We are all more deeply influenced by Modernity than we realize and as (unintentional) Modern people, we know that doors do not change. We have a bias toward uniformitarianism. De facto we think as if we live in a closed universe. Thus, it does not seem to occur to us that just as he walked on water... Continue Reading

James B. Stewart’s words on the front jacket of the book, tell the essence of the story well: “A fascinating look at how ego and hubris destroyed an industry . . .” Indeed, of all the leadership lessons learned, the most pervasive and persuasive in the book is that hubris is the downfall of leaders... Continue Reading

Note the anthropomorphizing of God:  Why doesn’t He do what we are supposed to do?  But what if God is not a kind person like us looking down from the sky, but a being who is qualitatively different than we are, completely “other” than ourselves?  What if God does not just hand down rules for... Continue Reading

When God promised Abraham that He would be a God to him and to his descendants after him, he gave Abraham the covenant sign of circumcision. He then commanded Abraham to give the covenant sign to all the males in his house when they were just eight days old. There are a number of redemptive... Continue Reading

We would respond by noting (as Origen does in his response to Celsus) that not all Christians are uneducated. Indeed, many are quite intelligent and well educated. Moreover (and this is the real point), just because some Christians are “simple” does not mean the Christian worldview itself is that way.  In fact, Paul essentially argues... Continue Reading

Part of the big debate about Paul is whether he is an actual follower of Jesus, or whether he just comes along and makes up his own religion, based on the cross, resurrection, and deity of Christ.  How much could we know about the life and teachings of Jesus if all we had was the... Continue Reading

It is important to realize that the regulative principle as applied to public worship frees the church from acts of impropriety and idiocy — we are not free, for example, to advertise that performing clowns will mime the Bible lesson at next week’s Sunday service. Yet it does not commit the church to a “cookie-cutter,”... Continue Reading

“Universalism is the most sophisticated denial of the doctrine of hell,” Harmon reported, contrasting an optimistic 19th century view that “people are too good for God to damn” with a more developed 20th century view following undeniable human atrocities that “God is too good to damn anyone.”   The Doctrine of Hell has consequences today... Continue Reading

In other words, the watchful Christian must diligently keep himself from situations or contexts in which he is likely to sin or be gravely tempted. Second, by prayer. “Prayer quickens watchfulness and puts life into it, causing it to be continued with much cheerfulness and little tediousness, while we prayerfully trust God to bless it... Continue Reading

“The freedom from corruption that creation is longing for and anticipating is linked to the freedom from corruption (both physical and spiritual) that God’s people are longing for and anticipating.  Consequently, Paul can say that whoever is in Christ is a new creation; the old has gone and the new has come (II Cor. 5:17).”... Continue Reading