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
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
Does Matthew 24 Describe the Rapture of the Church (Part 4)
Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. In this series, we have been examining the arguments made by John... Read More
The Role of “Passion” in Christian Experience
The use of the term passion has seen a huge uptick in conservative evangelical life in the past 25 years or so, roughly paralleling... Read More
Volition: A Function of Person or Nature?
As questions in the ongoing Trinitarian controversy become more refined, the “pieces” of the broader discussion are coming under greater scrutiny. One... Read More
Does Matthew 24 Describe the Rapture of the Church? (Part 1)
The Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24–25 is the longest prophetic section in the NT outside of the book of Revelation. If the... Read More
The Virgin Birth and the Immaculate Conception
This post originally appeared on December 25, 2013. During Christmas season each year, we read the accounts of Jesus’ birth in the... Read More
Analysis and Critique of the Federal Vision Teaching of Justification (Part 4)
Read Part 1 in this series here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Teaching Directly Related to Justification (cont.) The... Read More
Analysis and Critique of the Federal Vision Teaching of Justification (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of this series here. Teaching Indirectly Related to Justification As was stated in my previous post, FV is not... Read More
Analysis and Critique of the Federal Vision Teaching of Justification (Part 1)
I’ve seen several people recently discussing the issue of Federal Vision, a theological movement among Reformed churches that arose in 2002 and... Read More