Improving Exegesis and Genre Awareness (Slides)
There is a logic undergirding Biblical hermeneutics and the process of applying hermeneutic principles in exegesis. These slides accompany Dr. Cone's presentation to the Duluth Pastors' Conference, intended to help prepare people for consistently applying literal...
Parallelism of Foreshadowing and Fulfillment: Considering Affinity and Dissimilarity in Johannine and Matthean Usage
Parallelism of Foreshadowing and Fulfillment: Considering Affinity and Dissimilarity in Johannine and Matthean Usage Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics, September 19, 2018 Christopher Cone, Th.D, Ph.D, Ph.D President, Research Professor of Bible...
Renovation Podcast Episode 13 – “Colin Kaepernick and the Nike Ad”
Dr. Christopher Cone and John Oglesby explore practical aspects of the Christian life – wrestling with tough theological issues and talking about why the questions and answers are relevant. Cone and Oglesby challenge themselves and their listeners to enjoy the...
“The most effective leadership, management, and efficiency models share traits common with each other, and traits that are ultimately traceable to the pages of the Bible. While these models are often not intentionally rooted in Biblical concepts by those that promote the models, the models illustrate how applying Biblical principles can set a trajectory of success in enterprise and in life. Led By a Lion is designed to introduce some of these leadership, management, and efficiency models, but goes a step further in identifying the Biblical genesis of many of the core traits that fuel the success of these models.”
10 Questions to Ask When Looking for a New Church
Looking for a new church can be an exciting process, but it can also be discouraging and even frustrating. Here are 10 questions that may help you work through that process – 5 you should ask before you leave your current fellowship, and 5 you should ask before you...
The Relationship of Worldview to Psychology and Counseling (Slides)
Presented to students at the Calvary University Innovation Center (Fort Morgan, CO) on September 5, 2018. This presentation examines (1) the framework of worldview, (2) how worldview undergirds psychology, and (3) basic models of counseling that are derived from the...
Renovation Podcast Episode 12 – “Sovereignty of God and Free Will of Humanity, Part 3”
Dr. Christopher Cone and John Oglesby explore practical aspects of the Christian life – wrestling with tough theological issues and talking about why the questions and answers are relevant. Cone and Oglesby challenge themselves and their listeners to enjoy the...
“This approach has the advantage of seeking to view all knowledge through the lens of Scripture, and to subject all knowledge to the authority of Scripture. It encourages science and research within the field of psychology. It offers a Biblical balance of description and prescription. Of course, if the Bible is unreliable, then the refractive power of Scripture is distortive rather than corrective, but the epistemological premise of this approach is that God’s word is authoritative and sufficient for our understanding, for our equipping, and for our practice. There are many extra-biblical resources that we can employ, but in seeking out how and when to do that, we mustn’t lose sight of the one reliable constant that God has provided for us – the Bible.” –Chapter 9
The Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture and the Role of Extra-Biblical Resources in Transformative Teaching and Learning
Presented August, 1, 2018 to the Bible Faculty Summit, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina ABSTRACT Paul affirmed to Timothy the authority, capacity, and sufficiency of the Scriptures for the adequacy of the believer.[1] In similar fashion Jesus applied...
Renovation Podcast Episode 11 – “Sovereignty of God and Free Will of Humanity, Part 2”
Dr. Christopher Cone and John Oglesby explore practical aspects of the Christian life – wrestling with tough theological issues and talking about why the questions and answers are relevant. Cone and Oglesby challenge themselves and their listeners to enjoy the...
Authority of Scripture and Hermeneutic Method as Historical and Continual Bases for Christian Unity and the Collaborative Avenues They Imply
ABSTRACT While there are persisting differences between Catholic and Protestant views of (1) what constitutes Scripture, (2) the level of exclusivity in authority of Scripture, and (3) what constitutes appropriate hermeneutic methodology, there are commonly held...
“The Green Tree is an exceptional work…provides a vital tool for every Bible interpreter…Just as the root system is the foundation of a tree and directly impacts the health of a tree, hermeneutic method is at the root of one’s worldview. This illustration demonstrates that the hermeneutic method that an interpreter of the Bible employs will significantly affect the outcome. The tree will either be healthy, or it will not be healthy…The authors provide a unique examination of Revelation, Genesis, and Job that demonstrates that the LGH hermeneutic is derived from within Scripture, something that other hermeneutical methods fail to demonstrate. This is perhaps the most crucial principle demonstrated in The Green Tree, and it effectively demonstrates that the LGH hermeneutic is also the Biblical hermeneutic.” – Andrew Friend (Amazon Review)
Jesus in a Pluralistic World (Slides)
This presentation (delivered to the Beth Haven Apologetics Conference, June 2, 2018) examines some underlying principles contrasting Jesus' brand of exclusivism and various forms of pluralism and universalism, and looks at Biblical case studies for presenting Jesus in...
Examining the Reliability of the New Testament (Slides)
This presentation (delivered to the Beth Haven Apologetics Conference, June 2, 2018) considers four major issues of Biblical criticism: (1) Contradictions and discrepancies, (2) errors, (3) lack of originals and questionable copies, and (4) canonicity issues. [gview...
Renovation Podcast Episode 8 – “Think on These Things”
Dr. Christopher Cone and John Oglesby explore practical aspects of the Christian life – wrestling with tough theological issues and talking about why the questions and answers are relevant. Cone and Oglesby challenge themselves and their listeners to enjoy the...
What is Your Identity – 1 John 4:7-21
Dr. Christopher Cone addresses the current identity crises related to race, gender identity, and cultural peer pressure, suggesting that 1 John 4:7-21 provides the solution.
Renovation Podcast Episode 7 – “The Pursuit of Truth”
Dr. Christopher Cone and John Oglesby explore practical aspects of the Christian life – wrestling with tough theological issues and talking about why the questions and answers are relevant. Cone and Oglesby challenge themselves and their listeners to enjoy the...
California Bill AB-2943 Harms Civil Rights of LGBT Community, Legislates: “Questionable” Science is Fraud
California Bill AB-2943 is a remarkable piece of legislation, in that it legislates “questionable” science as fraud. AB-2943 affirms LGBT identity as natural: “(a) Contemporary science recognizes that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender is part of the natural...
Personalizing the Gemba Walk
From the Japanese term gemba, referring to “the real place,” the Gemba (or Genba) Walk is a concept applied in several improvement and efficiency models to understand through observation what is really taking place in the place where the work is actually being done,...
An Apology to John MacArthur for an Apparent Misrepresentation on My Part
In a recent debate discussion with IHOP founder Mike Bickle, I focused on the importance of certainty versus uncertainty in the Christian life, and near the end of our discussion I wanted to pose a challenge to Mike regarding his level of certainty in following the...
Q&A: Is Genesis 12:2-3 Actually a Covenant?
Question: Is Genesis 12:2-3 actually a covenant? Wouldn't it be more accurate to simply call these verses promises? Answer: If Genesis 12:1-3 is taken in a vacuum, then we might not consider it a covenant, simply because it is not specifically identified as a covenant...
AI “Seven-Year-Old Boy” Bot Granted Residency in Tokyo, Teaches Us About Our Creator
Shibuya Mirai is an AI chatbot designed to interact as a seven-year-old boy. Mirai was granted residency status in Tokyo, marking another milestone in the journey to the development of consciousness in machines. Cognitive scientists Dehaene, Lau, and Kouider suggest...