To Forgive, or Not to Forgive? (Part 1)
As a Christian, am I obligated to forgive everyone who sins against me? Do I forgive only if the offender asks me to? What do I do if the offender never asks forgiveness? All this came up while my...
View ArticleTo Forgive, or Not to Forgive? (Part 2)
The previous post established the first principle of forgiveness, based on the first time the topic of forgiveness surfaces in the NT (Matt 6): Principle 1: Whenever the offender genuinely confesses...
View ArticleTo Forgive, or Not to Forgive? (Part 3)
The previous two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) established and explored the first NT principle of forgiveness: Principle 1: Whenever the offender genuinely confesses and asks forgiveness, I am obligated...
View ArticleTo Forgive, or Not to Forgive? (Part 4)
Here’s what we’ve discovered from the NT so far in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I’ll just rehearse the principles, not the passages. But it’s important to remember that these are not just psychological...
View ArticleThe Intentional Historical Vulnerability of Christianity
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the doctrinal, theological, and historical hinge-pin of Christianity. The ramifications of no resurrection are of the profoundest possible magnitude. If the...
View ArticleThe Intentional Historical Vulnerability of Christianity (Part 2)
We should expect that the Christian claim to the resurrection of Jesus should meet with skepticism, even scorn. It always has (Acts 17:32). It is, after all, a singular event unique to all human...
View ArticleThe Intentional Historical Vulnerability of Christianity (Part 3)
Luke’s historical veracity and reliability has been repeatedly corroborated by archaeology. He records that Jesus “showed himself alive” to his disciples “by many infallible proofs” (Acts 1:3). That...
View ArticleTheology and the Eclipse
The ancient historian Herodotus describes a battle somewhere in northern Turkey between the Lydians and the Persians. During the battle an eclipse occurred, which so unnerved the armies that they...
View ArticleThe Lord’s Prayer & the New Covenant
Why did Jesus instruct His disciples specifically to pray, “Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”? I do not deny an applicational, personal component of...
View ArticleA Brief Word to Seminary Graduates
First, ladies and gentlemen, congratulations! Graduating with any degree from BJU Seminary is no small accomplishment (which at least some of you, depending on your degree, should recognize as an...
View ArticleWhen Does Glorification Begin?
My wife has been using my most recent book (on soteriology) for a ladies’ Bible study group in our church. When they got to the chapter on “Glorification” she raised a question. “Why do you treat...
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