On Wednesday, June 30, I concluded my four-week series titled “The Problems of Evil” at my home church, Central Assembly of God, in Springfield, Missouri. In the video below, I talk about the atheist problem of evil. Using C. S. … Continue reading The Problems of Evil, Part 4: The Atheist Problem of Evil
On Wednesday, June 23, I continued my four-week series titled “The Problems of Evil” at my home church, Central Assembly of God, in Springfield, Missouri. In the video below, I talk about the biblical problem of evil, which is basically … Continue reading The Problems of Evil, Part 3: The Biblical Problem of Evil
A Pew Research Center report about U.S. media polarization and the 2020 election found that “Republicans and Democrats place their trust in two nearly inverse news media environments.” Tell me whether a person watches Fox or CNN, in other words, … Continue reading Reading the Times | Book Review
This Sunday is Father’s Day. Compared to Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is a mediocre holiday, if it is celebrated at all. Americans feel more ambivalently about their dads than their moms, perhaps because their dads are abusive or absent from … Continue reading The Righteous Dad | Influence Magazine
In the nineteenth century, Ferdinand Christian Baur founded the so-called “Tubingen School” of New Testament interpretation. Using the Hegelian dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, Baur argued that Luke synthesized the thesis of Petrine Jewish Christianity with the antithesis of Pauline Gentile Christianity … Continue reading Acts: Brazos Theologial Commentary on the Bible | Book Review
On Wednesday, June 9, I continued my four-week series titled The Problems of Evil at my home church Central Assembly of God in Springfield, Missouri. In the video below, I talk about the philosophical problem of evil, which is basically … Continue reading The Problems of Evil, Part 2: The Philosophical Problem of Evil
In 1 Corinthians 12–14, Paul responds to Corinthian church members’ questions about the use of spiritual gifts in corporate settings (12:1, cf. 7:1). Corinthian worship included uninterpreted tongues (14:1–25) and prophecies delivered chaotically (14:26–40). These misuses of those gifts resulted … Continue reading Six Tests of Pentecostal Worship
Last Wednesday, June 2, I began a four-week series titled The Problems of Evil at my home church Central Assembly of God in Springfield, Missouri. In the video below, I talk about the existential problem of evil, which is basically how … Continue reading The Problems of Evil, Part 1: The Existential Problem of Evil
“What troubles me is that much of the modern evangelical movement in America does not seem to grasp the priority of the call of apprenticeship to Jesus,” writes Ryan Post. “Rather than teaching people to obey everything Jesus has commanded … Continue reading How the Beatitudes Shape Discipleship | Influence Podcast
The United States and the Soviet Union were allies in World War II. As soon as that war ended, however, it became clear that the two nations would become adversaries in a contest for control of Europe. That contest would … Continue reading Lehrter Station | Book Review
