Tis’ the season. Every year I read another article about how the world has taken the Christ out of Christmas and how Xmas is some nefarious plot by the unbelieving world to direct people away from the truth. This article does a nice simple job of explaining why we shouldContinue Reading
Everybody loves the New Testament. It has the ministry and teaching of Jesus, the theology of Paul, the fun of apocalyptic judgment, etc. But the New Testament is truly a collection without a beginning, just as the Old Testament is a collection without an ending. While not exhaustive, this articleContinue Reading
With our doctrinal understandings secure, we can now do the fun part of theology; apply it. This space will hopefully become an area where issues of the day can be dealt with; Biblically. This week, let’s apply our theological understanding to the idea of tragedy. Let’s get our basics out-of-the-wayContinue Reading
With our doctrinal understandings secure, we can now do the fun part of theology; apply it. This space will hopefully become an area where issues of the day can be dealt with; Biblically. This week, let’s apply our theological understanding to the idea of politics. Let’s get our basics out-of-the-wayContinue Reading
With our doctrinal understandings secure, we can now do the fun part of theology; apply it. This space will hopefully become an area where issues of the day can be dealt with; Biblically. This week, let’s apply our theological understanding to the idea of marriage. Let’s get our basics out-of-the-wayContinue Reading
With our doctrinal understandings secure, we can now do the fun part of theology; apply it. This space will hopefully become an area where issues of the day can be dealt with; Biblically. This week, let’s apply our theological understanding to the idea of parenting. Let’s get our basics out-of-the-wayContinue Reading
With our doctrinal understandings secure, we can now do the fun part of theology; apply it. This space will hopefully become an area where issues of the day can be dealt with; Biblically. We’ll start with an idea that is working its way into many avenues of life including majorContinue Reading
Now comes the really fun one; Eschatology, or the study of the end times. What we will not do in this post is give a thorough detailed accounting of each of the end times positions as there are literally libraries devoted to the subject. What we will do is giveContinue Reading
So now we get to answer a favorite question of the atheist. If the Bible is so clear, how come there are a bazillion Christian denominations? First off, there are not. Second; because God is good, gracious, and merciful. Third; because well-meaning, brothers in Christ can disagree without undermining theContinue Reading
Having looked at the work that Christ does on our behalf, we now turn to what sometimes becomes the elephant in the room: assurance. I list the problem as assurance because that is the way most people deal with the doctrine of perseverance in their day-to-day lives. Most people wantContinue Reading