19
Jun
2020
Why Many Believe Christians Hate LGBTQ Individuals
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As Democrats in the Senate yesterday sought to pass the Equality Act (which would remove some key current protections for religious organizations), Denny Burk highlighted an important point in our culture’s current clash between Christians and those pushing the LGBTQ agenda. Burk pointed to the continued fulfillment of a statement from Robert George six years... Read More
15
Jun
2020
Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund
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C. S. Lewis warned us of chronological snobbery, the natural proclivity to see the newest book as inherently better. Lewis rightly saw that ancient authors often view the world differently than us. By reading their words, we may enter into the way they view the world, often revealing our blindness. But every once in a... Read More
11
Jun
2020
Arguments and Narratives
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In Monday’s edition of the Briefing, Al Mohler spent some time discussing a recent letter signed by over 1,000 health professionals. One of the letter writers shared the reasoning for crafting the letter as follows: “We created the letter in response to emerging narratives that seemed to malign demonstrations as risky for the public health... Read More
8
Jun
2020
Who is an Evangelical?: A Review
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Thomas Kidd, a professor of Church History at Baylor University, is personally invested in the answer to the question posed in the title of his book. He is invested, because he calls himself an evangelical, and he fits in the historical stream of those who have borne that title. The title is apt, for the... Read More
29
May
2020
Seating the “King Jesus Gospel” in Its Historical-Theological Context
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For as long as I can remember, there have been waves of concern within conservative Protestantism about antinomianism, roughly one per decade. For instance, we have seen movements such as… Norm Shepherd and the movement that bears his name John MacArthur and “Lordship Salvation” N. T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, et al., and the... Read More
26
May
2020
New Issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
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We are pleased to announce the release of the 2020 issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, now in its 25thyear of publication. This year’s issue features the following articles: Kyle Dunham, “The Role of Biblical Creationism in Presuppositional Apologetics” Bruce Compton, “First Corinthians 13 and the Cessation of Miraculous Gifts: A Critique of Thomas... Read More
22
May
2020
DBTS 2020 Graduate: Caleb Wagner
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Since we were not able to hold our commencement this year at DBTS, we are highlighting one of our graduates each day. Today we would like to recognize Caleb Wagner. Caleb was born in Sandusky, MI, in 1993, the son of Robert and Sherry Wagner. He came to personally trust in Christ when he was... Read More
21
May
2020
DBTS 2020 Graduate: Timothy Schlater
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Since we were not able to hold our commencement this year at DBTS, we are highlighting one of our graduates each day. Today we would like to recognize Timothy Schlater. Tim was born in Bucks County, PA, in 1986, the son of Robert and Judith Schlater. When he was 5 years old, after hearing his... Read More
20
May
2020
DBTS 2020 Graduate: Joshua Roland
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Since we were not able to hold our commencement this year at DBTS, we are highlighting one of our graduates each day. Today we would like to recognize Joshua Roland. Josh was born in Denver, CO, in 1984, the son of Ralph (late) and Carol Roland. He came to Christ during a missions conference at... Read More
19
May
2020
DBTS 2020 Graduate: Anthony Iorillo
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Since we were not able to hold our commencement this year at DBTS, we are highlighting one of our graduates each day. Today we would like to recognize Anthony Iorillo. Tony was born in Cleveland, OH, in 1982, the son of Mark and Maria Iorillo. When he was 13 years old, he trusted Christ at... Read More