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Over the last 150 years western culture has moved from a slow-media environment through the rise of the ‘objective’ news paradigm to news as entertainment. These transitions have affected all of culture in obvious and subtle ways. The nature of what is considered news has changed as has the value of information and action. In … Read more
As of 2025, Africa is home to the largest Christian population of any continent. In the early 1900s, only around ten million of its inhabitants identified as Christians; today, that number exceeds 754 million.[1] Yet within this remarkable continental expansion, there remain countries where Christianity has gained only a small foothold. The Federal Republic of … Read more
This paper examines the axiology of Philippians in a complete way. Semantically, the axiological terminology in Philippians covers the areas of meaning dealing with a) being of value/ lacking it (ἔντιμος, ὑπερέχω, δοκιμή, ἀπώλεια) b) being worthy (ἀξίως), c) being good/bad (ἀγαθός, κρείσσων, κακός) and d) being advantageous/not advantageous (περισσεύω, ὑστερέω). Based on these areas … Read more
Michel Barnes has identified the “X from X” formulation (e.g., “Light from Light,” “God from God”) as a traditional expression of causality in early Christian theology, but how it was it employed to speak of consubstantiality varied. A close reading of the contemporary documents reveals the nuanced manner in which the phrasing could be used … Read more
This paper explores two disciplines largely considered and practiced separately: apologetics and expositional preaching. The challenges from expressive individualism, New Atheism, pragmatism within the church, apathy in the West towards the supernatural, and the 21st-century renaissance in Christian Apologetics present an opportunity to reclaim the ancient practice of exposition through an apologetics lens. I will … Read more
The Antichrist theme received significant attention from the time of the early church, as demonstrated in the writings of the church fathers. Multiple strands of interpretation developed in Christendom within 400 years of the resurrection of Jesus, and these varying positions would serve as the foundation for nearly all future interpretation of Revelation 13. Medieval … Read more
Since the publication of the late Michael Heiser’s *The Unseen Realm,* more evangelicals have accepted his ‘Deuteronomy 32 Worldview,’ which argues for a ‘divine council’ of heavenly beings who govern the affairs of various people groups on God’s behalf. Though averse to systematics and some of classical theology, Heiser’s emphasis on the supernatural (and especially … Read more
For Christians, God’s Word is the authoritative source for our understanding of God, self, and the world. A concern, however, is the temptation to rely on cultural voices to reframe human experiences rather than God’s story. As many have written, the Bible is God’s speech that is intended to be followed in life. See Kevin … Read more
Although there is debate about the number bishops at the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, the number 318 became the traditional number. This resulted in a connection John Chrysostom and others made with the bishops fighting against heresy and Abraham’s 318 men fighting pagans to rescue Lot (Gen 14:14). Chrysostom and Ambrose of Milan connected … Read more
The paper is a summary including results of a dissertation that investigates the role of the Spirit in Luke 4:18-19 and in select DSS by reconsidering the argument by some pneumatologists that the role of the Spirit in Luke differs from other NT writings by upholding what is claimed to be a Jewish notion of … Read more