24
Jan
2019
1/24/2019 DBTS Chapel: Ben Edwards
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Following the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the passage of New York’s “Reproductive Health Act,” Ben Edwards walks through the biblical foundation for the pro-life position and provides an approach for both exposing the evil of abortion and extending the grace of the gospel for those who perpetrate it. Download and subscribe to our... Read More
23
Jan
2019
1/23/2019 DBTS Chapel: Dr. David Doran
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To open our Spring semester, Dr. Doran continues his series on worship from Ephesians 5. Download and subscribe to our Podcasts here
21
Jan
2019
Synthesizing Indwelling, Omnipresence, and Sanctification
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The question of the absence or presence of the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament is a relatively new question in theology. Prior to the twentieth century, the question is almost entirely absent from the literature. In fact, one is hard pressed to find a treatment of “indwelling” at all—it was... Read More
18
Jan
2019
Miracles: Then and Now (Part Two)
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[See Part One Here] NEW TESTAMENT MIRACLES In the decades of the New Testament Gospels there was a huge break-out of miracles (e.g., Matt 4:23-24; 8:16; 9:35; 12:15; 15:30). (Interestingly John the Baptist performed no miracles–John l0:41.) These surrounded mainly the person of Jesus Christ and His claims to be God in the flesh and... Read More
14
Jan
2019
Online vs. In-Person Education: Theological Training Is Supposed to Be Hard
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In my previous post considering Dan Wallace’s recent article discussing online vs. in-person education I concluded that, especially regarding theological teaching, in-person education is superior to distance education—all other things being equal. But rarely if ever in life are all other things equal. Thus, we inevitably are forced to weigh a variety of factors beyond... Read More
11
Jan
2019
Miracles: Then and Now (Part One)
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On occasion through the years one reads or hears of a great revival somewhere in the world, a sudden outburst of the power of the Holy Spirit. It usually includes the testimony of many souls saved as well as miracles of all sorts that seem to parallel those of the Bible. Fantastic accounts of healings,... Read More
7
Jan
2019
Online vs. In-Person Education: The Superior Value of In-Person Education
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A couple of weeks ago Dan Wallace wrote an article questioning whether or not online education is equal in quality to in-person education. (Tim Miller offered some of his thoughts on the article here.) I’d like to consider two of the issues he raises in comparing in-person/residential to online/distance education—one in this post and the... Read More
2
Jan
2019
Online Education: A Few Comments on Dan Wallace’s Recent Blog Article
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A few weeks ago, Dan Wallace wrote an article on the recent trend towards online theological education. I would like to summarize his points here, and then offer a few comments. You can read his entire post at this link (and I encourage you to do so). The main point of Wallace’s article is that... Read More
25
Dec
2018
Is Christmas Pagan?
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It is not unusual to find arguments, both from atheists and Christians, that Christmas was started as an attempt by Christians to try to usurp/replace pagan festivals with a Christian one. Atheists make this argument out of an attempt to mock Christians and undermine Christianity’s historical basis, while Christians use this reasoning to disparage the... Read More
24
Dec
2018
Yes, Virginia, There Really Was a Santa Claus
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It’s that time of year when grocery store clerks, kind-hearted relatives, and even complete strangers ask children what they want Santa Claus to bring them. And it’s also a time when Christian parents struggle to help their children answer such people in a way that is both truthful and appropriate. Amidst the cultural clutter that... Read More