Kevin DeYoung points something out in his latest book that I would love to read more about. The second half of What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality is filled with short chapters answering popular and thoughtful objections to…
Scot McKnight has written a concise and clear post, arguing against the common claim that Jesus did not speak about the issue of homosexuality. One for pastors (and indeed everyone) to keep on file as this is a point we…
Adam broke the ten commandments in the Garden. But Christ kept the ten commandments in the “wilderness,” under far more intense circumstances than what was originally required of Adam. He kept the first commandment. He brought glory to God the…
‘The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.’ (Gal. 5.22f.) Paul’s list of the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit has embedded itself in the varied exegetical and moral-ascetical traditions of Christianity as a…
‘The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.’ (Gal. 5.22f.) Paul’s list of the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit has embedded itself in the varied exegetical and moral-ascetical traditions of Christianity as a…
Some time in the autumn of 379, Gregory of Nazianzus answered the summons issued by the Synod of Antioch to take up residence in Constantinople. His job description was clear: to promote the Nicene faith in a city given over…
Synopsis Purioris Theologiae, Latin Text and English Translation, Volume 1/Disputations 1-23 edited by Dolf te Velde, et al. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Pp. xv + 659. $154.00 The Synopsis Purioris Theologicae, popularly called the Leiden Synopsis, was originally published in 1625…
Synopsis Purioris Theologiae, Latin Text and English Translation, Volume 1/Disputations 1-23 edited by Dolf te Velde, et al. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Pp. xv + 659. $154.00 The Synopsis Purioris Theologicae, popularly called the Leiden Synopsis, was originally published in 1625…
The early days of January 2015 have been disturbing ones for Western Europe and the ‘democratic’ world generally, as the streets of Paris have been visited with devastating violence and death manifesting the fruits of a totalitarian Islamic ideology growing…
As some will no doubt be preaching on Christ’s death on Friday, there is one hugely important theological fact that must be kept uppermost in our minds as we consider his death on the cross. If we do not understand…
