“The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low

Imagine for a moment being told that your history book is wrong because archaeologists digging in Georgia have discovered evidence that the United States previously allowed slavery. You would rightly scratch your head, because anybody who knows anything about U.S. history knows that slavery has always been one of its defining features. A similar scenario … Continue reading “The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low →

Book Review: Genesis – By Richard P. Belcher Jr.

The book of Genesis is always an edifying read and Dr. Richard Belcher Jr. offers a nice tour of the text with a special focus on the progress of redemptive history in the narrative. Genesis is here seen as both foundational and forward-looking, laying out the origin and early history of the promises of God and … Continue reading Book Review: Genesis – By Richard P. Belcher Jr. →

Book Review: The Story of the Reformation – By William Stevenson

In light of the upcoming 500th Anniversary of the Reformation I decided to do some appropriate reading. Apart from listening through the Frank James III's wonderful History of Christianity lectures via RTS, the first book I picked up was William Stevenson's classic work, The Story of the Reformation.  Stevenson offers a fairly standard presentation of the … Continue reading Book Review: The Story of the Reformation – By William Stevenson →

Book Review: Hitler’s Theology – By Rainer Bucher

There aren't many individuals in modern history more studied - or at least referenced - that Adolf Hitler. As we know from Godwin's Law, "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1." One of the areas which has received less attention in all of this discussion is the … Continue reading Book Review: Hitler’s Theology – By Rainer Bucher →

The Christian and Submission to Civil Government

As George Weigel reported in First Things, the past one-hundred years have been “the greatest era of persecution in Christian history,” so much so that “more Christians died for the faith in the twentieth century than in the previous nineteen centuries of Christian history combined.” More and more often in the world there is an slowly … Continue reading The Christian and Submission to Civil Government →

Book Review: The Message of Revelation – By Michael Wilcock

Michael Wilcock's book The Message of Revelation is - as might be expected - a commentary on the book of Revelation. However, as the editors say in the preface 'commentary' is perhaps not the best word to describe the book. While it does offer a section-by-section analysis of the given book of the bible, the … Continue reading Book Review: The Message of Revelation – By Michael Wilcock →

Sacred & Secular: How Should Christians Interact With the World?

In his classic work Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton asks whether one can “hate [the world] enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?”In this quote Chesterton - likely much to his chagrin - expresses something more in line with the reformer Martin Luther, setting Christ and culture in a paradoxical … Continue reading Sacred & Secular: How Should Christians Interact With the World? →

What Evangelicals Can Learn From Rob Bell (and why they hate him)

My new favorite podcast - along with Mere Fidelity and The Partially Examined Life - is Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird. It's an absolutely fabulous podcast, where comedian Pete Holmes just sits down and talks with a guest for two or three hours (usually on the topics of comedy, relationships, and God). A few … Continue reading What Evangelicals Can Learn From Rob Bell (and why they hate him) →

Book Review: Galatians For You – Tim Keller

Galatians For You, as might be suspected, is a commentary on the book of Galatians. Timothy Keller's aim with the book is to offer a bible centered, Christ glorifying, relevantly applicable, and easily readable look at the book in question. The key point of Galatians for Keller is the fact that "the gospel is the … Continue reading Book Review: Galatians For You – Tim Keller →

Course Review: Apologetics 101 – Scott Oliphint, Westminster Theological Seminary

Apologetics comes from the reality of Scripture. It is not an invention of theologians and philosophers. I've decided to try something new, to start a new type of series. I love to read, and I've been writing book reviews for years. I also love to listen to lectures, and often fill the time during my … Continue reading Course Review: Apologetics 101 – Scott Oliphint, Westminster Theological Seminary →