All God’s Covenants Entail Conditions, Stipulations to Be Obeyed by Covenant Members
This is the third in a series of blog articles that respond to Harrison Perkins’ November 30 article on The Heidelblog that […]
Category: New Testament
All Christians Believe Better Than They Articulate Their Beliefs (Including Theologians)
Last week, on December 1, I learned that The Heidelblog targeted my published essay, “Covenantal Life with God from Eden to Holy […]
Doing Theology and the Need to Avoid Bearing False Witness
Because I am not a regular reader of The Heidelblog, I had no knowledge that the chapter that I had written five […]
How Should Churches and Christian Institutions Respond to Former Members who Bear False Witness in the Court of Public Opinion? (Part 3)
Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who persist […]
How Should Christian Leaders Respond to Former Church Members Who Bear False Witness in the Court of Public Opinion? (Part 1)
Last week the growing crescendo of many folks who present themselves as righteous whistleblowers who are exposing an alleged cover-up of evil […]
Test Every Teacher You Hear
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets […]
Christian Baptism Displaces Circumcision
My last blog article—Christian Baptism Gives Access to the Lord’s Table—included the following in a paragraph concerning the apostle Paul’s mention of […]
Christian Baptism Gives Access to the Lord’s Table
Life’s exigencies occasionally interrupt our plans. Consequently, for this week I am suspending my series—”What Happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream?”—to […]
Christianity, Science, and Scientism
It occurred to me that my “final thoughts” for a graduate course I have been teaching for the past four weeks might […]
Does Christian Love Obligate Us to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine? (Part 5)
Four weeks ago, I posted my last blog entry with anticipation of the fifth and final one of this series to be […]