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  • A Protestant Reformation Without Martin Luther?

      One of the more interesting thought-experiments that Reformation-era scholars embark upon is asking if there could have been a “Protestant Reformation” without Martin Luther. Understanding that we would likely need to reconceive our current notions of “Protestant” and “Reformation,” it seems likely that some form of theological reformation would have occurred in 16th century…

  • Book Review: The Rapture Exposed (Barbara Rossing)

    In her book, The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (Basic Books: New York, 2004), Barbara R. Rossing confronts perhaps one of the most confusing and highly debated theological topics within the modern Christian Church: the interpretation of the Biblical book of Revelation. In this book, Rossing covers the tenants…

  • Recommended Reading: May 17-23

    Below are this week’s recommended readings from across the internet. As always, I hope that you find them insightful and challenging. Cheers, JP If You Only Read One Article, Read The Days of Socially Acceptable Christianity are Over by Robert P. George Theology and Religion Treating People Like Human Beings by Ben Cabe The Future…

  • Reflections on an MA

    “A man who has been many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village: the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age.” –C.S. Lewis…

  • Ten Thoughts on Reading the Bible

    Ten thoughts on reading the Bible: 1. Never read a Bible verse. Always read at least a paragraph, preferably more. Best is reading a whole book (more on that below). You can make any one verse mean any number of things, but considering the larger context of passage places that verse within a more meaningful…

  • Why Does the NT Contain These Books?

    Some of the most common questions that I am asked are some variation of “Where did we get the Bible?” or “Why are these specific books included in the Bible?” In conjunction with yesterday’s post on Where We Got the New Testament, this post seeks to address why the New Testament includes the writings which…

  • Where Did We Get the New Testament?

    Some of the most common questions that I am asked are some variation of “Where did we get the Bible?” or “Why are these specific books included in the Bible?” Obviously complete answers to these questions are long, complex, and remain the topic of scholarly discussion. For those of you not planning to pursue a…

  • Book Review: The Story of the Voice (Capes, Seay, Couch)

    As most Christians are well aware, new editions of the Bible are produced on a regular basis. Walk into any Christian home or institution and, upon examining their Bibles, you are likely to discover a variety of editions and translations. The King James Version, the New International Version, the English Standard Version, the New Living…

  • Recommended Reading: May 10-16

    Below are this week’s recommended blog posts from around the internet. May you find them interesting and insightful. As always, be sure to check out the “If You Only Read One” suggestion. If You Only Read One Article, Read The Church Is Wrong by Owen Strachan and Andrew Walker Theology and Religion Facebook Theology that…

  • Deaths of the Apostles

    While Christians often talk about the death (and resurrection) of Jesus Christ, they often don’t give much thought to the the deaths of his earliest followers. No doubt this is because of the centrality of Christ’s death and subsequent resurrection for Christian faith. Additionally, the historical sources for accounts of the deaths of the apostles…