What Does ‘Unequally Yoked’ Mean in 2 Corinthians 6?
Paul’s primary means of application for 2 Corinthians 6:14 is not pertaining strictly to marriages.
We should understand Paul’s instruction—as Calvin did—as a prohibition to partake in idolatrous and ungodly living and worship that is contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ and forsaking any partnerships that would encourage such evil. The Question In the thirteen chapters of Second Corinthians, Paul exhorts the Church in Corinth with an epistle... Continue Reading
How to Read 1 & 2 Thessalonians Theologically
It was through the gospel that the church in Thessalonica had come to faith. It would be through the gospel that the church in Thessalonica would grow in faith.
These two letters afford rich reflection upon the triune God. We may trace four lines of teaching about the Trinity from these two letters. And then we may draw some implications from these letters about the place of theology in Scripture and in the Christian life. In all likelihood, the first surviving letters written... Continue Reading
Cheap Knockoffs
Five Christian heresies that made the modern world.
The truth that each person is created in the image of God, regardless of color or status, appeared first in the Judeo-Christian tradition and became the bedrock of all human rights crusades. God does not bodily descend into the world without changing it forever. Those who fear our culture is returning to paganism are... Continue Reading
Spiritual Truth comes from God not by Intellectual Reasoning
If we surrender to His will in our lives fully believing that His will is always right then we have turned around and are viewing our circumstances in light of who God is.
When we view God in light of our circumstances we are self-focused and see God as either impotent to help us or aloof and not caring that we suffer. However, when we become focused on God and His glory we step away from the realm of intellectual reasoning into that of faith. It is as... Continue Reading
UC Boulder: Holding the values of the Black Lives Matter movement is “non-negotiable condition of enrollment.”
A handful of school officials signed off on the memo sent on June 5, despite the school previously saying a “fundamental role of a university” is to encourage free speech.
The memo was signed by the vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and community engagement, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley, and Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator Valerie Simons and described supporting the Black Lives Matter movement as a “non-negotiable condition of enrollment and employment.”... Continue Reading
The Prayers of the Saints
Our prayers on earth come up before God in heaven and result in dynamic manifestations of God’s power on the earth.
Prayer changes things on earth. Prayer brings God’s presence near. Prayer moves God’s plan along. Prayer brings the judgments that have the power to awaken the spiritually dead. Prayer is the one thing you and I must not neglect. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and... Continue Reading
Banning Books in Hong Kong, and More
This isn’t the first attempt by the Chinese Government to eradicate writings that don’t support the State’s unbending ideologies.
Let’s shine the camera on ourselves. 2020 is the year of cancelling. We might look at China with disgust and growing wariness of their geo-political agenda, but our own background is a growing mound of buried careers, reputations, and lives. We have long lost the will to disagree with other, even with passion. The mob... Continue Reading
The Unexpected Classrooms Where We Learn about God
Sometimes we will be able to praise God for what we are learning; other times we will be begging for the faith to believe it.
Learning about theology comes in two parts. There’s the time in the classroom (or on the couch with a good book), and there’s the time of living it out. Theology isn’t something that only goes in our minds to make us smarter, but it’s meant to equip us for life. Oh, if only I... Continue Reading
A Letter to ‘Cancel-Culture’
The reaction to the letter denouncing cancel-culture demonstrated why a letter denouncing cancel-culture was necessary in the first place.
A number of high-profile thinkers (153 to be exact), many of whom would sit on the left of the spectrum, expressed their collective concern over cancel-culture. In a letter published by Harper’s Magazine, this group of authors, journalists, academics, and artists warn of cancel-culture’s “intolerant climate” and reaffirm the value of open and civil debate.... Continue Reading
The “Golden Chain” of Salvation in Romans 8:29–30
"...those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified" (Romans 8:30).
Paul does not list out every item in the order of salvation in Romans 8:29–30. What he does list, however, are some of the key actions of God related to our salvation to explain how all things ultimately work together for our good (cf. Romans 8:28). Romans 8:29–30 states, “For those whom he foreknew... Continue Reading