Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy
The following are chapter notes from the book, “Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy.” The book is a compilation of essays from R. Albert Mohler Jr., Peter Enns, Michael F. Bird, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and John …
The Articles of Inerrancy
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy – 1978 Preface The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in this and every age. Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord …
The Glory of Rome
This post is to bring into view the work of the apostle Paul as he brought the gospel to Jews and Gentiles in the first-century world of Asia Minor and Eastern Europe. More specially, Paul …
Letters from Prison
While Paul was in Rome, there is some evidence he was released and afterward wrote his epistles to Timothy (1 Timothy) and Titus. After about 63 A.D., Paul was reportedly released from his first Roman …
The Echoes of Suffering
Today I finished reading the entirety of Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free by F.F. Bruce. The title of the text in the U.K. is Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit. The text is …
The Macedonian Path
It is technically incorrect to conclude that the dominant message of Philippians is the nurturing of Christian joy. The Greek word for “joy” (χαρᾶς) that Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians appears several …
The Dispatch of Antiquity
The significance of communication within the early church within Asia-minor can not be overstated. As there were numerous nationalities, languages, cultures, traditions, and religious commitments within the Greco-Roman empire located further East of Rome, the …
The Apostolic Burden
When thinking through Paul’s teachings to the church at Corinth in the first century, about the resurrection body (1 Cor 15), there are corresponding principles about purity (1 Cor 6-7) that concern the church today …
The Waters of Contention
In the 1980s, when the notion “New Perspective of Paul” (NPP) was first offered, it intended to reinterpret the soteriological meaning of Apostle Paul’s writings. To shape differently an understanding of justification by faith to …
The Birth of an Empire
The primary reasons for Apostle Paul’s writing to the Romans are diverse and numerous. There are four that appear to carry the most widespread recognition. The main proposals are as follows: a. Theological Treatise – …
Traces of a Saint
The NT epistles are authoritative by their substance, purpose, and structure. The character of NT letters is personal, not private. They’re not secret and intended to be shared even if directed to a church or …
The Holiness of Saints
From collecting various thematic pericopes around the subject of holiness, it was of interest to further narrow this state of being toward people who are believers in Christ. Just as it is necessary to understand …
The Holiness of God
In preparation for a time of in-depth study on sanctification, I intend to complete a series of posts about various readings and the gathering of research materials concerning the subject. The posts on biblical holiness …
The Ordis Saeculum
The State and secular liberalism have an insatiable appetite for power to form policies, crave resources, shape humanistic social values, and largely cater to predatory economies, corporations, and institutions. Churches and religious conventions throughout Christendom …
To Know and Love God
The following are chapter notes in the form of questions and answers that cover the subject matter of the book, “To Know and Love God.” The book is a monograph from David Clark and it …
