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Bound to the Gospel
I have decided to call my blog “Bound to the Gospel,” and some explanation of the name is in order. I get the concept of being bound to the Gospel from Hebrews 2:1 which says: Therefore we must pay...
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Why we like Sports
I greatly enjoy watching football. I especially enjoy college football, and my favorite team is the Iowa Hawkeyes. Of course now, being married to an Alabama fan, I will also root for the Crimson Tide....
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The Rapture and the Tribulation
I recently had the opportunity to write a paper on the Rapture for my Systematic Theology class. The Rapture is a topic that I have refrained from commenting on for years because I have not, up to this...
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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It, And I Feel Fine
About two weeks ago, my son and I accompanied some friends of ours to the Thunder Over Louisville air show. The planes were truly amazing. I had never seen anything like it. We ended up watching the...
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SHEPHERDS IN THE IMAGE OF GOD: A PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
The nature of Christian leadership has long been the subject of much debate. From the Roman Catholic Church’s immaculately structured leadership hierarchy to the nearly leaderless structure of groups...
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THE RESURRECTION, THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, AND THE PARADOX OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
The ResurrectionChristianity is grounded in two fundamental presuppositions: the metaphysical presupposition of the reality of a supernatural Creator God, and the epistemological presupposition of the...
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Reminders of God’s Faithfulness
Sometimes the problems in life seem almost insurmountable. I know it has been said before, but it is worth repeating that our perception of the size of our problems is inversely proportional to our...
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Decisions, Decisions…Part 1
This summer has been a season of especially difficult decisions for me. In order to understand the nature of these decisions, a little history is in order. For the last three years, I have been a...
View ArticleReturn to Blogging
It has been a very long time since I have written anything for this blog. I had really abandoned the project altogether over the last several months. My hope now is that my current desire to write...
View ArticleA Word About Hermeneutics
Before I begin a systematic exposition of the Christian worldview, I think it is necessary to say a few words about hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the science of interpretation. Interpretation is the...
View ArticleChristmas and the Problem of Evil
Yesterday, 20 year old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother in their home then proceeded to drive to the school where she had worked and murdered 20 children and six adults in cold blood before ending...
View ArticleThe Problem of Evil: Part II
This Friday will mark two weeks since the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. The grief, even for those not immediately impacted by this tragedy, remains very real. For the families of the victims, the...
View ArticleWhat Can Men Do?
There is a scene in Peter Jackson’s epic cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Two Towers” in which Saruman’s Uruk-hai have broken through the defenses of Helm’s Deep, the fortress of the...
View ArticleChristian Worldview Prolegomena
All human beings have a worldview. A worldview is, at its core, a person’s understanding of how the world works. This worldview has a dramatic effect upon how we interact with the world around us....
View ArticleJesus: The Beginning
The Christian worldview begins, ends, and revolves around Jesus Christ. Jesus refers to Himself as “the First and the Last” three times in the book of Revelation (1:17-18, 2:8, 22:13). Twice, Jesus...
View ArticleCreation
What follows is a position paper that I wrote while in seminary detailing my position on the doctrine of divine creation. This particular paper deals primarily with the issue of the age of the earth....
View ArticleImago Dei: The Beginning of Humanity
All worldviews espouse some kind of anthropology. The Christian worldview is no exception. What are human beings? What is the origin, and purpose, and nature of humanity? The Bible answers this...
View ArticleAngels
In my last few posts I have outlined what amount to the foundational points of the Christian worldview. The inerrancy and authority of Scripture.The nature of God. The fact and historicity of Divine...
View ArticleOn our Anniversary
My Dear Rachel,After 11 years together, judging the quality of our marriage solely in terms of trips around the sun seems rather insufficient. Perhaps we could judge our marriage in terms of major life...
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