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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Synoptic Gospels and Atonement (1)

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Brace yourselves for a pair of lengthy but necessary posts. The error they address has been around for ages, but people are still circulat...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Getting Practical with Exposition

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Peter broadly categorizes the gifts of the Holy Spirit under the headings of speaking and service. There are verbal gifts and non-verbal g...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Anonymous Asks (397)

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“Is nagging a Christian tactic?” Nagging is often associated with frustrated wives and mothers, perhaps unfairly. Passive aggressive men...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Exposition Without Expositing

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Premastication or kiss feeding is the act of breaking down food by chewing it for those who can’t yet chew, then passing the pulped food m...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

No King in Israel (50)

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At dinner with Christian friends a few days ago, we discussed the subject of how we should best apply New Testament principles to a situat...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Made for More of What?

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tom : Immanuel Can is sending me bad things again....
Thursday, March 12, 2026

A Dangerously Clear Head

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True story: When I was in my early university career, I was friends with a girl whose father taught history there. One of his students ex...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

The Eye of the Beholder

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“Heretic” is a strong word. As an enthusiastic young believer, I used to hurl the epithet around a fair bit, as did several of my equall...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Where Are the Nine?

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Luke’s gospel tells us the Lord Jesus healed ten lepers in a village between Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem. At the word of t...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Anonymous Asks (396)

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“What does the Bible say about ice ages?” Weather and climate are two different things, a fact deliberately obscured by the Global Boili...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

‘His’ Cross

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On at least three occasions, the Lord Jesus told his followers that in order to be his disciple it was necessary they take up their cross ...
Saturday, March 07, 2026

No King in Israel (49)

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In a recent post I noted similarities in the Lord’s reaction to Israel’s prayers prior to going into battle against Benjamin and his resp...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Generation Z and Unbelief

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. In this article in The Atlantic , Larry Taunton t...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

Church ‘Problematics’ (Part 2)

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Last Thursday we considered a newly-coined word: “problematics” (and its relatives “problematize” and “problematization”). Social Justice ...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

On the Way to the Tower

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Six years ago, I wrote a post reconsidering the meaning of the Tower of Siloam story in Luke 13. You’ll remember eighteen Jews were killed...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

The Offspring Question

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In yesterday’s Anonymous Asks post, I promised to delve a little deeper into the wording of God’s covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 15, th...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Anonymous Asks (395)

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“Does Israel have a divine right to ‘much of the Middle East’?” The shifting borders of modern Israel generate endless public debate. La...
Sunday, March 01, 2026

AI Reads the New Testament

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From time to time these days you will come across online opinion pieces warning about the perils of AI. This is hardly surprising with any...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

No King in Israel (48)

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As we expect from historical narrative, Judges 20 is descriptive rather than prescriptive. The chapter is not loaded with heavy-handed edi...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: A Lack of Leadership

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Immanuel Can: Tom, we need a new generation of spi...