Majoring on the Minors
A few days ago, I received a nasty comment here from ‘anonymous,’ and he started it with some sarcasm about my majoring on the minors. Don’t look for the comment. I didn’t post it. It was error-filled, so I wasn’t interested in anyone entertaining its content, especially since he wouldn’t own it. But it did […]
The Issue of Designed Gender Distinction: Answering Comments or Questions
I commented on the blog of a young man who is leaving fundamentalism. One of his big criticisms was “standards.” In the comment section, another pastor who blogs, Will at Reforming Baptist, wrote this: KB: “On the pants/skirt, I don’t think the position gets explained exegetically and historically well enough, but your position will fail […]
Two Obvious Contemporary Theological Contradictions and their Meaning part two
God “cannot deny himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). “Let God be true, but every man a liar” (Romans 3:4). We should not expect contradictions. This is not the nature of God. Jesus said, “I am the truth” (John 14:6). There isn’t more than one truth. From this perfect unity of God’s attributes and revelation of Himself […]
Two Obvious Contemporary Theological Contradictions and their Meaning part one
Taxing cigarettes and taxing income. Do you see the contradiction? Government taxes cigarettes to what? Stop smoking. And then they tax income to what? Stop income. No, not for the second one. You can see how a progressive tax is actually a regressive tax. This is simple. We can understand it. But I’m not dealing […]
Maybe the Two Biggest Recent Economic Lies
We should vote on facts and not impassioned rhetoric. For that reason among others, I want to clear up what are perhaps the two biggest lies repeated by politicians and the media. Why do I care? Righteousness exalts a nation. These lies damage our country. They enable injustice in our land. Lie One: Government Deregulation […]
The Blind Spots of www.Christian part one
Did you hear that Chicken Little got it wrong? He did. But we’ll allow him that. For one, he’s not Humpty Dumpty. Not even Al Gore. His obsession—the sky. He had a paranoia about it, probably stemming from something that occurred in his mother’s egg. So let’s take a deep, cleansing breath and recognize that […]
The Erroneous Epistemology of Multiple Version Onlyism part six
Recently I preached for 3-4 years on Sunday mornings through the book of Isaiah. As I went through that monumental book of all human history, I got a feel for the problems that men have with God. What we read there can serve as a microcosm for men of all eras. A major issue for […]
Big Talk with Little to Show at Evangelical Textual Criticism
The blog called Evangelical Textual Criticism referenced my epistemology series and some discussion ensued in the comment section. Imagine a 50 gallon aquarium with several fish swimming around in it, thinking that they represent the whole ocean. Things that are said are credible in the fish tank. That doesn’t mean they actually do stand up […]
Harvard Joins the Audience of Brandenburg and What Is Truth
Harvard University has included What Is Truth in its curriculum as part of “The Pluralism Project.” Harvard researcher Ellie Pierce quoted a post on What Is Truth as part of a case for class discussion and education. She titled it “Fliers at a Peace Parade.” It seems that Harvard agrees that Brandenburg and What Is […]
The Erroneous Epistemology of Multiple Version Onlyism part five
Gregory Boyd in his book, God of the Possible (2000), wrote in a section (p. 107) entitled, “Integration of Theology and Recent Scientific Advances”: As Christians, we of course want our worldview to be fundamentally derived from God’s Word, not the climate of opinion that happens to prevail in the world in which we live. […]