Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
Biblically, What Can and Can’t We Say about COVID-19?
One of the tremendous benefits of a crisis is that it forces people to think. We have a strong tendency when things are good to go on “autopilot,” become absorbed with our routine, live for frivolous pleasures, and distract ourselves to death. But when business as usual suddenly comes to a halt, the game is…
Read MoreSeeing God’s Sovereignty in Our Suffering
“These are the times that try men’s souls…” the well-known words of poet Thomas Paine came to mind as I drove to the grocery store yesterday in my fearless quest to acquire the rare jewel of toilet paper. Never in my short lifetime has the world faced such so much uncertainty. The hopelessness, despair, and…
Read MoreMisunderstanding God: Greg Boyd’s non-evangelical approach to spiritual warfare
In “What’s War? The Existential Question of Spiritual Warfare,” pastor Matt Walker introduced the subject of spiritual warfare. In today’s piece he describes an approach to the topic which all Christians ought to reject. We offer it today as something of a respite to the “all virus all the time” coverage we are getting on…
Read MoreBook Review: Superheroes Can’t Save You
Superheroes Can’t Save You: Epic Examples of Historic Heresies Todd Myles Publisher: B&H Academic (April 1, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1462750796 ISBN-13: 978-1462750795 It’s rare to find Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man in a book on theology. Theologians typically draw the line at Jesus Christ when it comes to who can save the world. So where…
Read MoreWere the Apostles’ Inspired? Or Was It Something They Wrote?
One of the doctrinal errors I warn our church about is found in the New Hampshire Baptist Confession of 1833. It says, “We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired…” According to 2 Timothy 3:16, God inspired the “graphe” or Scriptures, not the men. While the Holy Spirit carried along the…
Read MoreThe Gentile Gospel
One of the themes of the book of Acts involves the struggle the early Christians had in defining the Church. Was the Church a new sect in Judaism? (The “Messiah-Is-Here” sect?) Or, was the Church something new entirely, a separate and distinct new body of people? If the latter, what place did Judaism now occupy…
Read MoreOur Mighty God
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. Deuteronomy 10:17 As a child in the public school, we used to pray before snack time. God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for…
Read MoreThe Body Is One
“The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you” (1 Cor. 12:21). Of course they cannot! Either would be absurd: the eye alone cannot handle what it sees, nor can the head go without the feet. Yet Paul…
Read MoreThe New Perspective on Paul: “What Saint Paul Really Said”?
It seemed appropriate given the rising popularity of N.T. Wright, to republish this article. The NPP is dangerous and takes evangelicals back toward Roman Catholic theology on justification. (KSchaal) The traditional Reformation understanding of the Pauline doctrine of justification has come under attack recently. Surprisingly, the chief assault has not come from Catholic or…
Read MoreTHE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper
November/December 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 6 THE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper Charles Spurgeon said, The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great…
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