Review of 1 Peter (ICC) by Williams and Horrell (Part 2)
This post continues (see Part 1 here) a review of the new, two-volume commentary in the ICC series by Travis Williams and... Read More
Theologically Loaded Catch-Lines, Episode 1: What Does It Mean to “Cease Striving”?
I’ve decided to start a mini-series of blogposts on historically freighted phrases/clauses/mantras that have been detached from their moorings and have become... Read More
Review of 1 Peter (ICC) by Williams and Horrell (Part 1)
Travis B. Williams and David G. Horrell have recently produced an expansive two-volume commentary on 1 Peter. Both volumes together stretch to... Read More
Does Matthew 24 Describe the Rapture of the Church (Part 5)?
This series has been looking at nine arguments made by John Hart in Evidence for the Rapture for a pre-tribulation rapture in Matthew... Read More
Church Leadership in the First Century
What did church leadership look like in the first century? Below are a few observations. In a passage penned in the mid-first... Read More
Christian Platonism: Friend or Foe?
Christian Platonism. Friend or Foe? The Christian system has long been dogged by the question of philosophical grounding and the ancient comparison... Read More
Reasons vs. Rationalizations
I’ve found it helpful to distinguish between reasons and rationalizations. Reasons are facts, arguments, principles, etc., that lead you to a particular... Read More
Their Angels See the Father’s Face
I do intend to finish my series on Matthew 24:36–41, but I am taking a break for this post. First, like Nebuchadnezzar’s... Read More
Ministry Advice from a Dead Guy
In recent months, I’ve written about marriage, parenting, and financial advice “from a dead guy” (i.e., John Chrysostom, c. 347–407). In recounting... Read More
Is Ethics Ever a Matter of “Indifference”?
The term ἀδιάφορα (adiaphora), literally, matters that are to be viewed with indifference or that make no difference, does not appear in the... Read More