bibliology, covenants & promises, ecclesiology, spiritual gifts
As believers there are certain principles to which we must be thoroughly committed. For example, our experience cannot determine our theology. Instead, we must submit our experience and our theology to God’s word. Peter illustrates this principle for us when he...
humor, Jesus, teachings of, news, same-sex marriage, sexuality
It is remarkable how divisive morality issues can be. In recent days Chick-Fil-A’s President and COO, Dan Cathy, reaffirmed the company’s stance in favor of heterosexual marriage. Cathy’s statement has provided a platform for a cultural battle over sexuality and...
church polity, ecclesiology
In an earlier Q & A (https://drcone.com/2012/01/06/q-a-is-there-a-difference-between-a-pastor-and-an-elder/) I considered whether or not there is any Biblical distinction between a pastor and an elder. I conclude that there is not. That discussion raised another...
exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics, politics
An excerpt from The Bible in Government and Society, now available from Tyndale Seminary Press: Once upon a time there was a group of believers so stunted in their spiritual growth, that they received one of the sternest rebukes of any assembly to that point. Rather...
covenants & promises, ecclesiology, eschatology, exegesis/exposition
Addressed to The Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics at Baptist Bible Seminary, on September 24, 2009, and later published in Journal of Dispensational Theology, December 2009, and currently scheduled to be included in a forthcoming single volume handling the issue...
philosophy, politics, social justice, worldview
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels provide a helpful case study in the inherent limitations of government. Their landmark publication, The Communist Manifesto (hereafter, TCM), was first printed in 1848, and offered to some the hope they had been desperately seeking....
Jesus, teachings of, social justice
In an earlier article (Considering the Words of Jesus for Social Justice and other Applications), I asserted that Jesus’ conversations during His earthly ministry fit into four general categories: “(1) dialogues – usually intended to challenge particular people to...
Jesus, teachings of, politics, social justice
Earlier this year (February 2, 2012) at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama described his economic policies as being motivated (partly) by religious ideals. He identified three in particular: he cited his belief “in God’s command to ‘love thy neighbor as...
exegesis/exposition, hermeneutics, Jesus, teachings of, social justice
This is the first of a series of articles dealing with a Biblical perspective of social justice and socio-political issues such as the relationship of Biblical Christianity to the state. In this first article, we consider important contextual aspects of Jesus’ words....
