Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
Book Review: Superheroes Can’t Save You
Superheroes Can’t Save You: Epic Examples of Historic Heresies Todd Myles Publisher: B&H Academic (April 1, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1462750796 ISBN-13: 978-1462750795 It’s rare to find Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man in a book on theology. Theologians typically draw the line at Jesus Christ when it comes to who can save the world. So where…
Read MoreWere the Apostles’ Inspired? Or Was It Something They Wrote?
One of the doctrinal errors I warn our church about is found in the New Hampshire Baptist Confession of 1833. It says, “We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired…” According to 2 Timothy 3:16, God inspired the “graphe” or Scriptures, not the men. While the Holy Spirit carried along the…
Read MoreThe Gentile Gospel
One of the themes of the book of Acts involves the struggle the early Christians had in defining the Church. Was the Church a new sect in Judaism? (The “Messiah-Is-Here” sect?) Or, was the Church something new entirely, a separate and distinct new body of people? If the latter, what place did Judaism now occupy…
Read MoreOur Mighty God
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. Deuteronomy 10:17 As a child in the public school, we used to pray before snack time. God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for…
Read MoreThe Body Is One
“The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you” (1 Cor. 12:21). Of course they cannot! Either would be absurd: the eye alone cannot handle what it sees, nor can the head go without the feet. Yet Paul…
Read MoreThe New Perspective on Paul: “What Saint Paul Really Said”?
It seemed appropriate given the rising popularity of N.T. Wright, to republish this article. The NPP is dangerous and takes evangelicals back toward Roman Catholic theology on justification. (KSchaal) The traditional Reformation understanding of the Pauline doctrine of justification has come under attack recently. Surprisingly, the chief assault has not come from Catholic or…
Read MoreTHE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper
November/December 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 6 THE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper Charles Spurgeon said, The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great…
Read MoreWhat Is Evangelicalism?
Writers employ much ink and many pixels, attempting to answer this question. Defining such things as evangelicalism (and fundamentalism) is difficult. We are attempting to define movements. Movements, by definition are moving, ergo, we are describing a moving target. Recent reading provides yet another attempt at defining the moving target that is evangelicalism. Observers may…
Read MoreHolding to Dispensational Premillennialism: A Response to Schreiner’s Reasons for Amillennialism
Introduction Christians disagree over what Scripture teaches on the millennium. Those that hold to amillennialism don’t think Scripture teaches a future earthly reign of Christ on earth before the last judgment. Instead, they believe “God’s kingdom is now present in the world as the victorious Christ rules his church through Word and Spirit.” ((Evang. Dict.…
Read MoreFrancis Wayland: The Ideal of Autonomous Baptist Churches
Throughout their history Baptists have been committed to autonomous local churches. Like other Christians, however, they have often noted the value of cooperation and fellowship between churches. A tension has resulted between the principle of independence and the benefit of association. Actual Baptist practice has resulted in a range that has, at one end, radically…
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