelation… Inerrancy and Worldview: Modern Challenges to Inerrancy (Part 3) 27 Feb 201328 Feb 2013 Scientific laws are really just man's best guesses at understanding the real source behind the regularities of the universe: God's Speech. Many scientists, of course, do not see it that…
Atonement… Redeemed from Slavery 21 Feb 201322 Feb 2013 The term "redemption" means "the release of people, animals, or property from bondage through outside help" (The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, 716). In the Biblical purview one particular historical event informs…
Revelation… Inerrancy and Worldview: Modern Challenges to Inerrancy (Part 2) 20 Feb 201321 Feb 2013 Throughout this little series I have tried to stress that when we start from an impersonalist worldview we will always misunderstand the Scriptures. We must let the Bible speak on…
Hermeneutics… Inerrancy and Worldview: Introduction 16 Jan 201317 Jan 2013 Belief in the Scriptures has never been popular. But even among theologians today it is uncommon. Belief in the Scriptures as the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God is…
Prayer… The Forgotten Essentials of Doing Theology: Prayer 27 Dec 201214 Jan 2015 It is extremely easy to make the discipline of doing theology all about us. We can rob God of the glory in theological study by doing it in such away…
Missional… The Forgotten Essentials of Doing Theology: Service 20 Dec 201229 Dec 2012 "God judges our theology faithful or false by our attitudes and responses to those in need." - Kelly Kapic That quote will seem unsettling to many of us. To some…
Theology The Forgotten Essentials of Doing Theology: Life Application 13 Dec 201214 Dec 2012 If your theology isn't applied then you haven't done theology. I agree with Dr. John Frame when he says that theology is the application of the Word of God to…
Theology The Forgotten Essentials for Doing Theology: Humility 6 Dec 20128 Dec 2012 Is it arrogant to make statements about God? Some certainly believe that it is. They argue that we can know nothing for certain about God, because, after all, God is…