Theology

A Prophet Is Not a Predictor of the Future

The prophets claim more, and the people credited them with more than just astute human discernment.

The Transcript of Our Desires

If one’s internet searches illuminate our hidden desires, then the Bible serves (in the words of Catherine Dunlap Carter) as a kind of “incomparable record of human desire.”

The Heart of the Bible

The cross is the axis upon which the biblical story turns. Who is God? God is the one who was crucified between two criminals on Good Friday.

Sola Scriptura Is a Hermeneutical Claim

Biblical interpretation is both a science and an art, and it has powerful implications for what we believe and how we apply God's Word.

Is the Reformation Yesterday’s News?

We need a stronger, not a weaker, focus on Reformation theology.

Priscilla Pope-Levison: Models of Evangelism

An exploration of evangelism

Andrew Root: The Congregation in a Secular Age

Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life (Baker Academic)

Change Versus Transformation in the Church

Excerpted From 'The Congregation in a Secular Age' (Baker Academic)

How Jesus Thought and Taught About Politics

Adapted from 'Political Thought: A Student's Guide' (Crossway)

The Role Emotions Play in Theological Diversity

Because human beings are complex creatures with reason, will and emotion, no reductionistic scheme that pigeonholes us as purely intuitive or purely rational beings...