Natural Theology & Natural Revelation
“But that’s natural revelation, not natural theology.”
Jeff Johnson’s Scientific Collapse
In order to prove natural theology false, one would need to use natural theology.
The Magical Jab & the Unfalsifiable Premise
This will not be a terribly long post. I have sermon preparation to do. Nevertheless, as I parsed the river of thought running through my mind, it occurred to me that I probably need to throw out into the public a response I’ve been making in my head to a mainstream argument coming from the immuno-vangelistic propaganda.
Applying “Motive” to Government
Why don’t Americans, especially discerning Christians, apply the principle of motive to their government?
When God Institutes Slavery
What does God think about this hot-button issue?
An Analysis of Generational Journalistic Gullibility (and the Lack Thereof)
Anachronistically, not statistically, I have gathered there to be two rather different responses to the current flow of information which comes by way of mainstream news media.
The “Central Dogma” Approach to Theology
The method of theology matters, because it will ultimately determine whether or not a person has a true or a false theology.
The Monogamous Marriage of Christ and His Church Defended, from Baptist History
That Christ now has one Church-Bride, betrothed exclusively to Him, comprised of all the elect at all times and in all places, who diligently awaits the consummate Marriage Feast: Baptists affirm.
What Hath Baptism To Do With Regeneration?
Signs and types often bear the same names of the things signified or typified. Baptism might be called “regeneration” inasmuch as it signifies the inward work of the Spirit, though it itself is not regeneration.
Is the Term “Universal Church” Neoplatonic?
The question is charged, because if someone says, “yes,” they can easily be accused of following a heathen philosopher rather than the Bible.
Landmarkism & Why I Do Not Subscribe
This article is a response to Landmarkism. The tone is irenic. I am indebted to men who espouse Landmarkism for much doctrinal fellowship, friendship, and sound counsel.
Quick Thoughts on One of the Best Arguments for Reformed Paedobaptism
I appreciate this argument since its core concern is to preserve the sameness of the gospel under both Old and New Covenants, a concern both Baptists and paedobaptists ought to share.
How Baptists Need to Use the Church Fathers
There’s hardly a discernible consensus on the age of baptismal candidates in the extant literature of the early church. Full stop.
The Particular Baptists & Covenant Children
It is often supposed by our paedobaptist friends that Baptists outrightly reject the notion of covenant-holiness with regard to children of believing parents…
John Lightfoot on Circumcision as a Seal (Romans 4:11)
John Lightfoot was a 17th century paedobaptist theologian. He was a member of the Westminster Assembly and vice chancellor of Cambridge.
Thomas Aquinas on Gender
I believe Aquinas can help us sort out this difficulty by making the proper distinctions. In ST, 93.4, Thomas “steel mans” the following objection…
Baptist Orthodoxy, Creedal Christianity, & Catholicity
The “no creed but the Bible” mindset has given us charismania, Beth Moore, and digital church. It needs to go.
On Tradition & Innovation (traditum & nuovo modo)
Extreme nationalism neuters human reason and dashes to pieces the judgment of conscience, the very faculties responsible for distinguishing man from beast, and instead demands that he accept tradition apart from discerning its truth or goodness.
Covenants, Law, & Nature – A Response to Gary DeMar
Did Charles Darwin really destroy natural law, and make it nothing more than a basis for constant ethical change?
Rethinking Apologetics
We ought to furnish our minds with reasons for why we believe what we believe. This is not in question.
The ‘Fuller Sense’ in Hebrews 10:5
The strict historical-grammatical interpreter would not be able to do what the author of the Hebrews does.
7 Biblical Reasons for a Figurative Reading of Ezekiel 40-48
Some, particularly of the dispensational persuasion, take the temple and the accompanying sacrifices revealed in Ezekiel 40-48 as a literal temple and sacrificial system which will be established at the time of the future millennium.
Calvin, Classical Trinitarianism, & the Aseity of the Son – A Review
Those of you who are even mildly interested in the big topics of theological discussion taking place online in discussion groups and in academic literature are probably aware of the debate between classical Christian theism and what has been termed theistic...
The King & His Throne
It was May 14, 1948, just a few years after the end of the war, when David Ben-Gurion declared Palestine to be an Israeli nation-state.
3 Steps to Humility (According to People on Facebook)
Below are three tips on how to make everyone think you're humble in a Facebook discussion, courtesy of all the keyboard saints out there: — 1) Assume your interlocutor is motivated by pride. Make sure this somehow comes out in the conversation so that everyone...
The Amalgamated Man
Modern psychology tends to see man as an amalgamation of traits, properties, or attributes. It doesn’t begin, per se, with personhood defined as imago Dei (image of God).
Slaying the Nephilim
These ultimate and seemingly-invincible giants must be destroyed by God the Father, through the death of God the Son, and the application of that death by the ministry of God the Spirit.
There Are Giants In the Earth
The over-complication of the identity of the giants, however, runs the risk of destroying the actual significance of the text, and the significance of giants.
Scaling Scripture: Where the Quadriga & the 1689 Meet
The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself; and therefore when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched by other places that speak more clearly.
The Two Kingdoms Take Center Stage
American Christians have been suffering an identity crisis for a long time.