The Future of Justification: A Review (Part 1)
John Piper has proven once again that underneath his passionate commitment to exposition and inspiration, his thinking, judgment, and exegetical rigor is not...
Is the Hyper-Preterist Gospel a Different Gospel?
In a recent episode of Theology Unplugged (solo version), I made a comment that I was challenged to reconsider through an email correspondence. My statement had to do...
The Moral Indignation of Richard Dawkins
In his book The God Delusion, the new atheist Richard Dawkins asserts that Yahweh is truly a moral monster: “What makes my jaw drop is that people today should base...
An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 3: The Maturing of Orthodoxy
My view of what I call “progressive orthodoxy” allows for maturation and development in our understanding of orthodoxy. Here is the definition I gave in the last...
“Will God Protect My Kids?” – What Am I Supposed to Say
One of my best friends that I grew up with asked me a very hard question about God. I want to share this with you. Let me back up first so you can see the context from...
An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 2: Six Views of Orthodoxy
Christians have different presuppositions that they bring to their theology. This does not make it right or wrong, but we must understand that the unexamined presupposition is...
In What Sense Are Jesus and the Father One? Part III: One in Purpose? B: The Father Is Greater than All
I have argued in previous installments of this series that in John 10:28-30 Jesus claims to be “one†with the Father in the exercise of the...
Why Eastern Orthodoxy? Part 3: A Gospel Critique of Eastern Orthodoxy
Up to now, I’ve been sharing what I think the Orthodox Church has to offer the non-Orthodox community. Now it’s time to turn the tables. My evangelical passions...
Why Eastern Orthodoxy? Part 2: History
Scholars define the Great Tradition as the theological consensus of the majority of believers during the first five hundred or thousand years of Christian history (the dates...