Sarah Pulliam Bailey, in her first byline this morning for the Washington Post, writes about President Obama’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast where he addressed issues of religious liberty, free speech, and the ways that religion can often be used by those engaging in violence to others. I saw most of the speech this… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Theology
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room: Seeking God In Advent Through the Psalms
“Let every heart prepare Him room.” Isaac Watts, 1719 – Joy to the World Advent is the time where we learn again to long for God – to wait for Him and to expect Him and to prepare room in our heart for Him. We join with those in Israel who were eagerly awaiting… Continue Reading
Arius’ Heresy, the Council of Nicea, and Athanasius
Over the month of December, I want to explore St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word of God as a defense of the divinity of Christ and His work in entering in to our sinful calamity to save us from our sins and damnation. I would like to put up smaller posts that has… Continue Reading
My Interview with N.T. Wright on the Jewishness of Paul
I got to interview NT Wright, the world famous Biblical scholar and historian and former Anglican Bishop of Durham recently. Well, kind of, anyway. On his Facebook page, he solicited questions for the month of February. I solicited one and it was selected to be answered by Wright, which technically means that I was able… Continue Reading
Why I Reject Evolution (And Am Intellectually Satisfied Doing So)
Apparently, I am part of the 33% of Americans who do not believe in Evolution, according to a recent Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project study (Al Mohler’s article yesterday got me thinking about this today). And, I am completely fine with that. I am not trying to be different or unique or have… Continue Reading
Proclaiming and Demonstrating the Gospel
One of the teachings that I do with leaders when I am in India and Haiti has to do with the pattern of Jesus’ life and ministry that we see in Matthew 4. It is not explicit, but you can see the pattern of Devotion-Intercession-Proclamation-Demonstration throughout the chapter: Matthew 4 Pattern of Jesus: Devotion… Continue Reading
Does Relativism Equal Polytheism?
“Whatever works for you is good.” “I am happy that you are happy.” “We just all need to figure out what is right for us.” “Be true to yourself, wherever that leads you.” “What is true for you may not be true for me.” “All paths lead to God.” “All religions are the same.” “There… Continue Reading
Christian Foundations Class @ Gateway Starting Sunday
Over the next eight weeks beginning this Sunday, August 18, I will be teaching a Christian foundations class in the Sanctuary during the Sunday School hour. We have had a lot of people come to Christ in our church over he past several months and I wanted to provide a quick overview of Christianity from… Continue Reading
St. Athanasius on the Incarnation of Christ, Part 2
I am reading through St. Athanasius' The Incarnation of the Word of God as part of my Advent study. This passage is just stunning. We should put away trite explanations of why Jesus came and consider what Athanasius, the Father of Orthodoxy and the theological force behind the First Council of Nicea and the Nicene… Continue Reading
Is Our Christianity Actually Christless?
I was rereading some of Michael Horton's Christless Christianity the other day and I ran across this passage where Horton talks about some of George Barna's research on the current state of the church and Christians and what they believe. It was interesting to me and the implications are pretty huge. I will reprint it… Continue Reading