First Baptism, and Then the Holy Spirit
Does Jesus' baptism and subsequent reception of the Holy Spirit serve as a precedent for all new covenant believers after Pentecost?
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11th April 2024
What Do “make disciples” and “disciple-making” Mean? (Part 2)
Part 2 examines an interpretive dilemma of "make disciples" due to the grammatical structure of Matthew 28:19-20, as well as provides critical commentary on the popular usage of "disciple-making" and its consequences.
29th January 2024
God’s Most Fundamental Attribute
Does God have a most fundamental attribute? Does any aspect of God's nature serve as an ultimate and necessary foundation for who he is as a being, from which all his other attributes spring? What can we understand from this?
29th June 2023
Biblical Marriage
What does the Bible teach about the foundation of marriage? What is it, why does it exist, and how does it work?
9th June 2021
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.
22nd May 2020
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
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
Why the Death of Jesus?
Why the death of Jesus? Was it simply the greatest mistake in all of human history, or was something else going on? Did Jesus really have to die? Couldn't God have found another way? What does Jesus' death reveal about our great God and our relationship to him?
29th October 2012
Helping Fielding Melish: A Challenge from Frank Viola
One of the top 10 Christian bloggers, Frank Viola, has posted a very interesting challenge for Christians to try to answer. Following is his proposed scenario, with a specific question to answer (highlighted in red) after said scenario. My response then follows his question. Got it? Good, then check it out...
12th July 2012