The Bible Tells Me So
Peter Enns, The Bible Tells Me So …: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It. New York: Harper Collins, 2014. $17.99 This is not an easy book to review because a review calling into question the accuracy of…
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Which is better: Justification or Sanctification?
Why do we love justification and sanctification? And do we love one more than the other? If you’ve ever been in a position where you think you might die, your theology really begins to matter, and you learn a great…
Jenkins on the Canon of the East
In our circles, historian Philip Jenkins appears to be best known for his work on global Christianity, beginning with Next Christendom (Oxford, 2002; 3d edition, 2011–now part of his Future of Christianity trilogy). Just before that, however, he released Hidden Gospels:…
Dare to be a Noah: Calvin on Gen. 6.5-22
“In a few words, but with great sublimity, Moses here commends the faith of Noah.” Thus comments Calvin on Scripture’s record that “Noah… did all that God commanded him” (Gen. 6.22). The terseness with which Scripture registers Noah’s obedience is…
Eternal Birth and Temporal Bird at ETS Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society is just under a couple of weeks away. This year’s festivities will be held on November 19-21 at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, California. The theme…
Athenian Adventure
About 5 years ago I was blessed to attend the European Leadership Forum (to speak on various things, including Calvin on Union with Christ). Amongst others, I met there some leading Greek evangelicals, Giotis Kantartzis and Argyris Petrou. A year…
Homosexuals in the Church: Keep Reading in Ephesians
The progressive wing of evangelicalism seems to be ramping up its demand that Bible-believing churches accept homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. An example is a recent video from Nadia Bolz-Weber titled “I Am the Church.” The video parades young men…
The Visible Word
Jason Helopoulos Christward Collective I was visiting a church once and heard an exchange between a pastor and one of his congregants that has stayed with me ever since. A woman asked the pastor before the service, “Is the video…
Pornography: Why Internet Accountability Software Doesn’t Work
I recently heard one man say, “If you don’t have accountability software on every internet-accessible device, you’re a fool.” His comment was in the context of how pornography, particularly one’s usage of it, is ravaging the church. Men and women,…
Origen and Scripture
Peter W. Martens, Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life. Oxford Early Christian Studies (Oxford: OUP, 2012) xii +280. $117.00 hb. $34.00 pb The reception of Origen is nothing if not tumultuous. Unquestionably one of the greatest minds…