Sin: A Fundamental Understanding
We best understand the concept of sin at its most fundamental level—as deriving from the nature of God. Come along on a journey to the very heart of what sin is.
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22nd May 2020
Baptism: Understanding and Validity
What does someone need to understand about baptism for it to be valid? And what about "Believer's Baptism"?
16th May 2020
Walter Scott and the Five-Finger Exercise (Paper)
For those in or familiar with the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement tradition, there is perhaps no figure who is more important yet less known than Walter Scott. Scott is considered to be one of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement's four founding fathers. He is most famous for systematizing what he claimed was the restoration of the ancient gospel: faith, repentance, baptism, remission of sins, the Holy Spirit, and eternal life. For his evangelistic purposes, he condensed his doctrine into the methodology that became known as the five-finger exercise.
9th November 2017
Who Was the Cross For?
Who was the cross for? It was for mankind. But it was also for God himself.
1st August 2015
Does God Know the Future? Open Theism and the Bible (Paper)
Open Theism argues that God does not know the future, but learns as he experiences the unfolding of events. But does the Bible support the argument that God does not have foreknowledge? Come explore the different facets of Open Theism and compare it to what the Bible says about God's foreknowledge.
23rd July 2014
Constantine the Great: Christian or Pagan? (Paper)
Was Constantine the Great a Christian or a pagan? Explore his conversion to Christianity as well as his Christian and pagan fruits. Was he the hero and champion of Christianity, or its ultimate corrupter?
11th June 2014
Melchizedek, a Type of Christ (Paper)
Perhaps there is no biblical figure more mysterious than Melchizedek. Mentioned less than a handful of times in the Bible, Melchizedek has fascinated Bible readers for centuries. Who is he, exactly, and why is he so significant? How does he foreshadow Jesus' ministry, a "typology" of Christ?
3rd June 2014
The Age of Accountability
A popular statistic says nearly 85 percent of people who make a decision for Christ do so between the ages of 4 and 14. But how young is too young? And is there an age that is right for a child to become a Christian? When does a child reach the age of accountability where, in God's eyes, he needs a savior?
31st May 2014
Principles of Conversion: Ownership Brings Activation
What kinds of things need to happen in someone’s conversion to Christianity? It might sound strange to ask such a question, but one look at the state of the church today and it just might be the right question to be asking.
24th May 2013
The Angry God of the Old Testament
Is the God of the Old Testament unjust, immoral, bloodthirsty, too strict, or just downright mean? Or is there something else at play that answers why we sometimes struggle with seeing him this way?
7th January 2013