Thesis statement: Democratic and Republican party platforms reveal different viewpoints on numerous policies, some of which can be evaluated by Scripture. A. Introduction 1. We have freedom to differ here: there is no official “evangelical viewpoint” or “ETS position” We also have freedom to express our views and discuss our differences in a civil and … Read more
The self-designation of “The Son of Man” used by Jesus Christ in the gospels has been one of the most debated and unsettled problems of the New Testament scholarship. The author plans to look into a few challenging questions of whether the term was used by Jesus Christ or being designated by his disciples, in … Read more
In a time characterized by inflammatory rhetoric on social media and immediate responses to every developing news story, Christians may feel it is their obligation to be angry at injustice or injury against the innocent. Christians will often use the phrase “righteous anger” as an excuse for these outbursts, as though anger produced from godly … Read more
Thomas Helwys’s (1550-1616) “A Declaration of Faith” is the earliest English Baptist confession. Published in Amsterdam in 1611, that claim is defensible, but reflects a complicated and controversial time in English Baptist origins. The church Helwys led parted ways with their founder, John Smyth, over doctrinal conflict and also faced scrutiny from other congregations as … Read more
In a world that is fracturing, with dominating powers here and there, everyone longs for a true leader. Jesus being the King of kings and the Lord of lords demonstrates to be the ultimate Leader of the world. Does His leadership come from His divine identity? Or is it the humanity of Jesus that makes … Read more
In Francis Schaeffer’s theological architecture, the principle of antithesis functions not merely as a rhetorical device but as the epistemological foundation of his public theology. For Schaeffer, the very structure of truth necessitates antithesis—the clear delineation between truth and non-truth—with significant implications for Christianity’s engagement in public discourse. Schaeffer contends that diminishing the antithetical nature … Read more
The question of ongoing revelation creates significant division in evangelical Christianity. The question arises with prophetic ministries (Grudem, 2000; Storms, 2017; Wilson, 2019) and with various approaches to spirituality and guidance (e.g. Willard, 1999; Blackaby, Blackaby & King, 2008; Shirer, 2012) which encourage Christians to “hear God”. Both of these approached have been criticised as … Read more
Foxes “Book of Martyrs” was once one of the most widely read and broadly influential books within the English Reformation tradition. Starting as one of the great chained books, given a privileged place in every parish church alongside the English Bible and Book of Common Prayer during the English Reformation, it exerted an incredible influence … Read more
This paper explores William Perkins’s use of covenantal thought as a key tool for interpreting eschatology, focusing on how his understanding of divine covenants shapes his view of the end times. Perkins, a prominent figure in Reformed theology, employs a covenantal framework to unify Scripture, presenting the unfolding of God’s redemptive plan from creation to … Read more
Taking methodological cues from Richard Hays’ important monograph, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (1989, 20), many interpreters have adopted Hays’ figure of metalepsis as a way of understanding how “unstated or suppressed (transumed) points of resonance” from a source text might inform the use of the OT in the NT. This paper … Read more