Owen’s way of reading 2 Peter 3 is so alien to most Christians in our day that there may be some doubt about what he is actually saying and implying. In this post I want to emphasize both the explicit and the implicit significance of the way Owen interprets 2 Peter...
In my last post I quoted Owen’s statement of his partial preterist view of 2 Peter 3. I believe this view to be seriously misguided in the exegesis of 2 Peter 3 and also burdened with serious, practical consequences. Let me hasten to add that these serious, practical...
My first post on this subject, I must confess, was a deliberate “teaser.” It was a deliberate attempt to attract interest in my subject and get you to “stay tuned” and come back next week to the same time and channel. Now I must ‘fess up and tell you without further...
Caveat comes from the Latin cavere. The verb in Latin means to be on guard. I am using its English descendant caveat to mean a warning or caution. Such is my esteem for John Owen that I prefer the softer idea of caution. John Owen has attained (and...
Are believers in Christ required to obey any part of Old Testament law? Both Dispensationalists and proponents of New Covenant Theology, or Progressive Covenantalism, as one version of it has come to be called, simply say “no.” In their view, the laws of the Old...
In this my last post on this subject I want to explain a second and third practical application of the biblical philosophy of education which guides CBTS. B. Recognition of the Specific Responsibility of the Christian Ministry for Theological Education As explained...
In this post we move from the philosophical to the practical. I want to explain how we have implemented the biblical philosophy of theological education laid out in my previous posts. III. The Practical Implementation of Theological Education From this overview...
My last post was a brief exposition of the key passage on theological education found in 2 Timothy 2:1-2. Some important conclusions may be drawn from that passage. Paul’s poignant emphasis on this spiritual genealogy brings to light three special characteristics of...
In the previous (third) post on a biblical philosophy of theological education we came to consider the fact that the specific responsibility for theological education resides with a specified class of men in both the Old and New Testaments. We spent some time...
In the last post we were considering the fact that the church has been given the general authority for the theological education of its ministers, now in this post we proceed to … III. The Specific Responsibility for Theological Education...
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