Bible
Eve examines the fruit
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, Read more…
Theology
The Casual Calvinism of 1 Peter
First Peter is not a classic proof-text for Calvinism and does not contain any detailed teaching on the doctrines of grace. Rather Peter demonstrates what I’m calling “casual Calvinism”. He doesn’t set out to teach it or prove it, really, Read more…
Bible
How to Read the Mosaic Law (Part 3)
When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the Read more…
Islam
The Trinity Explained for Muslims
It’s based on what exactly? My Muslim friends should agree with me that our theology about God’s nature should come from what he has revealed about himself in his Word. We need to accept what he says and not be Read more…
Theology
Why can’t God just forgive?
John Owen speaks on the revelation of God’s wrath in the death of Jesus, and touches on why it would be impossible for God to “just forgive” people apart from the atonement: In him God hath manifested the naturalness of Read more…
Bible
How to read the Mosaic Law (Part 2½)
If there is any further need to prove that the approach to reading the Law which I laid out in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series is correct, the simplest proof is that many of the most important Read more…
Bible
How to Read the Mosaic Law (Part 2)
In Part 1, I discussed that although in Christ we are no longer under the Law, the Law still has value for us when we pursue the moral principles that stand behind its specific injunctions. In this part, I want Read more…
Bible
How to Read the Mosaic Law (Part 1)
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which Read more…
Christology
Who created the world? A challenge to Jehovah’s Witnesses
Who created the world? That seems like a simple enough question. God created the world. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 But there’s more. The Bible also teaches that Jesus created the world. All Read more…
Apologetics
Do we need to give evidence that God exists?
How many times have you heard an atheist say that they would be happy to believe in God, but nobody has presented him with sufficient evidence for God’s existence? We could at this point launch into a historical case for Read more…