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Recent Additions

4Contra the "Pray and Pay" Model of Giving
4Not So Fast: Is This the Fast the Lord Has Chosen?
4Big Bang Cosmology and Atheism Go Together Like Peas in a Blender
4Is an Unembodied Mind too Abstract a Notion to be the Cause of the Universe?
4Existence and Necessity
4Was it Possible for Jesus to Sin? -- Updated!
4Mutual Submission?
4Why Human Freedom Does, and Divine Freedom Does Not Require the Ability to Choose Evil
4Einstein and Time: A Critical Evaluation
4Acts 2:38 and the Purpose of Baptism

Angelology (Angels)

4A Study of Satan (outline)
4Whoe were the Sons of God in Genesis 6?
4Angelology, Q&A

Bibliology (The Written Word)

4A Brief History of the English Bible
4Introduction to Biblical Languages
4The Nature of Inspiration
4How We Get our Bible
4Is the NIV A Perversion?
4Bible Translations: Has the Word of God Been Changed?
4Defending the Inerrancy and Canon of Scripture
4Judas' Extreme Makeover: Examining The Lost Gospel of Judas
4Bibliology, Q&A

Critical Thinking

4Pentecostals and Anti-Intellectualism
4Assertion or Argument?
4Well We All Have Faith, Right?
4I Don't Want to Disagree With You
4The Question of Truth and Apologetics in a Modern/Postmodern World
4An Appeal for Preparation
4You Always Think You are Right
4Defending the Inerrancy and Canon of Scripture
4Is Philosophy Religioni Gone Bad?
4Two Kinds of Narrow-Mindedness
4Responding to the Charge of Closed-Mindedness
4How To Be A Good Agnostic
4Skepticism is Not Worthy of Belief
4Faith Has Its Reasons
4A Balanced Perspective on Reason and Faith
4Investigating Faith: Placing Religious Truth Back Into the Arena of Knowledge
4Eternity is Not Forever: An Argument for Theism
4Responding to the Jesus' Words Only View of the New Testament
4Religious Truth Can Be Known
4Scaling the Gulf Between Scientific and Religious Knowledge
4All Roads Don't Lead to Rome
4Knowledge Requires a Soul, and a Soul Requires God: An Argument for Theism
4When Did God Create the Cosmos?
4Abortion: Genocide in the Womb
4Pro-Life with a Footnote
4Abortion: The One Exception
4Do You Support a Woman's Right to Choose?
4The Myth of the Divine Matchmaker
4Arguing Against Homosexuality: A Response to Challenges From A University of California Professor
4Dialogue With A Homosexual
4Homosexuality and the Bible
4"I Now Pronounce You Man and Husband?": An Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage
4What is the Definition of the "Definition" of Marriage?
4Marriage by Any Other Name is Still Marriage
4What Single-Parenting Can Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting
4The Marriage Amendment: No Rights Are Being Taken Away
4Space is Not Eternal
4The God Gene: Is Religious Faith and Experience a Biological Misunderstanding?
4What's the Big Deal About Those Tiny Little Embryos?
4Senate Leader Bill Frist's Pro-Life Confusion
4Charles Krauthammer's Embryonic Nonsense
4You Can't Know Atheism is True Unless God Exists--Updated
4Dialogue With an Atheist
4Theistic Evolution: The Illegitimate Marriage of Theism and Evolution
4Faith is Not a Private Matter
4The Same-Sex Marriage Debate: Who Has the Burden of Proof?
4What Makes Morality Moral?
4Pacifism: Well Intentioned, but Ultimately Immoral
4Capital Punishment and the Christian Worldview
4Truth, Experience, and Meaning
4Prayer Under the Microscope
4Clones Have Souls
4The "Jesus Never Existed" Fable
4The Eulogy of Meaning
4An Apologetic for Apologetics
4Biblical Examples of Apologetics
4God is an Apologist
4Not So Fast: There is No Presumption of Atheism
4The Evidentiary Basis for Affirming the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
4Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?
4Existence and Necessity
4Big Bang Cosmology and Atheism Go Together Like Peas in a Blender
4Is an Unembodied Mind too Abstract a Notion to be the Cause of the Universe?

Ecclesiology (The Church)

4peitho (obey) in Hebrews 13:17
4Ministerial Authority
4The Church and the Sabbath
4A Pastoral Theology from 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus

Eschatology (The Last Things)

4The Post-Tribulation Rapture (www.TheRapture.org)
4An Evaluation of the New "Pre-Wrath" Rapture Theory
4The Order of the Book of Revelation
4The Day of the Lord
4Daniel's Seventy Weeks (Dan. 9:24-27)
4Elijah Will Come Again
4Themes in Revelation
4Post-Death Existence of Man--Intermediate State
4An Overview of Daniel's First Vision (Daniel 7)
4Heaven Is Coming To Earth
4Secret Rapture?
4The Antichrist (Outline)
4The Nature of the New Covenant and its Implications for the Church Today
4The Body is More than a Shell
4The Beast of Revelation 17: Person or Institution?
4Eschatology, Q&A

Hermeneutics (The Science of Interpretation)

4Who Needs Hermeneutics?
4The Goal of Interpretation
4The Hermeneutical Spiral
4The Difference Between Event and Text and the Interpreter's Task
4Differing Levels of Relevance to Differing Audiences
4What is the Relationship of Reason to Revelation?
4Bias, Systematic Theology, and Exegesis

Miscellaneous Topics

4Who was Melchizedek? -- Two Views
4Binding and Loosing
4Time, Eternity, and Predestination
4I.N.R.I.: The Inscription on the Cross
4The Law: The Misunderstood Covenant
4Legalism
4An Evaluation of Astrology
4Who Needs Theology?
4The Biblical Significance of Names
4The (Ab)use of Faith
4Evolution - Science or Religion?
4What Legalism Is and Is Not
4The Cursed Doctrine of "Generational Curses"
4Mutual Submission?
4Not So Fast: Is This the Fast the Lord Has Chosen?
4Miscellaneous, Q&A
4Contra the "Pray and Pay" Model of Giving

New Testament Studies

4New Testament Survey - Virtual Classroom
4The Synoptic Gospels
4Synthetic Chart of Matthew (Acrobat Reader required)
4An Outline of the Gospel of John
4An Examination of the Word pisteuo (believe) in the Gospel of John
4The Theme of "Messiah" in the Gospel of John
4The Complementary Messages of Luke and Acts
4The Bodily Resurrection of Christ Defended
4The Argument of the Book of Romans
4Loving Beyond Differences: An Exposition on Romans 14:1--15:3
4First Corinthians 15 -- Flesh and Blood Not Inheriting the Kingdom
4The Inferiority of the Law to the New Covenant in Galatians
4The Gospel According to the Galatians
4A Technical Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-14
4An Exposition of Ephesians 1:17-19
4A Technical Commentary on Ephesians 4:7-16
4A Comparison of Ephesians and Colossians
4An Exegesis of Philippians 2:6-11
4A Commentary on the Book of Colossians
4Major Themes of the Book of Titus
4A Commentary on the Book of Jude
4The Order of the Book of Revelation
4Themes in Revelation
4New Testament, Q&A

Old Testament Studies

4Subject/Purpose of the Book of Genesis
4Subject/Purpose of the Book of Exodus
4A Survey of Deuteronomy
4A Survey of 2 Samuel
4An Examination of Psalm 2
4An Examination of Psalm 130
4Psalm 11: Confidence in God's Power
4Major Themes of Isaiah 40-48
4An Overview of Daniel's First Vision (Daniel 7)
4Habakkuk: Journey Toward a Theodicy
4Old Testament, Q&A

Pneumatology (The Spirit)

4Why I Speak in Tongues
4Tongues Are For Unbelievers
4Tongues are Not Learned or Known Languages
4Pneumatology, Q&A

Soteriology (Salvation)

4Baptism in Jesus' name
4The Process of Salvation (outline)
4Justification by Faith
4"Lift up" or "Take Away" in John 15:1-6?
4What Is The Meaning of Christ's Death?
4The Believer's Union With Christ
4Justification and Sanctification: The Theological and Practical Relationship Between the Two Doctrines
4Word Biblical Commentary Admits Matt. 28:19 is Probably Not Original
4A Collection of Evidence Against the Traditional Wording of Matthew 28:19
4Evangelical or Pentecostal Soteriology?: The Biblical Pattern of Conversion
4Acts 2:38 and the Purpose of Baptism
4Soteriology, Q&A

Theology Proper (The Person of God)

4Christology is Discovered Soteriologically
4Christology
4The Dual Nature of Christ
4We Cannot Avoid "Nature"
4Is a Chalcedonian Christology Coherent?
4The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
4Understanding the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
4Avoiding the Achilles Heels of Trinitarianism, Modalistic Monarchianism, and Nestorianism: The Acknowledgement and Proper Placement of the Distinction Between Father and Son
4"I Will" or "We Will": How Many Wills Does Jesus Have?
4Jesus' Prayers
4A Oneness View Jesus' Prayers
4Jesus' Prayers: It Doesn't Take Two Persons to Tango
4Was it Possible for Jesus to Sin? -- Updated!
4Is Jesus God the Father?
4Plural Pronouns Used for God
4Jesus, the Voice, and the Dove?
4Ye are Gods
4Love in the Godhead?
4What Did Stephen See?
4In the Beginning was the Word
4Colwell's Rule and John 1:1
4An Exegesis of Philippians 2:6-11
4Why Be a Trinitarian?
4Oneness-Trinity Debate: Areas of Agreement and Disagreement
4Oneness vs. Trinity: A Reason for the Different Theologies
4Trinitarianism: Modified Tritheism
4Eternal Father, Eternal Son?
4The Question of Titles
4How Can God's Fulness "Fit" in Such a Tiny Place as Christ?
4Can God be God if the Incarnation is Permanent?
4Yahwey or Jesus: What is God's Name?
4Is "Jehovah" the Name of God?
4A Break Down of the Name "Jesus Christ" (chart)
4Non-Biblical Vocabulary: Does it Make the Trinity False?
4Where is God?: Exploring the Nature of Omnipresence
4Does God Know When Now Is?: Revisiting God's Relationship to Time
4Theology Proper, Q&A

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