Category: Theology

Happy New Year to each of you! I hope that 2025 is a wonderful year for you, full of many moments when you experience God’s multifaceted grace. I...

The Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is a major narrative referenced throughout the Bible, and it’s known by millions around the world. But many...

In Hebrews 8:7-8 we read: “For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For He finds...

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your...

¿Con qué limpiará el joven su camino? Con guardar tu palabra. Con todo mi corazón te he buscado; No me dejes desviarme de tus mandamientos. En...

It has become trendy in recent years to publicly proclaim that Joy to the World was not originally written as a song about Christ’s First Coming,...

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body,...

Ahora me gozo en lo que padezco por vosotros, y cumplo en mi carne lo que falta de las aflicciones de Cristo por su cuerpo, que es la iglesia; de...

What are some of the most common hindrances to answered prayer? Not Asking for Anything: James 4:2b says, “You do not have, because you do not ask....

Hobbits are fond of laughing, eating, drinking, and eating some more. In fact, Tolkien (in The Lord of the Rings) describes them as eating six...

Let me invite you into a thought experiment. What if you became a Christian? What would change? I’m talking about an actual disciple of Jesus, not...

Yesterday (that is, on the day I’m writing this), I was walking alone in a lush forest, breathing in pristine air, listening only to the crunch of...

Talbot School of Theology Professors David A. Horner and J.P. Moreland recently published a new book — Metaethics: A Short Companion. Here,...

I love studying theology. I teach a New Testament theology class at Talbot School of Theology, speak on theological issues at Summit Ministries,...

Por esto, mis amados hermanos, todo hombre sea pronto para oír, tardo para hablar, tardo para airarse; porque la ira del hombre no obra la...

The Gospels use multisensory language to reveal that Jesus’ teaching, ministry, and interactions with people engaged the senses. Talbot School of...

What does the apostle Paul mean when he uses the word “veil” in 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3? For years I didn’t really understand 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3...

Almost everyone is a caregiver in some capacity. Whether counseling friends, parenting children, educating students, pastoring a church, caring for...

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in...

Esto, pues, digo y requiero en el Señor: que ya no andéis como los otros gentiles, que andan en la vanidad de su mente, teniendo el entendimiento...

The four most important spiritual disciplines are: 1) scripture, 2) prayer, 3) church and 4) mission. No other spiritual disciplines rise to the...

My oldest turned fifteen a few months ago, and this summer he’s working through the California DMV’s approved online drivers education curriculum....

There has been a lot of talk recently about why kids leave the church. In the past few years, there have been important books on the subject by...

There are tension points all along the path of Christian spiritual formation, where Scripture seems to present opposing ideas to us. We don’t get...

This morning I was reading in Exodus 30:11-16. (Yes, a passage that is sandwiched between instructions for the construction of the incense altar...