Biblical Inerrancy, Preaching, and Bible Translation
As a conservative instructor at a conservative school, I occasionally meet with surprise that I use and love my NIV Bible. Classed... Read More
The Gospel Coalition and Dispensationalism
Last month Ryan Kelly and Kevin DeYoung posted an essay on The Gospel Coalition (TGC) blog (that originally appeared in the spring... Read More
Notes Toward a Theology of Pets and the Atonement (Spoof)
Last week, Pope Francis made headlines by announcing in his weekly address that we will be able to see our pets in... Read More
A Promise of Land & Seed AND/OR Inheritance & People?
Students sometimes ask me the difference between the hermeneutics employed by Covenant, New Covenant, Progressive Dispensational, and Traditional Dispensational theologian/exegetes. Perhaps the easiest... Read More
What Mean Those Distant Drums?
Last year we were jolted when the Supreme Court struck down one of the central pillars of the “Defense of Marriage Act,”... Read More
Why You Must Be a Calvinist or an Arminian
A few weeks ago, Mark Snoeberger had a post arguing that in the matter of salvation, especially the issue of regeneration, there... Read More
Jesus and the Promise of the NT Canon
Among the many promises of John 14–17 are several that anticipate heightened activity by the Holy Spirit in the apostolic era. These... Read More
Revisiting Common Grace
It’s mid-September here in Michigan. The much-anticipated, season-changing cold front has gone through, the mornings have become crisp and clear, and the... Read More
John MacArthur Rebukes Joel Osteen
A few weeks ago there was an event here at Dodger Stadium with Joel Osteen, thirty-five thousand people at Dodger Stadium, something... Read More
On Being a "Biblicist": Why You Can’t Choose "None of the Above" on the Calvinism/Arminianism Question
For my whole life I’ve been broadly a part of an ecclesiastical culture/movement that has been disinclined to commit either to Calvinism... Read More