We now inhabit a society which stubbornly denies God’s call to place our faith in Him. Thus, in rejecting God’s authority, we also see the unraveling of the basis for human authority. More
Category Archives: Theology
Christian Universalism, and Whether Hell is Eternal Conscious Torment
Forever and ever must mean the same thing for the smoke of torment as it means for God living. To deny the eternality of the punishment similarly undermines the eternality of the reward.More
Mel Gibson as Maverick, Perspectives on Hell, and Lindsey Graham vs. Elon Musk
Bringing up EV tax credits is not the way to go about having that debate. It was ugly of Senator Graham to take things there, and that is not a winning hand for anyone involved.More
Conservative and Progressive, Relative Terms
I think, then, it would be wise for us all to re-evaluate who is really conserving what. And who is really liberating whom from constraints which are any constraints at all?More
All the Ologies, and Letting Your Reasonableness Be Known to Everyone
We must believe truth, honor, justice, purity, and loveliness are real things that exist in order to think on them, much less make an orderly and productive study of them. More
‘Paul, A Biography,’ by N.T. Wright, and The State of Theology Report 2022
Finishing ‘Paul: A Biography’ by N.T. Wright last week, I want to tell you all about it. Rest assured, I have more to say than just that it was “so good and super convicting.”More
What to Make of the Controversial Doug Wilson
My wife recently sent me a link to a post by a certain Facebook page dedicated to exposing all the worst and nastiest scandals related to Moscow, Idaho pastor Doug Wilson. More
Why Women and Young Men Weren’t Allowed to Read Ezekiel
An old Jewish tradition held that men under 30 were not permitted to read Ezekiel. And, as will surely shock feminists in our day, women were not permitted to read it at all.More
Of Angels and Men – Who the Sons of God in Genesis 6 Were
Who were the sons of God referred to in Genesis 6, and what are we to make of the Nephilim? We basically have two sets of answers – the first is boring, and the second is exciting.More
Answering Some Deep Questions About Reformed Theology and Philosophy
A friend of a friend has several questions about what Reformed Christians believe about theology and philosophy relative the claims of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism generally.More