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June 2026

June 23, 2026

How Biblical Sacrifices Vindicate God’s Glory

What if we’ve fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of biblical sacrifice? While popular theology focuses on...

June 09, 2026

What Exactly Does Christ Purify?

The connection between morality and cleanness runs deep in human psychology. We instinctively associate wrongdoing...

April 2026

April 28, 2026

Why Do I Wear a Guillotine Around My Neck?

“Why do you wear a guillotine around you neck?,” someone asked me. Just recently, a...

April 14, 2026

Why Christianity Needs Individuals but Rejects Individualism

One of the great confusions of modern Western culture is that we've learned to use...

March 2026

March 03, 2026

What are Essential Elements of Atonement?

What exactly is atonement? Despite its importance, this question receives oversimplified answers that miss the...

November 2025

November 11, 2025

The Heart of Biblical Sacrifice Is Not Blood and Death

Popular evangelical theology often reduces Israel’s sacrificial system to a simple blood transaction: God punishes...

October 2025

October 14, 2025

Should We Emphasize Jesus as King to People Without Kings?

Should we emphasize Jesus as King to people who don't have kings? Ought we still...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

The Temple as Sacred Space for Divine Honor

Israel’s temple functioned as theological statements about God’s design for creation and the nature of...

September 16, 2025

“Why Have You Forsaken Me?” and the Problem of Evil

Matthew 27:46 is one of the most unsettling verses in all of Scripture. As Jesus...

September 02, 2025

Why “Jesus Died the Death I Deserve” Misses the Point

A common phrase in contemporary evangelical theology is "Jesus died the death I deserve." You'll...

July 2025

July 22, 2025

What motivates obedience when I don’t want to obey?

What does true obedience to God look like—and what doesn’t it look like? This isn’t...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Why Egalitarians Can Stay in a Complementarian Church

If you’re convinced the Bible affirms women preaching and leading, what do you do when...

October 2024

October 01, 2024

Peter teaches that weakness and setbacks are not failure

In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus offers a profound lesson on the nature of failure, weakness, and...

June 2024

June 11, 2024

Romans 2 is Not about General Human Conscience

Protestants routinely but mistakenly interpret Romans 2:14 as if to say that humanity has God’s...

April 2024

April 02, 2024

10 Principles for Reading the Bible Missionally

This semester, I've been teaching students about how to read Scripture missionally. Reading the Bible...

January 2024

January 23, 2024

The Implicit Critique of Culture in Revelation 5:9

The book of Revelation unveils a cosmic panorama where the destiny of creation converges upon...

November 2023

November 07, 2023

Coming to ETS 2023 in San Antonio? Check out these sessions

It's that time of year again-- the 2023 Annual Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society...

October 2023

October 24, 2023

Must God punish every sin … including forgiven sins?

Some claim that punishment is the mechanism that secures God’s forgiveness; instead, it is the...

October 10, 2023

Why Artemis is Nobody’s Mother (a book review)

Much written about Artemis of Ephesus is manifestly wrong. Sandra Glahn's Nobody's Mother helps to...

October 03, 2023

The Divine Banquet: Biblical Sacrifices as Symbolic Meals

The Old Testament presents numerous examples of sacrifices, many of which can be understood as...

September 2023

September 05, 2023

When Everything is Essential: Evangelicals’ Theological Trojan Horse

In a contemporary religious landscape marked by complexity and division, some conservative evangelicals have embarked...

August 2023

August 29, 2023

Is Cowardice Worthy of Hell?

It is commonly taught that cowardice is a sin and worthy of hεll. This teaching...

August 22, 2023

Romans 7 Does Not Say People Have a Sin Nature

Christians have long taught that humans have a “sin nature.” Countless people debate about precisely...

August 02, 2023

Aubrey Sequeira questions me on the atonement. Here are my answers.

This video answers Aubrey Sequeira's 3 questions to me concerning my view of the atonement...

August 01, 2023

My Response to Aubrey Sequeira’s Interview and Critique

Aubrey Sequeira spent significant time critiquing me and my book The Cross in Context. In...

July 2023

July 11, 2023

Why Common Readings of Romans 7 Produce Shame

Popular readings of Romans 7 assert "there is nothing good in me." But is this...

June 2023

June 06, 2023

The Unforgivable Sin? Rejecting the Sign of the New Covenant

Jesus says one sin is unforgivable— blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In general, commentators are...

April 2023

April 25, 2023

When Insiders Become Outsiders

John 9-10 offers a case study into how biblical writers creatively undermine common notions about...

April 18, 2023

When Uzziah Traded Honor for Fame

What’s the difference between fame and honor? Are they the same thing? The story of...

April 04, 2023

Was Jesus Forsaken By God? It Depends

“My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” People often assume Jesus’ words have...