That daunting task of raising the financial support needed to go on the mission field is overwhelming for most missionaries. Too many would-be global servants believe raising finances is the worst part about missions. Sure you can leave your home…
Trending on Twitter recently was the hashtag: #ThingsJesusNeverSaid It was a case of the good, the bad, the ugly, the downright blasphemous, and occasionally humorous. Such tweets included: “Go to Yale Divinity School” “The old covenant is a…
Introduction Christological confusion has sunk a root into the rich soil of China’s emerging Reformed community. At present, some pastors and others on the mainland believe Christ’s human nature is uncreated and eternal. What is more, some believe this view…
If I had my way regarding theological training, I’d attempt to help students master the basic theological distinctions from the era of Protestant scholasticism. Those who think “scholastic” is a bad word probably don’t know much about scholasticism. Truth be…
Richard Hays, Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014. 240 pages $29.99 I had the pleasure of hearing much of the present book in its oral form as the Hulsean Lectures in…
“Hagar, servant of Sarai.” So the angel of the Lord addressed the Egyptian slave (Gen. 16.8) who had the great misfortune to be drawn into Abraham and Sarah’s scheme to assist the realization of God’s promise (Gen. 16.1-6). Upon the…
I think there is a good case that Peter Martyr Vermigli is the brains behind Article 17 of the Thirty-nine Articles. He was the highly respected and trusted Regis Professor of Divinity at Oxford (1548-1554), and actually wrote a tract…
This past Lord’s Day my evening sermon was preached on a passage that includes 1 Corinthians 15:44, where Paul writes that the body “is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.” (Those interested in the sermon can…
The first half of this piece can be found here ~ Mark McDowell, Editor …Americans also supported a physical degradation of African Americans largely through the practice of illegal lynching, which was a heinous and unspeakably violent activity that also…
Nephrologists will tell you that healthy kidneys are vital to human life. Their primary function is to filter out waste in the bloodstream that, if not removed, will kill the whole body. They will also tell you that failed kidneys…
