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Who Cares About Philosophy?
What do these questions have in common: Does God exist? Can God change? Does God know our future? How can a good God allow evil? How do humans know? What does it mean to know? What does it mean to be good? Can we objectively interpret the Bible? The answer: all of these questions are […]
The Pilgrimage of a Baptist Christian — Religious Symbols, Celebrations and Roman Popery (pt. 2)
As I confessed in the last post, I was reared, converted, discipled, and called to preach in a Baptist “free church” tradition, which at best downplayed or ignored the Christian liturgical calendar other than Christmas and Easter. While I happily remain in that tradition, over the years I have come to a new and deeper […]
Why God Is Not In Time
Is God in time? This is a popular question. Does it matter? What does it mean for God to be in time or not? In this article, I will argue that the answer to this question is terribly important in maintaining a biblical and orthodox view of God. In order to answer this question, we […]
Five Reasons Christianity Did Not Copy Mystery Religions
It may come as a shock to hear some who say Christianity borrows the beliefs of ancient mystery religions. Was the story of Christ, Christmas itself, just taken from the pages of pagan religions?
Did Christ Die For Everyone?
I debated the topic “Did Jesus Die For All Men Without Exception?” with my friend Sonny Hernandez of Reforming America Ministries. This article is an adaptation of my opening statement in that debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3JXsRVX-Ms&feature=emb_title I have held to limited atonement and unlimited atonement. The transition was long and thoughtful. The reason I currently hold to unlimited […]
Why Did God Create Anything?
Many people today, whether they know it or not, technically qualify as adherents to a worldview known as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD). MTD is the view that God created humanity with the main goal of providing for humans and making them happy. MTD can be summarized with five statements: A God exists who created and […]