Fighting Injustice, Condemning Violence: Jesus’ Gospel of Social Justice and Restoration
Posted on(the previous title for this post was “What Does Easter Sunday Have To Do With Social Liberation?” This material is also included in my book […]
The New Testament’s Relationship to the Old Testament (with discussion of typology, the relationship between law and grace, and theonomy)
Posted onOne of the perennial difficulties in Christian theology is the relationship of the Old Testament to the New. Perhaps the strongest proponent for discontinuity between […]
Can Life Have Meaning Without God?
Posted onAn atheist going by the moniker “Counter Apologist” wrote an interesting post which goal was to undermine the Christian claim that man can have no […]
Interview with Dr. Bill Ury – Social Trinitarianism
Posted onNew podcast is up. Click here to listen. This podcast features an interview with Dr. Bill Ury. Dr. Ury received his doctorate from Drew Univeristy […]
Habakkuk and God’s Judgment Upon Militarism
Posted onI’ve been reading through the minor prophets (the twelve small books named after the prophets behind them in the Old Testament) and today I got […]
The Early Church’s Attempts to Understand the Relationship Between the Human and Divine Natures of Christ
Posted onWe have a tendency in modern times to think of what one believes as not particularly important. However, this tendency doesn’t always serve […]
Answering the Fool According to His Folly – Presuppositional versus Classical Approaches to Apologetics
Posted onBefore the second century theologian Tertullian uttered his rhetorical question, “what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?” the church had already been struggling with […]
Can Christians Own Possessions and Still Love the Poor?
Posted onIn reflecting on my recent debate regarding who had the better moral philosophy, Jesus or Ayn Rand, I thought about a question my debate opponent […]
Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?
Posted onWho had the superior moral philosophy: Ayn Rand, with her focus on rational self-interest, or Jesus, who saw morality as both individual and communal? […]
Debate, “Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?”, to Take Place September 9th, 2014
Posted onI’ll have the wonderful opportunity of taking part in a debate with my great friend Ben Doublett on the topic of the relational ethics of Jesus […]