Questions in Genesis, pt. 3: Who was The Serpent and Who is His “Seed”?
Michael explores the character of the serpent of Genesis. Who was the serpent and who is his seed? How is the serpent identified with Satan?
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Questions in Genesis, pt. 2: Why Did Satan Fall?
If God created Satan upright in a perfect creation, how could Satan have fallen from righteousness? Theologians have struggled with this question for quite some time. Michael delves into the biblical account to give some compelling reasons why Satan succumbed to the temptation of pride and resentment.
Continue reading →Questions in Genesis, pt. 1: When Were Angels Created?
This article introduces a series analyzing Genesis, focusing on overlooked details that shape redemptive history. It suggests that angels were created on the fourth day alongside celestial bodies, and ancient worship often involved fallen angels.
Continue reading →Paedocommunion: Is the Lord’s Supper for All Covenant Children?
Is the Lord’s Supper for all covenant children? In recent years, Reformed communities have nursed a simmering argument about this, with an increasing minority claiming that the traditional Reformed perspective betrays the logic of its own sacramental theology. In spite of a few articulate voices in the “paedocommunion” camp,1 however, most major Reformed denominations have […]
Continue reading →Sola Scriptura: Disease or Cure?
Of all the solas of the Reformation, critics from both within and without the Reformed tradition have most hesitated and argued over sola Scriptura. With good reason. Depending on how you define it, you can quite handily make the case that either not a single soul in the whole, holy catholic church actually believes sola […]
Continue reading →The Mysterious Purpose of the Parables
Why did Jesus teach in parables? Was the purpose to reveal or to conceal the truth? Sorting through the available biblical data helps open up the mystery.
Continue reading →Incarnational Evangelism: Preaching the Word to a Words-Weary World
How do the arts fit into missions, evangelism, and worship? Is there such a thing as incarnational evangelism through the arts and culture?
Continue reading →What did Paul Mean by “Unashamed”?
In Romans 1:16, Paul says, “I am not ashamed of the gospel.” Did he mainly mean that he wasn’t embarrassed? Is this Greco-Roman rhetoric or Hebraic hope?
Continue reading →God’s Names in Job: Does God Suffer With Us?
The book of Job has regularly posed a problem for Christians in nearly every generation because it presents, quite starkly, the suffering of a “blameless” man for no reason ever explained to him, by a God who seems far more interested in winning a bet with Satan and browbeating Job with odes to His own […]
Continue reading →Handling the Word: Bibliolatry in Islam and Reformed Christianity
What’s the difference between the Islamic and historic Christian doctrines of revelation? Is the Islamic doctrine properly called bibliolatry? If so, what does that say about the Reformed doctrine of the Bible that increasingly looks like the Islamic doctrine of the Qur’an?
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