The Eclipse of Divine Transcendence: A Historical Concern for the Christmas Season
The Incarnation of the Son of God is the centerpiece of our celebration during the Christmas season. The eternal Son of God... Read More
Helpful Thoughts on Infant Baptism
I recently came across a few interesting thoughts about infant baptism. The first is an excellent rejoinder by Jeff Straub to arguments... Read More
The Resurrection: More than a Giant Exclamation Point
The death and Resurrection of Christ together represent the pivotal event of the Christian Scriptures. In these two paired incidents are contained... Read More
Mission in the Old Testament: God’s Concern for the Nations (Part 4)
Some time ago I took up the question of whether God intended ancient Israel to serve as a verbal witness proclaiming God’s... Read More
Christians Must Judge
In a recent sermon on Matthew 7:1-5, Dr. Doran mentioned that a portion of that passage is perhaps the most well-known in... Read More
Why I Will Still Sing About Christ Being Forsaken: A Response to ‘Neither Forsaken nor Estranged from God.’
If you have not yet seen Dr. Mark Snoeberger’s recent article about the death of God in the death of Christ, I... Read More
Is Christmas Pagan?
It is not unusual to find arguments, both from atheists and Christians, that Christmas was started as an attempt by Christians to... Read More
E3 Workshop Teaser: Why Did Wesley Think God Raised up the Methodists?
Just six months before he died, John Wesley (1703–1791) wrote to a preacher named Robert Carr Brackenbury (1752–1818). In that letter Wesley... Read More
Arminius’s Declaration of Sentiments
A little over fifty years ago, Carl Bangs lamented that Jacob Arminius (1559/60–1609) had been consistently misunderstood and misrepresented by both friend... Read More
Three Differences Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
In the West, most Protestants are at least somewhat familiar with Roman Catholicism. Many of us have Roman Catholic friends, neighbors, and... Read More