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September 2017

September 22, 2017

What We Know about Arius and His Heresy

The Trinity is a mystery to us in many ways, but Scripture and tradition give...

September 05, 2017

The Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’s Command to “Be Perfect”

What does it mean to "be perfect," especially in light of the fact that we...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Why Did the Book of Revelation Outlast Other Early Christian Apocalypses?

Revelation's theology stood out from the crowd in a time when sloppy language about God...

August 23, 2017

Blood Moons, Babylonian Whores, and Reading Revelation Rightly

Fearful chart-making and number-decoding distorts the point of the Book of Revelation.

August 14, 2017

Jesus, Jonah, and Doubting God

If we’re like Jonah, we’ll confess God’s sovereignty without trusting in it. But if we’re...

August 07, 2017

The Best Introductions to the Book of Revelation

For anyone hasn't read much on Revelation, I usually recommend four short and (relatively) accessible...

August 02, 2017

Should Pastors Read Widely? A Plea for Caution

They say that reading widely is a way for the pastor to grow into a...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

James D. G. Dunn: Friend or Foe?

I try to avoid the word "heretic" as much as possible.

July 21, 2017

The Smorgasbord (7/21/17)

A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.

July 19, 2017

This Ain’t Your Mama’s Book of Revelation

In my experience, Revelation has been underplayed, under-appreciated, and simply misrepresented.

July 13, 2017

How Jesus Unlocks the Old Testament

We want to show that the NT consistently points to Jesus as the central interpretive...

July 10, 2017

Keys to Understanding Jesus’s Life and Ministry

To understand the most crucial aspects of Jesus’s life and ministry, we have to understand...

July 06, 2017

The Smorgasbord (7/6/17)

A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.

June 2017

June 23, 2017

Baptists, Ecumenism, and the Future

Baptists can maintain our identity while also learning from others about the importance of theological...

June 10, 2017

What Kind of a Book Is Revelation?

Revelation is more than a book about divine judgment and end-times destruction -- it's a...

June 07, 2017

Eternal Generation and the Questions It Generates

Eternal generation is largely a mystery to us, it helps us biblically and theologically make...

June 01, 2017

Was Jesus Created?

Jesus is called "firstborn over all creation," but does this mean he was created?

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Baptists Promoting and Supporting Patristic Theology

This is not one evangelical denomination's problem, but I want to highlight those in my...

May 22, 2017

The Dearth of Patristic Theology in Evangelicalism

Some evangelicals act as though church history started with the Reformation.

May 16, 2017

Who Is the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is perhaps the most overlooked person of the Trinity in many Christian...

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...

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...