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The Difference Between Typology and Allegory

The Difference Between Typology and Allegory

You may have read my previous post entitled, Are “Authorial Intent” and “Christ-Centered” Mutually Exclusive? (if not, you may want to do so before continuing, although it’s not necessary). But this post prompts the question, if we are to preach Christ in [...]

May 18, 2013 Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics
Are “Authorial Intent” and “Christ-Centered” Mutually Exclusive?

Are “Authorial Intent” and “Christ-Centered” Mutually Exclusive?

As interpreters, teachers, and preachers of God’s word we desire to be faithful to the Biblical text. We know that this entails interpreting Scripture according to the Biblical authors’ original intent, historical context, and literary context, among other things. We [...]

May 17, 2013 Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, Preaching
On Calling Oneself a “Fundamentalist”

On Calling Oneself a “Fundamentalist”

Let me be frank; my goal in this post is to inform you that “fundamentalist” and “fundamentalism” are pejorative terms and connote things with which I hope many of us would not want to associate. Therefore, to those whom it applies, unless [...]

May 13, 2013 Worldview & Culture
Dream Big, God-centered Dreams [a word from William Wilberforce]

Dream Big, God-centered Dreams [a word from William Wilberforce]

I’ve been described before as a dreamer, a person with a big imagination. Sometimes it’s a bad thing, like when I used to sit in certain college courses and daydream about playing basketball at Riverside Park just down the street [...]

May 13, 2013 Theology
Some Concerns with So Called “Secondary Separation”

Some Concerns with So Called “Secondary Separation”

Introduction Let me start out by saying that this is a response to Dave Marriott’s blog post entitled Guarding What Is Primary: Second Degree Separation which was posted today on The Gospel Toolbox. But with that said, let me add that I [...]

April 30, 2013 Church, Ministry
“Okay, So What Does This Have to Do with My Life?

“Okay, So What Does This Have to Do with My Life?

Hear me out. I full heartedly believe that practical application is important. And I also believe that every portion of Scripture has practical implications for our lives because every text has theological significance and all theology is practical; don’t misunderstand [...]

April 24, 2013 Christian Life, Spiritual Disciplines
Waking Up is Hard To Do

Waking Up is Hard To Do

One of the most overplayed/over-covered songs of all time is “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”, but I think a better song for my life could be “Waking Up Is Hard to do.” I really struggle sleeping well, and of [...]

April 22, 2013 Spiritual Disciplines
John Piper Thanksgiving & Book Giveaway

John Piper Thanksgiving & Book Giveaway

John Piper, more than any other writer and teacher alive today, has influenced who I am as a young theologian, a Christian, a husband, a son, a brother, a man. This past Sunday Bethlehem Baptist Church held a final “farewell [...]

April 16, 2013 Current Events
Regeneration and the New Creation

Regeneration and the New Creation

An Introductory Biblical Theology of Regeneration as it Pertains to a Proper Understanding of Inaugurated Eschatology In contrast to systematic theology, a discipline that tackles doctrines in a neat, organized, systematic, and generally atemporal fashion, Biblical theology seeks to examine [...]

April 13, 2013 Biblical Theology
Jacob’s Story | Sex Trafficker to Saint

Jacob’s Story | Sex Trafficker to Saint

Last year I saw this video on how the Gospel transformed a man who was once ran a sex trafficker. I thought you might like to watch it. To God be the glory. [...]

April 11, 2013 Ethics
Free Will v. Divine Sovereignty–An Issue Settled in the 5th Century

Free Will v. Divine Sovereignty–An Issue Settled in the 5th Century

Alright, so I may have overstated things a bit in my title. There are of course subsequent debates on this issue, e.g., Erasmus v. Martin Luther,1 Arminianism v. Calvinism, and of course the frequent debates in Christian college dorm rooms. And don’t forget [...]

April 10, 2013 Early Church
Augustine and Inerrancy

Augustine and Inerrancy

In somewhat recent times, attacks have been leveled by “liberal” scholars against the belief in scripture’s inerrancy, that the Bible is infallible and without error in its original writings. Many have claimed that early 1900′s Christian conservatives, evangelical-fundamentalists, such as [...]

April 1, 2013 Early Church, Scripture