Planning for Retirement, or Why Eschatology Matters
I get the question a few times a year: “Why does it matter whether we get future right? Everything will get sorted... Read More
Providence, Sanctification, and the Substance of Faith
The fact that Christ speaks regularly and with vivid imagery of faith as having dimension (it can be little or great and... Read More
Detroit Baptist Seminary’s East Africa Connection
Check out the recent feature post from the Gospel Coalition about the East Africa Baptist School of Theology and its upcoming Proclaim Conference... Read More
Christians and the Immigration Crisis: A Few Thoughts
Donald Trump’s stay on admitting certain immigrants has brought out a raft of evangelical critics, especially those who see everything as an immediate... Read More
On “Conservative” Worship
When a person self-describes as “conservative,” the meaning of the adjective can be elusive. Conservatism can be noble in one context and... Read More
A Good List of OT Commentaries
Bill Barrick, long-time professor at The Master’s Seminary and friend of DBTS, just wrapped up a list of his most highly recommended... Read More
“Peace, Peace” When There Is No Peace (Repost)
One of the more troubling mis-translations in the history of English Bible translation (at least in terms of its popular acceptance and... Read More
“Bone of My Bones”: A Theology of Marriage in One Sentence
The very first recorded words of Adam have sometimes been the stuff of jokes—the words of a lovestruck fellow who has seen... Read More
Some Thoughts on Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society
Every year about this time we get a spate of blog posts from within fundamentalism and elsewhere about the viability of the... Read More
Getting the Sermon Started
I feel a bit inadequate to write on a topic on which so many with greater experience than I have written at... Read More