Timothy George in his Galatians commentary in the NAC: The fact that this word [Abba] is given here [in Gal 4:6], and also in Rom 8:15, in both Aramaic and Greek indicates the bilingual character of early Christian worship. Throughout the history of the church various...
What first attracted me to Rebecca McLaughlin’s Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion was the title. I actually assumed it was a non-Christian book. Second was the author: I read a piece of hers on TGC that I liked. Third, to be...
Christianity doesn't guarantee prosperity of every kind for every individual. Struggles in one's health, one's marriage, one's work, and even one's faith are par for the Christian course (Jas 1:3). But, overall, we expect the biblical vision of the good life to...
An article I wrote for Logos Talk got translated into German by Evangelium21. May the Lord use my tiny little drop in the Internet ocean for his glory.
This post is not for all readers, just for those who have attended Christian universities in Greenville, South Carolina. Of which there are two. And kind of three. And there are seminaries there. All of which helps make my point. Soapbox 1 Greenville, South Carolina,...
I wrote the following introduction to the Old Testament for Bibles International; it is being translated and placed into Bibles all around the world. Come back tomorrow for the intro to the New Testament. The Bible tells one story, because God has one plan for all of...
I wrote the following introduction for Bibles International; it is being translated and placed at the beginning of Bibles all around the world. Come back tomorrow and the next day for intros to the Old Testament and New Testament. The Bible tells one story. Just one....
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist by Larry Alex Taunton My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was really excellent. It was level-headed, insightful, interesting. There's no way I would have read a Thomas Nelson book on...
C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography by George M. Marsden My rating: 4 of 5 stars Classic Marsden. He did his homework and dug up some interesting anecdotes, offering a strong narrative, a clear outline and analysis, and some insightful points along the way....
Joy Davidman was an accomplished poet, a sharp thinker, a successful student. She was also an ardent materialist. A young poet like me could be seized and shaken by spiritual powers a dozen times a day and still take for granted that there was no such thing as spirit....
After I saw the Center for Medical Progress videos (I forced myself to watch every one), I knew I had to do something—something even more tangible than a vote—to combat the evil of abortion. I almost attended a protest at an abortion clinic in Greenville, but it just...
We all view new ideas and experiences through our worldview lenses. Every time we turn around, Christians are explaining something through the lenses provided by the Bible, telling a story about God's goodness in our lives. Every time they turn around, believers in...