This is a review of a book The Bible is Beautiful which you can get from Amazon by clicking the title over there. Before I begin, I should note a few things, in the interest of transparency: 1) I know Brett Davis (the author) personally and we went to Beeson Divinity School Together 2) This…
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Sermon on the Kingdom of God
On Sunday I had the joy to preach at what I consider my “home church,” Louetta Road Baptist Church in Spring, TX (North Houston). I think this is one of the few ways I like topical preaching. I walked through a large portion of the bible to give the beginnings of a biblical theology of…
Quick word for the new year
Just a quick word of hope on this, the second day of the New Year. In the words of John Calvin, “Post tenebras Lux” It translates “After darkness, light,” and though it appeared in various times throughout Church History, it was used most frequently and effectively by John (Jean) Calvin, before being adopted by most…
Does the Resurrection provide an objective criteria for Christianity?
Let’s step right in with some heavy Science and Religion. If you were following this blog before I left, you may recall a post (with a promised follow up that never happened until now) on the Resurrection. Specifically, I contest the claim offered by so many of the so-called “New Atheists” (and others like them)…
Foundational Doctrines: Doctrine of Sin, part 2
So in investigating the first of the “foundations” described in Hebrews 6, I suggested that we can’t understand it (repentance of acts that lead to death), until we understand that second part: what are the acts that lead to death. Last week, I talked about what sin means in the context of creation and Sabbath,…
Church History Minute: John Duns Scotus
Who was he? A high (late) middle ages philosopher and theologian, who was referred to as “the subtle doctor.” He may have been born in Scotland (in Duns) and certainly studied in France and likely lectured at both Oxford and Cambridge. Little is known about him personally, though he was born around 1266 and died…
Getting (sorta) political
Well last night was the final US presidential debate (no I didn’t watch it I’m out of the country voting absentee). And roughly 2% of the US population is still undecided. During this election time, I think it would be helpful for us to keep some things in mind about the role our faith plays.…
Difficult Passages 1 Samuel 28
This past week the people over at The Gospel Coalition asked Dale Ralph Martin some hard questions about 1 Samuel 28 the episode involving the witch of Endor (the non-George Lucas one), Saul, and Samuel. As I would expect, Martin does an excellent job with the three questions and you can read his response here.…
Science and Religion Friday: Christianity does have objective criteria
Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent some time running through some of the critiques of religion generally, but Christianity more specifically, that are offered by atheists today, especially those who would fall into the category of the New Atheists. I first examined the primary historical evidence they use to say that Christianity and Science,…
Foundational Doctrines: Sin, Part 1
I’m beginning an examination of foundational doctrines today, in what will be a weekly series (on Thursdays). We might think of it as catechesis, but it is might hope that we go beyond where most catechisms and creeds go and really explore the meaning of these ideas. As a jumping off point, I’m going to…
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