ecclesiology, hermeneutics, spiritual gifts, theology
There are four key Biblical concepts that give us insight into the perpetuation of the gift of tongues – specifically, that the gift has fulfilled its purpose and is no longer a factor for the church today. First is the nature, purpose, and scope of signs miracles and...
angelology, ecclesiology, grace, Jesus, teachings of, theology
“Deliverance ministry” is enjoying increasing popularity in the church. Don Dickerman is a notable advocate, and teaches a “deliverance process.” For Dickerman, the basic thrust is as follows: Salvation is a first step to being free, but many Christians...
ecclesiology, spiritual gifts, theology
Besides a mention in the disputed ending of Mark (16:17, in which Jesus describes tongues as a sign accompanying belief), we are first introduced to tongues (γλῶσσα) in the book of Acts, where we find three historical occurrences of people who spoke in tongues. In...
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...
