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May 2017

May 15, 2017

I Took a Week Off from Social Media (and Survived)

I took off a week to ask myself the question, If I stay on social...

May 10, 2017

Are You Sure You’re Called to Be a Pastor?

As a former pastor/elder who'll in some ways always think of myself as one, whether...

May 08, 2017

What Does the Number 666 Mean?

There are various ways to explain the freakiest number in existence.

April 2017

April 24, 2017

The Gospel Is Bad News for Bad News

The gospel's eternal good news will one day be the eternal death of bad news.

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Some Unoriginal Thoughts on the Historical Adam

A better way of arguing for a literal historical Adam is theological, not scientific.

March 14, 2017

A New Initiative: The Center for Baptist Renewal

CBR is a group of conservative, evangelical Baptists committed to a retrieval of the Great...

March 08, 2017

Salvation by “Faith” Alone or “Allegiance” Alone?

It should go without saying that a book that gets both Schreiner and McKnight talking...

March 07, 2017

Curiosity Won’t Kill the Christian: A Conversation with Barnabas Piper

Christians struggle with questions---let's be honest. We don't know which questions to ask, which questions...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Theology, Church History, and Guarding the Good Deposit

We should reap the long-lasting benefits of deep community, sound doctrine, and knowing the saints...

February 26, 2017

When the Book of Revelation Takes a Swing at a Roman Emperor

John used the imagery of Jesus holding seven stars to take a swing at the...

February 23, 2017

Did Jesus Call a Woman a Dog?

On a recent episode of Word Matters, we discussed a question raised in Matthew 15,...

February 17, 2017

How Often Should We Take the Lord’s Supper?

Can you imagine a Sunday morning without a sermon and a song? How, then, can...

February 10, 2017

Why the 5 Solas Still Matter Today

The 5 solas of the Reformation still echo in our world and our lives today,...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

How Does the Holy Spirit Unite Us to Christ?

The Spirit acts as a kind of adhesive, preparing and enabling the human subject to...

January 16, 2017

A White Man’s Meditations on Martin Luther King Day

Dr. King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Make your anywhere count.

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Immanuel: When God the Son Became Like Us

Philippians 2:5-11 gives us a look at what it really means for God to be...

December 09, 2016

My 5 Favorite Books of 2016

I'm always willing to recommend a good book if it is, in fact, good. Here's...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Eternal Generation, the “Only Begotten” Son, and Monogenes: A Summary of the Conversation

What's the best translation of "monogenes" in John 3:16, etc.? A good conversation is brewing.

November 23, 2016

9 Recent Posts and Podcasts on the Trinity

A full storehouse of posts and podcasts on the Trinity has been produced lately. Here...

October 2016

October 02, 2016

ETS, Heresy, and the Task of Christian Scholarship

How can we approach scholarship with rigor, while being careful not to become sellouts, heterodox,...

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Why I’m Reordering My Social Media Life

Here is my attempt at being more faithful to priority items while reducing distractions.

September 10, 2016

Answering Tough Texts of the Bible

Trevin Wax and I host a podcast called Word Matters, which seeks to help Christians...

August 2016

August 20, 2016

Biblical Sci-Fi? Aliens, Angels, and the Nephilim

Were the Nephilim aliens, angels, or something else?

August 12, 2016

Did New Testament Writers Understand the Trinity?

A few ways in which NT writers wrestled with the Trinity, and how Scripture helped...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

A Brief Case for Reading Scripture with a Trinitarian Lens

The Trinity's presence and actions in Scripture, if nothing else, gives us a clear way...

July 03, 2016

What the Trinity Debate Can Teach Seminarians

Theology students should be encouraged that this debate happened in public and right in front...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Why the Trinity Debate Matters for the Pulpit and the Pew

The recent debate over the Trinity isn't merely academic sport--it matters in ministry and daily...

June 16, 2016

What the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” Teaches Us about Manuscript Evidence

Scientific methods can be unforgiving friends, but God's Word will never lie to us and...

June 11, 2016

What Happens to Us When We Read the Bible?

Our struggle with Bible reading is often not because of time or effort or ability,...

June 03, 2016

Jesus Hanging Out with Wild Animals

Why was Jesus hanging out with wild animals during his wilderness temptation?

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