covenants & promises, ecclesiology, eschatology, salvation, theology
Based on Romans 2:28-29, some have concluded that being Jewish is a spiritual rather than ethnic matter, and that people become “spiritual Jews” when they become Christians. Romans 2:28-29 reads, “For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly neither is circumcision that...
bibliology, philosophy, theology
Republished with permission from JODT, 12:36. The origin of the Pauline project is not an unimportant question. Paul represents his doctrines as emerging not from human agency (Gal. 1:1,11) but from divinity, claiming an apostolic commission by way of direct encounter...
ethics, Jesus, teachings of, pacifism, politics
An Excerpt from The Bible in Government and Society (by Christopher Cone, TSP, 2012), republished with permission. ___ On March 6, 1927 Bertrand Russell presented a lecture to the South London Branch of the National Secular Society. Throughout the talk, which he...
abortion, bioethics, politics, sexuality, social justice
Allow me first to preface this article with an important consideration. Perhaps someone reading this article has had an abortion. This article is not targeting or condemning you, though it may pertain to you (and I hope you think through the issues just the same)....
bibliology, ethics, exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics, textual criticism, theology
Republished with permission from the Journal of Dispensational Theology, Vol. 16 No. 48, August, 2012. John Locke deftly identifies the central problem of biblical authority: he explains that if all of holy writ is to be equally considered as inspired of God, then...
exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics, parenting, pedagogy, success
I recently presented a paper (Integrating Exegesis and Exposition: Preaching and Teaching for Spiritual Independence) in which I asserted that if the literal grammatical historical hermeneutic is warranted, then we must apply it not only in the exegetical process (the...
apologetics, exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics, pedagogy, philosophy, theology
Presented to The Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics, October 3, 2012 INTRODUCTION To assess the implications of literal grammatical-historical hermeneutics (LGH) for the handling of the Bible it is helpful to consider three related stages of application. The...
apologetics, epistemology, exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics
Republished with permission from Conservative Theological Journal, 10:29 (May 2006) Pillar III: Incapacity of Man to Comprehend Revelation Definition Once man has a proper perspective and understanding of the reality of and the essentially communicated identity of...
