The New Perspective of Paul (NPP): A scholarly re-interpretation of Paul’s thought concerning justification by faith which has been held by Protestants since the reformation. The new interpretation is that justification is not a legal status of one’s standing before…
Eating the Embryo
“All men by nature desire to know.” The curiosity of a child comes immediately to mind thus proving Aristotle’s statement. I would be quick to add, “Most men do not desire to know how they know.” We just “know”. We…
Should Women be allowed to Preach?
1 Timothy 2:11-12 11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was…
Orthodoxy Before There Was a New Testament
A lot of people argue against Dogma and Orthodoxy on the grounds that the early church had neither. To answer that position, Darrell Bock points to four areas of activity in the earliest churches and their worship services. Those four…
Exemplifying the Egg
This is a follow-up to the post Of Eggs and Embryos which you may want to read first. Let’s say there is a world much like our world. This world has golden sunsets, this world has blue-green seas and luminous…
The Inerrancy of Scripture
Introduction If there is one subject that has caused division amongst Evangelicals today, it is the authority of Scripture. Although the word “Evangelical” usually meant that this particular person believed in the inerrancy of Scripture, this can no longer be…