I am not a charismatic. It is hard for me to describe myself as a traditional cessationist either. I refer to myself as a “de facto” cessationist. What does this...
Dave Burke, a well-known Christadelphian, and I will be debating the doctrine of the Trinity for six weeks beginning Sunday, April 11, 2010, here on Parchment and Pen. Over a...
If you’re like me, you’ve been told there are different types of reading plans for the Bible. There are time when we crack open all the study aids and decipher...
My first case study in inerrancy comes from the story of David when he was on the run from King Saul. 1 Sam. 26:5-16: 5 David then arose and came to the place where Saul had...
I believe in a doctrine called inerrancy. More particularly, I call it “reasoned inerrancy” to distinguish it from other more “technically precise”...
I am looking on page 23 of my Bible and it has the list of books. The books all together number 66—39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. This is often...
Wecome our guest blogger Timothy Dalrymple who heads up the Evangelical Portal at Patheos.com. The Reformation is often said to have begun when Martin Luther posted his...
Issues of certainty, assurance, and conviction are hot theological topics today. Indeed, they seem to be polarizing the church into two extremes. On the one hand, from a...
I remember back in seminary, there was a small yet militant movement of students who were evangelists of the anti-birth control movement. They were not against it because the...