First is Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. I’ve been going through it lately and wanted to share some brief thoughts. I’ll start with a few obvious criticisms: (1) Poor editorial work for a generally good book (the recent Politics According to the Bible by Grudem). Did someone say, “spellcheck”? The “Untied States” (instead [...]

Romans 1 Dismissed Tony Campolo writes on pages 207 of Adventures in Missing the Point: According to [one] interpretation, in Romans 1 Paul is railing against idolatry and the obscene sexual practices that he was familiar with in Corinth; he was not condemning homosexuality per se. The only problem with these otherwise convincing arguments from [...]

Romans 1 Properly Interpreted The last part of Romans 1 is dedicated to describing the depths of human depravity. Vivid, blatant, bold sin. Interestingly, a large portion of this section is dedicated to the subject of sexual immorality – homosexuality in particular. Why? I mean, surely the people in Rome are doing all kinds of [...]

This is nothing new, but it is something important that hasn’t been adequately addressed by active Christian apologists and contemporary Reformed theologians. But first I have to tell you about a new diet that changed my life. Several months ago, I began a crusade and purged my library of ungodliness. I substituted the enslaving attitude [...]

“It is the duty of all true followers of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to bless Israel and reaffirm her fundamental legitimacy and right to the Land.” – Joel Rosenberg, “With All Due Respect, The Vatican’s Latest, Painful Pronouncement On Israel is Wrong,” October 25, 2010 Introduction The unsound theology of historic Dispensationalism has [...]

What an incredibly worthless word in today’s society. It reminds me of the AOL commercials from only two years ago that were still advertising “email!” and “videos!” and “share pictures!” as if a person without AOL couldn’t do any of those things. Anyone who had ever used the internet almost felt insulted with every passing frame of the screen. Equally [...]

As we move to the 5th point of the 2010 Consensus Statement on morality, we once again realize how important a biblical neurotheology really is: 5) Moral judgments and values are often at odds with actual behavior People often fail to live up to their consciously-endorsed values. One of the many reasons for the disconnect [...]