Musings: Flipping the Bird
We’ve all been ‘flipped off’ at one time or another. Have you ever wondered where this obscene gesture came from? I discuss this in this 2-minute video....
Do People Who Commit Suicide Automatically Go to Hell?
Here is an email question that I received with the response to follow: Good Afternoon: I am writing to you under emotional pangs, as I wrestle with the Scriptures, and what I...
Dan Wallace’s New Blog
Great news folks…after being a part of the Parchment and Pen team for the last five years, Dan Wallace has finally succumbed to pressure and founded a blog of his own....
Book Review: Tim Tebow
I love biographies. I usually, however, don’t read biographies of living people. I don’t think enough time has passed to appropriately vet an individual. When a...
Theology Unplugged: Problem Passages – Does God Change?
[display_podcast] How is it that God could be sorry about anything? Does he actually change his mind in this passage? “And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the...
Longings and Needs as Reasons for Belief in God
We’re familiar with the famous atheist psychologist Sigmund Freud, who claimed that human beings fabricate a father figure to get us through life’s difficulties. In his...
Do Calvinists Really Believe in Salvation by Faith Alone?
Do Calvinists believe in salvation by faith alone? Quick answer: No. But don’t quit reading. . . When I was in undergrad, my professor made us have a debate in theology...
What’s After Seminary? Not a Job, But an Adventure
(Lisa Robinson) This is for anyone who is contemplating seminary, in seminary, has graduated seminary or has asked anybody in seminary what they plan on doing. For those of...