Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
Unboxing a New Work on Dispensationalism
Dispensationalism Revisited: A 21st Century Restatement, Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Nov. 21 2023) [Support the FBFI by buying through our link.] I was reorganizing my desk after teaching a grad-level seminary block class last week and to my surprise I found a new book placed upon a pile of papers. It is entitled Dispensationalism Revisited:…
Read MoreThe Law of the Firstborn: Failure
For almost thirty years, I’ve devoted the month of December to a special series of Christmas messages of (usually) four messages. Occasionally I’ve gotten an early start, beginning in November and almost always ending the Sunday just before New Years Day. Once we were cheated out of two December Sundays by unusual snowfalls. (In Victoria,…
Read MoreLetters to Stagnant Christians #4: Hodgepodge Theology
[Editor’s note: As you see by the #4 in the title, this is a series of posts. I was talking to brother de Bruyn this morning, doing an interview for an upcoming P&D podcast. “Off-air” I mentioned to him how much I was enjoying these posts on his blog and asked to use one of…
Read MoreScripture Over Systems
Every Christian is a theologian. Because of this, Christians are called upon to grow in our understanding of theology, for it is our theological beliefs that will lead us to behave in certain ways. What should form and shape our theology is the Scripture. It is Scripture alone that is authoritative, inspired, and inerrant. God…
Read MoreEternal Security: Five Reasons God’s Gift of Salvation Is Secure
Can you lose your salvation? Some teach that you can. Others feel like they have. But what does the Word of God promise regarding the eternal security of those who have truly trusted Christ as their Savior? 1. Salvation is God’s Work, Not Your Work. If your eternal destiny relied on you, nothing about your…
Read MorePodcast: Against Liberal Theology: A conversation with Roger E. Olson
Roger Olson is an American theologian, serving as a Professor of Christian Theology at Baylor University for many years. Now in retirement, he continues to publish books, one of which is Against Liberal Theology, published in 2022. We recently published a review on Proclaim & Defend. This book is one that resonates with fundamentalists in…
Read MoreThe Ideology of Christian Nationalism and the Theology of the New Testament
Someone has observed that one sign of a nation’s moral degradation is the fact that conservatives find it increasingly difficult to parody its culture. Seth Dillon, CEO of the popular Babylon Bee, claims that nearly 100 of their news parodies designed to identify real issues through ridicule have actually come true (Fox News). In 2019,…
Read MoreThe Self-Existent God
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Isaiah 40:13, 14 God revealed Himself in many ways in His…
Read MoreJesus is King
In my annual “read your Bible” post, I mentioned an “intense” reading schedule I’ve sometimes used. Another pastor suggested it to me and I’ve used it off and on for my personal Bible reading. You can read more about it here, but essentially it involves reading the New Testament in four weeks. When I use…
Read MoreSilence Does Not Mean We Are Alone
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament written about 435 B.C. It would be over 400 years before God would speak again from heaven by sending his Son, Jesus, to be born of the virgin, Mary. It is not insignificant that the Old Testament closes with the word “curse.” Malachi writes, “Behold, I…
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