January 5, 2022October 20, 2022Advent, Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Christmas, Creation, Evolution, New Testament, Old Testament, Worldview From Beginning to End the Bible’s Storyline Features God Who Does the Impossible (Part 2) This singular statement, “Now Sarai was barren; she had no child” (Genesis 11:30), one could reasonably affirm, situates much if not all […]
January 4, 2022October 20, 2022Advent, Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Christmas, Creation, Evolution, New Testament, Old Testament, Worldview From Beginning to End the Bible’s Storyline Features God Who Does the Impossible (Part 1) With our recent celebration of the Lord’s incarnation and our passage into a new year, it is fitting to reflect on God […]
December 14, 2021September 6, 2023Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Covenant Keeping, Exhortation, New Testament, Old Testament, Worldview God’s Covenantal Stipulations Are A Means of God’s Grace This is the fourth and final in a series of blog articles responding to Harrison Perkins’ November 30 article on The Heidelblog […]
December 9, 2021September 6, 2023Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Covenant Keeping, Exhortation, New Testament, Old Testament 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 […]
December 6, 2021September 6, 2023Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Covenant Keeping, New Testament, Old Testament, Worldview 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 […]
December 1, 2021July 5, 2024Biblical Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Covenant Keeping, Exhortation, New Testament, Old Testament, Worldview 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 […]
September 16, 2021September 25, 2021Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Exhortation, Old Testament, Worldview How Should Churches and Christian Institutions Respond to Former Members who Bear False Witness in the Court of Public Opinion? (Part 2) Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, […]
August 21, 2021August 25, 2021Biblical Theology, Creation, Evolution, Old Testament, Worldview We Are Earth-Bounded Humans in Every Way The highest heavens belong to the LORD,but the earth he has given to mankind. Psalm 115:16 Recently, my wife and I visited […]
May 7, 2021October 5, 2022Biblical Theology, Culture, Evolution, Neo-Platonism, New Testament, Old Testament, Uncategorized, Worldview 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 […]
March 3, 2021March 3, 2021Biblical Theology, Culture, Government, New Testament, Old Testament, Politics, Worldview Honoring God with the Lips but Hearts Far from God Defiance against the Creator in the U.S. Congress On February 25, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives debated and then passed the […]