Two Kingdoms vs the RFRA
Mea culpa. I took the bait. I reacted rashly. You can see it in my tweets. It’s not that I was “wrong” so much as misdirected. That’s what seems to be at issue. The Religious Freedom Restoration...
View ArticleCan Science Inform Theology? A question for the ages
In short the answer is Yes. But it is a qualified Yes. So let’s spend some time exploring the question. First let’s be certain that we are using these terms in the same way. By “informs” I am not...
View ArticlePreparing for Change on Sexual Issues and Government Demands
Being prepared for the upcoming marriage issue it seems important that churches and related institutions prepare with biblical definitions of marriage as well as the liberties and obligations of staff,...
View ArticleFaith-Fact: A Response to Jerry Coyne’s Argument for Empiricism
Just a couple of years ago William Cavanaugh wrote a book called “The Myth of Religious Violence.” In this work he outlined the movement away from Christianity into skepticism led to a division between...
View ArticleTo Think and Act: The Confederate Flag & More
As there are no brute facts so also there are no flags without both an allegiance to its meaning and a meaning behind that allegiance. The Confederate States of America sought to return these states to...
View ArticleStrachan & VanHoozer: A Higher View of the Pastorate
Our modern world is mechanical. We are consumed with the idea of making things “work,” whatever that means. We second-guess ourselves constantly. We seek ways to manage and manipulate to reach our...
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A Systematic Inquiry: Reconstructing Dispensationalism Without the Rapture...
It is fascinating to look at theology from an historical perspective. Good theology has often developed out of conflict and challenge, like the doctrine of the Trinity. Various proposals were made...
View ArticleA Systematic Inquiry: Reconstructing Dispensationalism Without the Rapture...
Hermeneutics, Both Textual and Cultural, and Its Impact The New Testament is filled with the message of fulfillment. We are greeted with the fulfillment of prophecy, of Christ fulfilling the law, of...
View ArticleA Systematic Inquiry: Reconstructing Dispensationalism Without the Rapture...
How are people saved or born again during the tribulation? That is, for some, a serious dispensationalist problem. Where many end up is having to define a new method of salvation for the tribulation...
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For the time being we will set aside the soteriological question raised in the previous post. To summarize, what we know is that grace was at work in OT times just as in NT time, because the allowance...
View ArticleLet’s Study Historical Theology
There are a million (that seems not a great exaggeration) essays on the web about why Christians should study theology. When we read the Bible we are doing theology. We, by our nature, organize our...
View Article2015 In Review
Nobody can say that 2015 was no an interesting year. Marriage has been redefined. Justice Kennedy has restated the law and the Constitution as a philosophical preference. The human body is now up...
View ArticleWhom to Blame for Atrocities? Thoughts on History & Revisionism in Popular...
The Age of Exploration, also known as the Age of Discovery, describes the expansion of European influence on a global scale. The explorations went west after the Ottomans blocked Constantinople. The...
View ArticleWhere Apologetics Gets Really Difficult
We have this tendency to take on the questions that we can answer. For instance, when we were young and in school and the teacher asked a question for which we knew the answer our hands would shoot...
View ArticleChristian Terrorism? What’s that?
The political left considers Christianity a terror religion. They consider Christianity the most violent and evil religion in history, the cause of immeasurable pain and damage to human progress. The...
View ArticlePopular Bible Passages Misunderstood
There are times when we see or hear a passage, over and over, and believe we understand it. It seems so obvious. But sometimes the popular use of a passage belies its actual meaning. Sometimes the...
View ArticleBook Review: An Invitation to Analytic Christian Theology
Analytic theology provides the theologian with another tool for his/her arsenal. The capacities of modern analytic philosophy (as opposed to the continental approach) are presented to the reader as...
View ArticleOn Icons, Saints, and Super Heroes
There’s the Justice League, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and so forth. Teams of super heroes, all assembled to fight evil. Or at least to fight antagonists, depending on who is telling the story....
View ArticleMovie Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
First off, I’m not worried about giving a spoiler. If you’ve not seen it yet and don’t want to read a discussion on the plot, theme, and technical matters, feel free to read this later, after you’ve...
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Popular Bible Passages Misunderstood #2
Part 1 generated some good conversation offline. I hope this addition is as beneficial to the readers. Here are two more to consider. #1 Micah 4:3 There are passages of Scripture that are taken so...
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