Blogging through On the Incarnation

• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: Who is Athanasius? (part 1)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: The Prequel (part 2)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: Good is, Evil is not (part 3)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: Athanasius’ Cosmology (part 4)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: Athanasius’ Teleological Argument (part 5)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: 5 things we learn about Providence (part 6)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: Was Adam created as an immortal being? (part 7)
• Athanasius and the Doctrine of Theosis (part 8)
• Blogging thru On the Incarnation: The First Dilemma and the Atonement (part 9)

An ethical dilemma in Hosea

• An ethical dilemma in Hosea?
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 2)
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 3)
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 4)
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 5)
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 6)
• An ethical dilemma in Hosea (part 7)

Reading History

• Reading History: Ignatius of Antioch
• Reading History: John Chrysostom on Ignatius of Antioch
• Reading History: Athanasius answers Why the Cross?
• Reading History: Justin Martyr answers Why the Cross?
• Reading History: John of Damascus answers Why the Cross?

(a little) Blogging through Grace, Salvation & Discipleship

• I find your definition of faith disturbing
• The Discipleship Conjecture
• The Discipleship Observation
• A Faith that Stays on Target

Doctrine & Church History

• An Agile Manifesto for Theology and Doctrine
• A closer look at the Agile Manifesto on Doctrine
• The Early Church can be bumpers on the bowling alley of theology
• Using the Early Church as bumpers (Some Quick Case Studies)
• An Ancient Theologian explains Tradition

What is Orthodoxy?

• What is Orthodoxy?
• What is Orthodoxy? [Part 2] Irenaeus weighs in
• What is Orthodoxy? [Part 3] Tertullian’s Rule of Faith
• What is Orthodoxy? [Part 4] Is Origen Orthodox?

Exploring Eternal Security & Assurance

• The Apostasy Vortex (Summary of the 3 views)
• The Warning Conundrum (Summary of views on Hebrews)
• Do we need enduring faith? (Colossians 1:20-23)
• Whosoever has Enduring Faith? (John 3:16)
• The Assurance Anomaly (1 John 5:1)
• Interpreting 1 John based on the 3 groups represented (1 John)
• Interpreting 1 John based on the 3 groups represented (Part 2)
• Faith and Creed (Two views on Enduring Faith) (2 Tim 2:11-13)
• Faith and Creed (Two views on Enduring Faith) – Part 2
• You’re in Good Hands (John 10 and Security) (John 10:27-30)
• Nothing can Separate us (Romans 8 and Security) (Romans 8:31-39)
• Cross-Fit: What the Original Hebrew audience and Runners have in common
• Wednesday with Wesley: Perseverance of the Saints & Arminianism

Decision Making

• Decision Making: An InfoGraphic on the Voice
• Decision Making: An InfoGraphic on Peace
• The Daily Prophet – a look at guidance and decision making
• Wednesday with Wesley: On Undervaluing Reason
• Wednesday with Wesley: Disciplines, the Spirit, and Scripture
• Contemplating Contemplation
• Contemplating Contemplation (Part 2)

The Ordo Salutis (Order of Salvation)

• The Grace Reaction
• The Justification Transposition
• The Assurance Anomaly

Examining Foreknowledge

• 3 Characteristics of Predestination
• 3 Characteristics of Foreknowledge and Free Will
• The Providence Problem
• The Molinist Speculation

Study of 1 John

• 5 things to know about the false teachers in 1 John
• 5 observations on the Prologue in 1 John
• Interpreting 1 John based on the 3 groups represented
• Interpreting 1 John based on the 3 groups represented (Part 2)
• What is the Love of God? (1 John 4:9-10)
• Applying Wright’s 5 Act Hermeneutic to 1 John
• The Assurance Anomaly (1 John 5:1)
• 5 Things John says about Jesus in 1 John

Examining John Owen’s case for limited atonement

• The Death of John Owen’s Argument
• The Death of John Owen’s Argument: a General Atonement means God failed to achieve His goal (Part 1)
• The Death of John Owen’s Argument: a General Atonement means God failed to achieve His goal (Part 2)
• The Death of John Owen’s Argument: a General Atonement means God failed to achieve His goal (Part 3)
• The Death of John Owen’s Argument: a General Atonement means God failed to achieve His goal (Part 4)
• John Owen on Preaching the Gospel to those whom Christ did not die for

Blogging through Grace for All

• Blogging through Grace for All
• Grace for All: Defining your Terms
• Grace for All: The God at the Center
• Grace for All: Universal Grace
• Grace for All: Evil is a tough pill to swallow when one holds to Theological Determinism
• Grace for All: The Wideness of God’s Mercy
• Grace for All: Conditional Election
• Grace for All: Grace is Personal
• Grace for All: Exploring Predestination in the Old Testament
• Grace for All: Predestination in the New Testament (Is it one big script?)
  • What if: Could Anakin Skywalker have chosen not to become Darth Vader?
  • One Does Not Simply Fall Into a Tale: a Reformed Theologian’s take on the Script Analogy
• Grace for All: Elect in Christ or into Christ, that is the Question
• Grace for All: John Wesley challenges Reformers on Reprobation
• Grace for All: The Problem is Proof Texting and the Solution is…
• Grace for All: Paul, the Potter, and Perspective (Romans 9)
• Grace for All: Is Faith Just a Moment in Time Decision?
• Grace for All: What is Hebrews all about anyway?
• Grace for All (Seussical)

Blogging through N.T. Wright’s Simply Jesus

• Blogging through Simply Jesus (Intro)
• Simply Jesus: An Odd King offers 3 Puzzles (Chapters 1 & 2)
• Simply Jesus: On Wright and Arrogance
• Simply Jesus: The Perfect Storm (Chapters 3 & 4)
• Simply Jesus: Unpredictable (Chapter 5)
• Simply Jesus: On Miracles (Chapters 6 & 7)
• Simply Jesus: Why other messiahs failed (Chapters 8-10)
• Simply Jesus: Where Space, Time, and Matter collide (Chapters 11-12)
• Simply Jesus: Why did Jesus have to die? (Chapter 13)
• Simply Jesus: Our Hero and King is Alive (Chapter 14)
• Simply Jesus: Living in Act 5 (Chapter 15)

Blogging through N.T. Wright’s Scripture and the Authority of God

• Blogging through Scripture and the Authority of God by N.T. Wright
• What is Scripture?
• Israel and the Inspiration of Scripture
• Important Questions to Wrestle with on the Authority of Scripture
• Jesus and Scripture
• The Five Act Hermeneutic

What is Free Will?

• Restricted or Unrestricted Free Agents
• Restricted Free Agents: Examining Compatibilism
• Unrestricted Free Agents: Examining Libertarian Free Will
• Science and the question of Free Will
• Dennett explains Compatibilism
• What Does Free Will Do?
• How Free is Free Will?
• Neutral Zone Infraction

The Early Church on Free Will

• Irenaeus on Free Will
• Irenaeus on Election and Free Will (Part 2)
• Justin Martyr on Free Will (Part 3)
  • Justin Martyr: The Problem of Evil (Christmas Edition)
• Origen on Free Will (Part 4)
• Tertullian on the Problem of Evil and Free Will (Part 5)
• Augustine’s Evolving Views on Free Will (Part 6)
• Augustine Evolving Views on God’s Sovereignty – Part 1 (Part 7)
• Augustine Evolving Views on God’s Sovereignty – Part 2 (Part 8)
• Chrysostom: An Ancient Theologian tackles John 6 and Romans 9 (Part 9)

The NT Canon

• Is the NT Canon a Fallible Collection?
• What’s in your Canon?
• Canonization: a case study in First Corinthians (Part I)
• Canonization: a case study in First Corinthians (Part 2)
• A Canon Theology and Misconceptions (Canon Fodder)
• Revisiting a fallible NT collection in light of self authenticating documents

Sherlock Holmes: the Adventure of the Occupy the Bible League

• Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Occupy the Bible League [Part 1]
• Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Occupy the Bible League [Part 2]

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Elected Man

What would it look like if Sherlock Holmes and Charles Spurgeon debated theology.

• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 1
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 2
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 3
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 4
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 5
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Episode 6
• The Adventure of the Elected Man – Epilogue

The Antioch Incident

What if Augustine and Jerome debated theology using blogging comments?

• The Antioch Incident
• The Antioch Incident (Two Views) part 2
• The Antioch Incident (Two Views) part 3

Examining Love Wins

• Is Rob Bell a Universalist? (or what does Love Wins actually teach)
• The Gospel according to Love Wins
• History of Hell (Christian History)
• The Few, the Humble, the Reborn
• Hipps on Hell

Enns on Experts, Evolution, and Evangelicals

• Enns on Experts, Evolution, and Evangelicals
• Enns on Experts, Evolution, and Evangelicals (Part 2)
• Enns on Experts, Evolution, and Evangelicals (Part 3)