The term “theology” originates from the Greek words “theos,” meaning “God,” and “logos,” meaning “word,” “reason,” or “study.” From study, coursework, and life experiences, spiritual topics of interest appear here to share the content of more meaningful personal value. These topics are generally from a worldview around topics including scripture, tradition, application, history, and research and touch on personal interest and synthesis about the various branches of theology (systematics, biblical, historical, practical, and integrative).
Immanence & Immutability
In my reading this week, an author at length wrote about God's metaphysical and logical nature of existence. Specifically, it concerns the intelligibility and coherence of the doctrine of the ... Read More
Metaphysical Transcendence & Meaning
As many have observed throughout centuries past, the doctrine of the Trinity isn't explicitly identified as a term or concept to present to us how we are to identify or ... Read More
The Locality of Inspiration
Two years ago, when I joined the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), I was required to affirm the inerrancy of Scripture. While I'm not a literalist or fundamentalist, I still willingly ... Read More
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, ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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) ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
