Letting My Children Cry
My daughter Katelynn has always been as sharp as a whip. She loves to learn. At church, people used to get kicks out of her understanding of theological issues. When she was...
Has God Preserved the Scriptures? It Depends… (Part 2)
In my last blog, I noted that the standard doctrine of preservation assumes that the text is accessible by God’s people down to the very words and down through the ages....
Theology Unplugged: What is the “True” Church #3
What is the “True” church? #3 What is the definition of a true church? Here we will continue our discussion of what a legitimate church. Are we supposed to...
Are We Condemned for the Sin of Another (Part 4: The Resolution)
Here is the situation: We are born with a propensity, bent, inclination to sin. Therefore, we cannot help but sin – it is our nature. Yet when we do act according to...
Mother Teresa’s Final Gift
As soon as I heard about the TIME (8-23-07) article, “Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith,†I commented to my husband that the publication of her personal letters telling of...
Friday Night Odds and Ends
1. I will finish my series on imputation on Monday. 2. Ben Witherington writes on authorial intent hermeneutics. His three basic guidelines: 1) It means what is means, not...
Are we Condemned for the Sin of Another? (Part 3)
Continuing with our subject of the difficult doctrine of imputation, we now move to an interpretation of Romans 5. The question has come down to this: Is it possible that...
Historical Renewal Friday: Polycarp
Provided by  D.A. LaGue [display_podcast] In 155 A.D., an eighty-six year old man was brought out to the jeers of a crowded Roman arena. As he was about to be nailed to a...
Are we Condemned for the Sin of Another? (Part 2)
In the last post we discussed the problem of Original Sin, especially from an Evangelical Reformed perspective. Are we condemned for the sin of another. Let’s get some...