Tag Archives: biblical scholarship

You are gods?

By | 19 Nov 2024

My title triggers Internet heresy hunters of all shapes and sizes into paroxysms of hysterical ranting. Whenever you encounter mention of the Word of Faith (WoF) movement on antisocial media, you will almost always hear the phrase “you are gods” mentioned in the same breath to “prove” WoF believers are a bunch of wild-eyed, gibberish-spouting, idol-worshipping heretics. From… Read More »

Jesus is Human

By | 23 Oct 2024

One of my earliest articles from way back in May 2011 explored the deity of Jesus. In this one, we are going to thoroughly explore His humanity. The Hypostatic Union Strikes Again! My regular readers have often encountered my mention of a divine mystery theologians have labelled the “hypostatic union.” This term means that, while remaining 100% God… Read More »

Assurance of Salvation

By | 27 Aug 2024

When I first experienced the New Birth and was being discipled by The Navigators, the vital issue of assurance of salvation was the very first item on their agenda. Why is that? It’s because, if we don’t have this foundational principle down cold, we will never have strong faith and will continually experience spiritual defeat in this life.… Read More »

Growing Up Spiritually

By | 30 Jul 2024

One dragon constantly rearing its ugly head within the Body of Christ these days is spiritual immaturity. Anyone encountering the abysmal quality of social-media discourse regarding any aspect of Christianity will agree my statement is absolutely true. There, I have both witnessed and experienced some of the most vile abuse ever uttered by those proclaiming themselves to be… Read More »

Go Away or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time-a!

By | 23 Jul 2024

While my title for this article recalls what has to be one of the funniest scenes in cinematic history — as well as being one of my all-time personal favorites! 🤣 — the actual topic at hand is exceptionally serious. Awhile back, I got suckered into one of those claiming-to-be-Christian social-media-troll feeding-frenzies I described in my article on… Read More »

Goodness Gracious!

By | 29 Jun 2024

The longer I’ve been alive and serving Jesus, the more and more I am captivated by our Heavenly Father’s character, especially His goodness and grace. Apart from His loving mercy, it is almost certain I would not have survived long enough to become an author lo these 13+ years ago, much less write this article today. Back in… Read More »