As a relatively new pastor, I have come to realize to a greater degree the pervasiveness of sin–the tight grip it has on the world and even its influence over Christians. Quickly, I am coming to recognize the essentiality of being skilled in biblical counseling. Sin, with all of its evil, continues to give rise [...]

“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that he has borne witness concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because [...]

As with many topics in theology, a discussion of homosexuality must take into account the historical redemptive metanarrative of the Bible. In this scheme, Christians begin by pondering the nature of the world as it was in the perfect and harmonious state of creation. The first two chapters of Genesis explain that God created everything [...]

The generations preceding ours fought important theological battles concerning the Bible, specifically for inerrancy and infallibility.  The fight in our day will be for sufficiency.  The following quote is from Andy Naselli, a PhD student of D. A. Carson, from the recent book Don’t Call It a Comeback (Crossway: 2011), edited by Kevin DeYoung.  With [...]

Often at the beginning of a new year believers make a resolution to read the Bible more than they did the year before, perhaps by reading through the entire Bible once in a year.  This is certainly a good resolution to make!  What I want to address in this blog is why reading the Bible [...]

There was a time in my life when I absolutely hated reading! I couldn’t stand it, and I was really bad at it. It’s not that I couldn’t read or pronounce the words—because I could—but it was more that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t) force myself to sit down and read a book from cover to [...]

“But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? Consider now: who being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who [...]

In this article Ben Montoya discusses part 2 of his interactions with Rob Bell’s ‘Velvet Elvis.’  This heavy, but very important article on Rob Bell is something that all 20-somethings who care about the foundation and authority of Scripture should read and work through.

Before reading part 4 check out part 3, part 2, and even… part 1. The Bible is All About Jesus. As we have seen throughout, the need for special revelation to restore crooked and wretched sinners back into communion with a holy, perfect, and just God is found only in the Bible.  The Bible tells [...]

Before reading this article please read part 1 and part 2. Only a brief explanation concerning external justification or evidence shall be said during this section.  For a very good and brief synopsis of this, Paul Helm is a very helpful resource on distinguishing between external evidence and internal evidence.  He defines external evidence as [...]