25
Sep
2023
Dealing with Pastoral Sin
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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 in the Christian Church. Unfortunately, the article offered an answer that was terribly incomplete. It bandied about questions of (1) whether the sin under review was immoral/consensual or criminal/abusive, (2) whether the perpetrator... Read More
18
Sep
2023
Fundamentalism May Feel Safe, Because It Is
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Phil Newton recently published an article on the 9Marks website entitled, “Fundamentalism May Feel Safe, But It’s Shortsighted.” Newton argues that, after his conversion, the “variety of fundamentalism” in which he found himself “began to squeeze the life and joy out of [his] new faith in Christ.” Even though “they read and taught us the... Read More
13
Sep
2023
Theologically Driven Series on Fundamentalism
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Tomorrow, we will release the 100th episode of Theologically Driven. The first episode was released on October 21, 2021. Since then, we have done several series on the podcast. One that is particularly beneficial for our day is the series on Fundamentalism and issues of separation. All of the episodes from that series are below.... Read More
11
Sep
2023
The Good Old Songs and “In Christ Alone”
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When we sang “In Christ Alone” recently in church, the copyright date grabbed my attention. The hymn came out in 2001, meaning many of those who graduated from college this last May would have never attended a church service before it was being used by God’s people. Sometimes Christians can lament that churches no longer... Read More
5
Sep
2023
Images of the Image of God
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Faith-based, multi-season series The Chosen has made a big splash, showcasing an audience of 100 million plus and views, in some form, surpassing 500 million.[1] At the start of production, it held the place of “highest crowdfunded media project of all time.”[2] The show enjoys widespread backing across the nominal Christian landscape. The same questions... Read More
28
Aug
2023
Book Giveaway
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This past spring, we hosted the Rice Lectures and were privileged to hear DBTS graduate Kevin McFadden discuss the topic of his recent book: Faith in the Son of God: The Place of Christ-Oriented Faith within Pauline Theology (Crossway, 2021). You may watch the lectures here. Due to the generosity of a friend of the... Read More
21
Aug
2023
How Can I “Be Saved”?
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Ask your average evangelical Protestant what it means to “be saved” and you will likely hear about an event occurring within history, usually in the legal sense of justification, though occasionally incorporating more existential terms of new birth. So something like… Emphasis here is on a once-for-all event cast either in the past tense (I... Read More
7
Aug
2023
After the Exile?
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Sometimes we assume we know what a verse means, but once we slow down and read through it carefully, we realize it does not mean what we think it means. It happens to us all. We can receive help in several ways—listening to what others understand a verse to mean (especially weighing their arguments) and... Read More
31
Jul
2023
Church History Resources for Children and Those Who Teach Them
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Most seminary students are involved in teaching children in some venue or another. Many are husbands and fathers, and so are responsible for instructing their own children on a regular basis. Others are not yet husbands or fathers but are still involved in teaching children within the context of their local church. Although sometimes viewed... Read More
28
Jul
2023
Summer Seminar: Biblical Counseling and Abuse
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We are excited to welcome Dr. Ernie Baker on August 22, 2023, as he presents a seminar on Biblical Counseling and Abuse. The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors is producing a series of affirmations and denials about domestic abuse and providing a framework to help counselors discern if abuse is taking place and to help... Read More