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?
Continue reading →Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will was considered even by Luther himself to be one of his greatest works of theology, as it established the biblical and logical basis for his most treasured doctrine—justification by faith alone, and, contributing to its continued popularity, it does so with all of Luther’s characteristic, and entertaining, thunder […]
Continue reading →In part one of my summer 2017 road trip retrospective, I explore the unforeseen value of paying attention to generally unattended things.
Continue reading →Many Bible texts indicate that Jesus died for all people. Should this impact our doctrine of atonement? And if Jesus died for all, why are all not saved?
Continue reading →Forgive me, please. I’m about to do what a man is not likely now or ever to be encouraged by prudence to do: I’m going to speak for women. Not all women, mind you. But women nonetheless, which is perilous enough. Though the women in my life are in fact considerable in number and unparalleled […]
Continue reading →Why is it so easy to get God wrong? Why do so many seemingly earnest people misread His creation and His word? Does God want it this way?
Continue reading →Meditations on eternity, both eternity past and eternity future, through the lens of Jesus the God-man, the contact point of time and eternity.
Continue reading →I was inspired to write a poem this morning, which is personally important because I have not published anything here for a while, and I have barely written anything other than midterms and seminary papers for the last few months. This is how it went: I was up too late last night/this morning reading a book […]
Continue reading →Jesus, the greatest child prodigy and antitypical Atlas, stooped under rather than shrugged off the pressures and scorn of the world.
Continue reading →I wrote a song today for corporate confession in worship. I recognize many of its lines might make churchgoers uncomfortable, but this song is actually tame compared to some of the things God has seen fit to speak through the Old and New Testament prophets. Please let me know how you think it can be improved before it […]
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