The Role of “Passion” in Christian Experience
The use of the term passion has seen a huge uptick in conservative evangelical life in the past 25 years or so, roughly paralleling... Read More
Seated Upright, Fully Clothed, and in My Right Mind: Musing About Hermeneutics
For those of you who knew about and prayed for my recent open-heart surgery, I want to offer my deepest thanks. The... Read More
Volition: A Function of Person or Nature?
As questions in the ongoing Trinitarian controversy become more refined, the “pieces” of the broader discussion are coming under greater scrutiny. One... Read More
“With a View to the Administration of the Fullness of Times”: The Relationship of the Church to the Kingdom
While the dispensational community has rightly pointed out that NT never posits identity between the Christian Church and the Messianic Kingdom, the... Read More
The Sufficiency of Scripture and Transcendental Knowledge
A few weeks ago I was alerted to a criticism raised about an old blog post of mine—a post in which I... Read More
Dealing with Pastoral Sin
An article published recently by the Religion News Service, “Is a Pastor’s Sin a Private Matter?” addresses a matter of great consequence and relevance... Read More
How Can I “Be Saved”?
Ask your average evangelical Protestant what it means to “be saved” and you will likely hear about an event occurring within history,... Read More
Marriage: The Foundation of God’s Civil Order
I was privileged last week to officiate my younger son’s marriage. It was a beautiful event held in a chapel at the... Read More
Christianity: It’s a Religion (Not Just a Relationship)
You’ve heard the mantra a dozen times: “Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship.” This statement is quite wrong. Firstly, because... Read More
Reviewing Bonhoeffer’s Seminary Vision
I have not engaged substantially in the study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Most of the celebrity that Bonhoeffer has earned is in the... Read More