God’s Word Endures Forever Introduction One of my least favorite pastors in the world is Andy Stanley. Charles Stanley, his father, led the charge for the conservative resurgence in the SBC and championed the Bible as the Word of God, believing it is infallible,...
Introduction This was written to fulfill the requirements for Systematic Theology I for Liberty University’s J. Rawlings School of Divinity. It was written to answer the following prompt: “Which doctrines studied caused you to reconsider, change or develop your...
Why You Can Trust the Bible When the World Says You Can’t The famous mantra today claims mere men wrote the Bible, therefore, today’s culture says you cannot trust It. Christians interact with this mantra in many forms: “The Bible has been disproven by science,” “The...
Introduction Is the Bible history? This question is brought up in debates by believers and unbelievers alike. Peter Enns is one primary example of a person who teaches the Bible is meant to be taken as history, yet, not literal history (Peter Enns "Mutilating God's...
Introduction Why should theology come from Scripture? Many professing Christians say they do not need theology, they only need Jesus. When one asks them who Jesus is, they say he is God and Man, the second person of the Trinity. The hypocrisy is apparent. When one...
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2, ESV). Introduction Just recently, I listened to Jordan Peterson’s “Message to the Churches.”[1] Before I listened to this, I knew very little about the man. I was not...
This post was originally written for the Systematic Theology 1 class for Liberty University’s John R. Rawling’s School of Divinity. I wrote to respond to the following prompt: “After reading Erickson’s and Feinberg’s sections on “inerrancy,” what is your position and...
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! (Luke 24: 25, ESV). Introduction There are many people who say they are New Testament Christians. What they mean by this statement is they do not read or see the...
On Being a Pastor Beth Moore is a female pastor. She does more than just teach Bible studies to women, she teaches from the pulpit to entire church congregations. Further, she frequently preaches in guest roles in churches across the country. Is this something that is...
Doctrine Divides – and Rightly So There are some hills worth dying on. Others, not so much. There are some issues in Scripture, primary issues, on which we that we cannot be wrong. Other issues, tertiary issues are things that we can lovingly disagree on and still...