Small quibbles aside, this is an excellent video summarizing biblical church government. An incredibly important topic that doesn’t receive a ton of attention these days when it really ought to. Thune really speaks my heart on many issues.  

“Science is a particular way about knowing the world. In science, explanations are limited to those based on observations and experiments that can be substantiated by other scientists. Explanations that cannot be based on empirical evidence are not part of science.” – National Academy of Sciences The irony is that this means science cannot define [...]

So, what is a “person”? What constitutes a “human being”? What does Scripture teach with regard to the fundamental constitution of God’s images? Important questions for any Christian these days, especially for those defending the faith. Theological anthropology, particularly as it relates to “what” we are really made up of, is a divisive subject. Not [...]

A friend in the prosapologian chat channel linked me to Rachel Evan’s blog article entitled “Mark Driscoll is a Bully. Stand Up to Him.” Nothing seemed terribly new or interesting (Driscoll is being Driscoll, etc.). But in browsing the site, I did find Rachel’s large project on “biblical womanhood” noteworthy, since I’m doing my own [...]

There is no such thing as a separate natural theology that could be obtained apart from any revelation solely on the basis of reflective considerations of the universe. The knowledge of God that is gathered up in so-called natural theology is not the product of human reason. Rather, natural theology presupposes, first of all, that [...]

For if the history of the world clearly teaches us anything, it is this: that God has a quarrel with His creature. There is disagreement, separation, conflict between God and His world. God does not agree with man, and man does not agree with God. Each goes his own way, and each has his own [...]

Brother Kurshner provided a response (here) to my “untenable response” on whether the ones “taken” in Matt. 24:40-41 (and Lk. 17 for that matter) are the righteous (his position) or the wicked (my position). I’ll try and be concise in responding to this latest segment of our exchange. First, Alan says “I don’t share his [...]