Archive for February 2012
Interview with Gerald Bray on his new book, God is Love
Interview by Matthew Claridge– Dr. Bray was gracious enough to agree to answer a few question about his upcoming book, God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. It’s slated to hit the shelves March 31, 2012. Gerald Bray (M.Litt., D.Litt., University of Paris-Sorbonne) taught full-time at Beeson Divinity School in the areas of church…
Read MoreWarfield on the Trinity (part 1/4)
By Fred Zaspel– “God Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”: B.B. Warfield on Some Often-Overlooked Evidence of Early Trinitarianism In Warfield’s day it had become popular in some circles of professing Christianity to claim that the theological distinctives of the Christian faith stemmed from the later influence of Greek philosophical thought. As Christianity grew…
Read MoreDid Adam and Eve Really Exist?
One of the most debated issues in our own day is whether or not Adam and Eve were historical persons. In his new book, Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? C. Jon Collins argues that Adam and Eve were historical persons and rejection of such a belief is in conflict with what the biblical authors…
Read MoreThe Cruelty of Inclusivism: a UK Perspective
By Michael Reeves – What does it look like when a church starts to assume that people can be saved without faith in Christ? If I had been left to guess, I might have said it would look much the same, only a bit flabbier: comforted by the thought that good Buddhists and religious Hindus…
Read MorePromises, Promises: Revelation 3:8-13
By Thomas Schreiner – We have a promise-making and promise-keeping God. He not only makes promises, but he also keeps them. If we understood God’s promises, we would do anything, I mean anything, to receive his promises. What we desire more than anything else is to live. We want to live and we want to…
Read MoreD. A. Carson’s Evaluation of “Theological Interpretation of Scripture”
By Brent Parker – During the past few years there has been growing interest among evangelical scholars and seminarians in a hermeneutical movement known as Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS). The publications of books and articles by TIS advocates or practitioners such as Joel Green, Stephen Fowl, Christopher Seitz, Daniel Treier, Richard Hays, Peter…
Read MoreFaith Comes By Hearing: Inclusivists’ Abuse of Romans 10:9-17 (A. B. Caneday)
In this past January’s issue of Credo Magazine, “In Christ Alone,” A. B. Caneday has written an important article evaluating the inclusivist’s use (and abuse) of Romans 10:9-17. First, a little about A. B. Caneday. Ardel Caneday (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Studies at Northwestern College in…
Read MoreCourageous (Movie Review)
Reviewed by Matthew Lee Anderson – The real story of Courageous, the third movie from the good folks at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, isn’t the story that’s portrayed in Courageous. Rather, it’s that this is the third movie by Sherwood Baptist Church. Their first offering, Facing the Giants, says enough in the title…
Read MoreIrenaeus and Recapitulation
By Luke Stamps – A couple of weeks ago I suggested that those who wish to read the classics of Christian theology should develop a personal “canon of theologians” and should try to work through their list during the coming year. Having completed my readings for January, I thought it would be helpful for me…
Read MoreAsking Jesus into my heart
By Paul Helm — So I began to read Stott’s book over the Christmas break. And a few days later, I found myself on my knees late in the evening in prayer. In the terminology I might have used then, “I asked Jesus into my heart.” And he came. These words of Derek Thomas’s,…
Read MoreJohn Owen on Inclusivism
By Matthew Claridge – There has been a lot of press in the Blogosphere concerning Rob Bell’s downward spiral toward inclusivism/ universalism. We would be sorely mistaken, however, to think that this issue is only of recent vintage. I was surprised to discover in reading John Owen’s Biblical Theology ( the edition I am…
Read MoreHow the Elephant Room is Redefining the Pastoral Office
By Tim Raymond – Although I had intended to begin a new series today on virtues to cultivate for better expositional preaching, I feel compelled to write about something that’s been on my mind and heart for the last few days. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be familiar with what happened at…
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