Pietism & Conflict
Some bad effects of the pietistic heritage of fundamentalism and evangelicalism tend to make conflicts worse: An all-or-nothing view of people and... Read More
Now Available: The 2024 Issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
The newest issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal is now available online. The 2024 issue contains six peer-reviewed articles and 68... Read More
The Active Obedience of Christ: An Intrusion into Baptist Life?
Occasionally, some well-meaning Baptists have asserted that belief in both the active and passive obedience of Christ as the ground of our... Read More
Intoxicating Love: The Greatest Guard Rail Against Infidelity
The book of Proverbs has, for me in recent years, become a most faithful friend. It encourages and edifies my soul as... Read More
Have You Considered Auditing a Course at DBTS this Fall?
The Fall 2024 semester here at DBTS will begin next Thursday the 29th. The schedule for this fall with links to course... Read More
Review of How to Read a Book by Andrew Naselli
This past April, Andrew Naselli’s new volume, How to Read a Book: Advice for Christian Readers, was released by Canon Press. Over... Read More
Does Proverbs Plagiarize from Egyptian Wisdom?
Recently, I came across a Reddit thread with a provocative title: “The Bible’s God-inspired book of Proverbs is plagiarized from the Egyptian... Read More
Theologically Loaded Catch-Lines, Part 2: What Does It Mean for God to “Be with Us”?
In this post I resume my series of blogposts on historically/theologically freighted phrases/clauses/mantras that have become cliché in contemporary Christian-speak—lines that are intrinsically innocuous... Read More
What to Do After Graduation? Why Not Go Back to Your Home Church
This post was originally published here on January 21, 2014. Many college and seminary students are either preparing for another semester of... Read More
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