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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A Bit Too Easy

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Some proposed solutions to theological problems are a bit too easy. They hold up only so long as you don’t examine them too carefully. I...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Anonymous Asks (399)

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“What principles can we put into practice when it comes to Sabbath rest?” I am finding this question and variations on it increasingly c...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Semi-Random Musings (48)

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A Christian man looking for a wife thought his Facebook connections might help, so he inquired on the social media site recently about chu...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

No King in Israel (52)

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Polygamy was a problem very early for Israel. Jacob, the father of the nation, married a pair of sisters, also siring children by both the...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Open Just A Bit Too Far

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. We’ve talked a lot about Calvinism here over the pa...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Media and the Gospel

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“The medium is the message”, said the great philosopher of mass media, Marshall McLuhan. It’s his most oft-quoted line, since it’s so ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Efficacy and Embarrassment

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It started with a comment from Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, about the building of the third temple in Jerusalem. Hegseth is ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

What Does Your Proof Text Prove? (35)

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I was reading a Puritan Board discussion the other day about the morality of human desire that got me thinking. Believers on both sides ...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Anonymous Asks (398)

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“Is Mary the mother of God?” There is a kind of childish logical syllogism drawn by some in which the budding theologian goes from the t...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Synoptic Gospels and Atonement (2)

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On Wednesday of this week, I tackled critics who set in opposition the gospel preached by the apostle Paul and the teaching of the Lord Je...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

No King in Israel (51)

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Hebrew language and law distinguish between that which a man dedicated to God and that which he devoted. Both involved setting something a...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: I Have My Doubts

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. In a poem entitled “Bishop Blougram’s Apology”, Ro...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Overcoming the Exhaustion of the Exhaustive

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The law is not a fun ride. As the disciples of old concluded, it was actually quite impossible to keep . The nation of Israel had tried ...
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...