Don’t Just Be an Informed Person. Be a Wise Person.
During a time of uncertainty or crisis, being informed is important, but not an issue. Being wise is just as important, but far less common.
How to Study the Bible in a Nutshell
The following is a practical guide to biblical interpretation following a three-step process that I have used for years. The Bible is two-thousand years old and often seems...
Concessionism
The belief that God can “concede” to common worldviews and practices for a time in order to make a point or advance his perfect will one step at a time. For example: (although...
Critical Race Theory and Antinomianism?
I’ve been thinking a lot on the theological implications of Critical Race Theory. Philosophically, there are gnostic components to CRT in that it entails a belief there is a...
How NOT to React to Joshua Harris’ Announcement
Popular pastor and author Joshua Harris announced recently that he no longer considered himself a Christian. This announcement comes shortly after he announced he and his wife...
12 Diagnostic Questions I Ask of Those Doubting Their Faith
1. What are you doubting? There are three primary things people doubt: 1) Their salvation, 2) God’s love for them, 3) Fundamental issues of the faith. Included with the...
Humanizing Judas Iscariot
I woke up this morning thinking about Judas Iscariot, you know, the guy history remembers as the “son of hell”? The one who betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees for 30...
Are Demons Afraid of Zoloft? Toward and Evangelical Demonology
I remember in seminary Dr. Frank Minirth covering my class on pastoral counseling. He was an internationally know Christian psychiatrist who had a successful ministry in...
The Five Great Mysteries in the Christian Faith that We Can’t Solve
As I do the math, there are five great mysteries in theology: 1. Creation out of nothing (ex nihilo): How did God create being out of non-being? Being transcendent in...