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May 2024

May 03, 2024

Can Dreams Be Sinful?

In contemporary Christianity the claim is often made that only behaviors are sinful. However, the...

April 2024

April 12, 2024

Why the Conquest of Canaan was Just

In the last few posts I have offered a defense of the "literal view" of...

April 03, 2024

The Canaanite Conquest and The Corporate Nature of Sin

In this series, I have been defending a literalist view of the Israelites' conquest of...

March 2024

March 29, 2024

The Conquest of Canaan: How Sin Pollutes the Land

In my last article, I addressed a recent controversy that broke about Israel's conquest of...

March 26, 2024

William Lane Craig and The Canaanite Genocide

Recently, an online debate flared up regarding the biblical conquest of the Canaanites, or what...

March 14, 2024

Four Warnings For Christians Engaged In Spiritual Battle

In my last post on Deuteronomy Chapter 7, I discussed the three reasons the Bible...

March 11, 2024

God Knows Ye Shall Be As Gods!

“This communion which the saints have with Christ doth not make them in any wise...

March 08, 2024

What Happens When We Adopt Relativism?

In this episode of the Apologetics.com radio show, Dr. Harry Edwards, Lenny Esposito (vice-president of...

March 06, 2024

Why Did God Order the Destruction of Canaan?

One of the most contentious and vexing questions of biblical history is God's ordering Israel...

March 01, 2024

He Gets Us: Christian Propaganda or the Gospel?

In my last three posts: here, here and here, I argued there are serious problems...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

He Gets Us and The Problem of Christian Propaganda

In my last post, I discussed what I believe to be the theological view of...

February 23, 2024

The Black Panthers vs. MLK: What Is Our Highest Good?

This week, I happened to read two different articles in my news feed about how...

February 22, 2024

He Gets Us, Culture Christianity and Propaganda (Part 1)

In my previous post, I argued that there were several fundamental problems with the #HeGetsUs...

February 13, 2024

But Do We “Get Him?”: Some Thoughts on #HeGetsUs

Before I wade into the controversy over the #HeGetsUs ad campaign, which ran for its...

February 09, 2024

How Many “Gods” Are There Really?

It has long been a theological and metaphysical bone of contention as to whether there...

February 02, 2024

Was Noah Raped by His Son?

In a previous post, I explored an interpretive option as to why Moses was prevented...

January 2024

January 24, 2024

Theological Movie Review: “Flower Moon” and “The Iron Claw”

I rarely do movie reviews, but two recent films are worth writing about: Martin Scorsese's...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

New Year’s Resolution(s) – 10 Things We Want to See in 2024

With each passing year many of us attempt to change some aspect of their lives...

December 15, 2023

The True Meaning of Christmas: The Death of Paganism

G.K. Chesterton once summarized the religious history of the world in a single sentence: Paganism...

November 2023

November 27, 2023

The Second Great Christian Heresy

In the previous post, I discussed the first, great Christian heresy, the heresy of Judaizing. This...

November 21, 2023

Two Heresies That Never Go Away

It is, or at least should be, a grave responsibility for every pastor, teacher and...

November 17, 2023

Make Room for God

A popular worship song, entitled Make Room encourages believers to surrender, to sacrifice their own...

November 10, 2023

Theological Reflections on Vacation

I recently was blessed with the opportunity to get away from daily life and spend...

November 07, 2023

What is Christian Martyrdom?

Martyrdom is a notoriously misunderstood idea, at least in the Christian sense of the concept....

November 01, 2023

Why Do Our Kids Love Hamas?: Stupidity, Boredom and The Embrace of Evil

Across the country, especially on university campuses, Americans are witnessing a growing sympathy for what...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

David Platt’s “Counter Culture:” One Reader’s Testimony

Disclaimer: It is not my usual policy to provide book reviews. In this case perhaps...

October 13, 2023

Andy Stanley’s Evangelical Error: No Such Thing As “Unconditional” Love

It may seem unfair to use a particular pastor as an example of a much...

October 09, 2023

Is Andy Stanley a False Teacher?

In late September, Pastor Andy Stanley hosted the Unconditional Conference at his church, Northpoint Community...

October 02, 2023

Do we really know God? Can we?

Many Christians today are disillusioned by their efforts to know God. Many may wonder if...

September 2023

September 30, 2023

Do We Serve a Wrathful God? Why Yes, We Do!

As Christians we have often heard the term “the wrath of God” and, in fact,...