As a biblical scholar, I would suggest that church leaders who use their cultures and theology to exclude homosexuals don’t read Scripture carefully. Instead, they allow their patriarchal fears to distort it, seeking to find in the Bible proof-texts that will support attitudes of exclusion. You...
We begin by first looking at the Biblical obligation to preserve life. The Bible clearly teaches that we mustpreservelife--our own lives and the lives of other people. 1 Corinthians 6:19f teaches that our bodies are not our own. Rather, our bodies belong to God. Our bodies are His prope...
These six doctrines will knock you back into preschool. You have not passed kindergarten until you understand these six doctrines. Look what the writer of Hebrews says in 6:1. “Therefore leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying aga...
The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Many Protestants attack this doctrine as “unbiblical,” but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1...
What are the three divisions of the Tanakh? What is the two-part structure of the Book of Genesis? What are the three major concerns of literary and historical studies of biblical texts? What are the four genres of the New Testament? What is the Church of Ireland? What are the main eve...
All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines. About God God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.Genesis 1:1...
Are these experiences necessarily Biblical? Nope. I don’t think so. I don’t even think they necessarily have to be Divine. They could just as well be an enemy effort at lulling people into believing that salvation isn’t necessary and that everybody goes to a warm and fuzzy place. ...
Psalm 68:17 says, “The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands.” Other biblical titles for angels In addition to being called God’s ministering spirits, angels are called both “sons of God” and “morning stars” (Job 1:6, 38:7; Revelation 1:20; 12:4)....
Renaissance painters depict society and a diverse array of cultures. Artisans in the Medieval period primarily depicted religious and biblical scenes in their paintings. Due to their lesser emphasis on realism, they had minimal requirements for linear perspective. However, throughout the Renaissance, ar...
The Biblical Worldview (Against All Others) Introduction. Let me begin with a few lines from T. S. Eliot: “Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, but ignorance of the Word. All...