The Resurrection: More than a Giant Exclamation Point
The death and Resurrection of Christ together represent the pivotal event of the Christian Scriptures. In these two paired incidents are contained... Read More
Newsflash: Personal Discipline Is Not Legalism
I attended Bible College in the 1980s and seminary in the 1990s. The time I spent earning my Master of Divinity at... Read More
The Church and the Keys to the Kingdom
In 1964, George Eldon Ladd argued that the Church functions as “Custodian of the Kingdom” (Presence of the Future, 276). For many,... Read More
Some Thoughts about Heaven
“The Christian does not desire going to heaven; they desire to go to Christ, and wherever He is, there is heaven.” The... Read More
On Originalist Hermeneutics
A few years back I made a proposal that we replace the label “literal translation” with a better one—originalism—a term that has... Read More
When Your Authority Becomes Your Enemy
Post-Christian society is full of deniers—Christians unwilling to cede the loss of Christian influence and often unaware that this loss has irreparably... Read More
Yet Another Question of Discernment: Binary Assessments
As a professor and occasional interim pastor, I routinely hear a question (or something like it): “Is __________ (fill in the blank... Read More
What Shall We Think of Special Providence?
A few weeks ago Doug Wilson outlined a solution to the “problem of prayer” in the face of divine sovereignty by championing the idea... Read More
“Remember Those Who Taught You the Word of God.”
Pastor Richard A. Harris (1934–2021) was the pastor of my youth. By God’s grace and through his efforts the Bethel Baptist Church... Read More
Another Question of Discernment
In my last blog post I addressed the irrational distrust that is increasingly plaguing religious and political conservatives. Specifically, I suggested that... Read More