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The Battle for God – Part 1
PrintVolume 27, Issue 8, October 2021 While most conservative evangelicals were resting comfortably in the Trinitarian understanding of the Godhead, as stated in the Nicene Creed (AD 381), a storm was brewing on the theological horizon of others. In just the last few years, a major war over the very nature of God has erupted with the potential of leaving in its wake much doctrinal and spiritual damage. For this reason, I want to discuss this debate, not necessarily with the hope of solving all the issues (after all, some of the greatest theological minds within Christianity are weighing in on this subject), but at least to bring some clarity to the discussion and perhaps to map a way forward. With these aspirations in mind, I will prepare three articles on the subject. This first paper will lay the foundation by addressing the origin of the debate, as well as…Read More »
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My Favorite Books Volume 6
PrintVolume 27, Issue 7, August 2021 Since I began writing book reviews a number of years ago, it seemed to some that the majority of these reviews dealt with books that were either errant or at best mixed in their …Read More »Book Listing for the Social Justice Movement Articles
PrintVolume 27, Issue 6, June 2021 I have read more than 30 books in preparation for the five-part Think on These Things series on the Social Justice Movement (SJM) and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Some of the books were read …Read More »Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 5 Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice
PrintVolume 27, Issue 5, May 2021 What Christian would deny the importance of justice? Justice is a divine attribute (Deut 32:4) and a central feature of our obligation to those who live among us. Micah 6:8 reads, “He has told …Read More »Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 4, A Biblical Response
PrintVolume 27, Issue 4, April 2021 In formulating a response to CRT and the broader social justice philosophy, which has momentarily captured the imagination of Western culture and increasingly made inroads into evangelicalism, we must begin not with contemporary theories …Read More »
Recent Book Reviews
Just Thinking: About the State by Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker
PrintDarrell Harrison serves as Dean of Social Media at Grace to You while Virgil Walker is the Executive Director of Operations for G3 Ministries. Together they produce the extremely popular podcast, “Just Thinking”. This book, by the same name, covers …Read More »Climate Change, A Convenient Truth by Jim Hollingsworth
PrintJim Hollingsworth is a retired building contractor who has obviously devoted much time and energy to researching the issue of climate change. He does not dispute the fact that the earth is warming; as a matter of fact, it has …Read More »The Origin of the Chapters and Verses in the Bible by Laurence M. Vance
PrintLaurence M. Vance’s short but scholarly booklet traces the origin of chapter and verse insertions into the biblical text. While these divisions have been maligned by some (p. 5), they have proven to be extremely beneficial to the readers of …Read More »The Old in the New, Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament by Michael Vlach
PrintSince ten percent of the New Testament consists of Old Testament quotes and allusions (pp. i, v), the question arises as to how these quotes are to be interpreted. In particular, when the New Testament authors use Old Testament quotations …Read More »