Morality, the Torah, and a Transcendent Standard: Further Clarification
Before I begin my extended book analysis of Dan Barker’s Mere Morality, I wanted to write a post in which I clarify a number of points I’ve made, both in my thr...
Category: Paul the Apostle
An Extended Analysis of Ken Ham’s Book, “Six Days” (Part 2: Why the Foundation of the Church isn’t Jesus)
In this next post in my series in which I analyze Ken Ham’s book, Six Days, The Age of the Earth and the Decline of the Church, I am going to take a look at the...
I Corinthians 14:33b-35: A Textual Adventure–(i.e. What to do with those noisy women in church?)
One of the most controversial and contentious issues in churches today has to do with the role of women in leadership roles. I grew up in an Evangelical culture...
Answers in Genesis Can Use “Heresy” as Well…or more properly speaking, they MISuse the term “heresy”
Earlier this month, I came out with my book, The Heresy of Ham, in which I take a long, hard look at young earth creationism against the backdrop of, not only s...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapters 15-16–Thus Ends the Argument (Plus Some “Pro-Woman Stuff” at the End) (Part 21)
Here we come to the end of Romans, where Paul sums up his argument for unity in the Church. Romans 15:1-6 After his comments on “food and drink,” and how Jews s...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 14–Living with the Strong and the Weak in the Church (Part 20)
The final section of Paul’s argument in Romans is found in 14:1-15:13. It deals with relationships within the community of faith. Or to put it another way, it t...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 13–Authority (Respect it!) and Taxes (Pay it!) (Part 19)
News flash: Christians are not called to live only within their Christian community. They also have live in the real world, with pagans and secular (and sometim...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 12–Priests, Sacrifices, and What is Good–and a Few Burning Coals (Part 18)
With all that “Gospel theology” in Romans 1-8, and then the questions regarding ethnic Israel now explained in Romans 9-11, Paul turns his attention to explaini...
Paul’s Letters to the Romans: Chapter 11–Remnants, Idolaters, and True Israel (Part 17)
In Romans 11, Paul wraps up his argument of Romans 9-11. Remember, Romans 9-11 is all focused on the issue regarding why Paul’s fellow Jews missed out and rejec...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 10–Okay, How Did the Jews Screw Up? (Part 16)
Before we move on to Romans 10, I want to point out that we must realize that the issues Paul is addressing in 9-11 are issues he had been dealing with for year...