"I would say, as a Christian and as a historian: the stories of Easter are really true, even though I'm skeptical myself that the tomb was empty, even though I'm skeptical myself that anything happened to the corpse of Jesus. I would say the stories of Easter are really true ... Read More

A recent formal doctrinal statement on the nature of salvation (or in technical theological terms, soteriology, or the study of salvation) signed on to by none other than Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (as one example), amongst others, like Emir Caner, is making quite the stir, even ... Read More

"Every generation must fight their own Downgrade " - Dr. James White Very relevant to where the evangelical church is these days, in every age really. Excerpt from Spurgeon and the Down-Grade Controversy by John MacArthur, excerpted from The Sword and the Trowel. by some means or other, first the ministers, then ... Read More

From a Reformation Theology post in 2007. It is a good reminder that we have more in common with Arminians than we're willing to admit many times. We stake out our positions (even if we're right) at the expense of common ground, that is, that we're united in Christ alone, ... Read More

Excerpted from the Institutes of the Christian  Religion, Book III, Chapter XV, Section 5, Christ as the Sole Foundation, As Beginner and Perfecter. The below section from Calvin's Institutes is an excellent summary of the foundation of Gospel-centered sanctification (progressing and maturing in holiness). Any other application of teaching apart from ... Read More

Hey David! I have a theological question for you that has sprung from a few discussions I've had with a friend if you have some time. The question is whether or not Jesus went to hell when he suffered and died on the cross. My understanding is that ... Read More

Aroused consciences, when they have to do with God, feel this to be the only asylum in which they can breathe safely. For if the stars which shine most brightly by night lose their brightness on the appearance of the sun, what do we think will ... Read More

The Disturbing Legacy of Charles Finney - Dr. Michael Horton A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Phil Johnson I still have yet to understand why so many leading evangelical pastors (Billy Graham and the late Jerry Falwell to name two) and others in the movement uphold this man as someone who championed ... Read More

As this makes clear, Clement's view of God's involvement in His creation is not the one the Deists have set forth (the view many of our Founding Fathers in America held including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin), that God is a watchmaker who created the universe, sat back and let ... Read More

Excerpted from On the Incarnation by Athanasius on Spurgeon.org There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English Literature that ... Read More