In my last blog I gave my “Baptist” critique of the idea that the church is family-based or simply an extension of the family. I stand by it. Scott Brown and Voddie Baucham are, however, quite concerned to make the point that that this is not what they...
Him We Proclaim-Preaching Christ From all the Scriptures
R. Scott Clark interviews Dennis Johnson concerning his book Him We Proclaim. I recommend the book highly, especially chapters 4. The Complication, Chastening, Rejection, and Recovery of Apostolic Preaching in the History of the Church, 5. Challenges to Apostolic...
A Great Conversation on Presuppositional Apologetics
I always enjoy listening to the Christ the Center podcast. In their latest episode, K. Scott Oliphint is interviewed on presuppositional apologetics. I found this to be a fruitful and edifying conversation on how we should defend the Christian faith, and I...
Brief survey of the history of hermeneutics – 1. Intro.
As Moises Silva says, “…the popular assumption [is] that the Christian church, through most of its history, has misread the Bible.” Our brief survey will attempt to show that a more positive assessment is warranted.
MCTS Podcast 14: Dr. James White – his 2011 plans
Dr. White shares his 2011 travel plans and writing projects.
a biblical theology of mountain-temples, with help from G. K. Beale
The fact that the Garden is viewed as the place of the first mountain is very interesting in light of the Bible’s emphasis on mountains and temples.
MCTS Podcast 13: Dr. James White on Evangelizing Muslims
James White discusses the issue of evangelizing Muslims.
Family-Integrated Church 5: Is the church family-based?
When my lecture on the relation of the church and family was originally posted on the Reformed Baptist Fellowship’s blog, I believed that the whole family-integrated church movement was happy to say that the church should be “family-based” or that the church should be...
More thoughts on the gospel
The gospel is not my experience of grace, …
Did Paul write Ephesians to those “in Ephesus”?
The three earliest witnesses to Ephesians (Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and an early papyrus [P 46]) do not contain the phrase “in Ephesus.” However, there are good reasons to believe it was the original reading.
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