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My Basket of Questions
Last Monday we had our last PhD seminar meeting on Old Testament Ethics with Dr. Block, in which we faced one of the toughest issues in the whole Bible: God’s command for Israel to exterminate the...
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Theses on “Science” and “Faith”
At some point I hope to post a lengthier discussion of “science” and “faith,” especially as it relates to inerrancy, but for now I will content myself with proposing several theses that I hope will...
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Did your Sunday school teacher ‘get it right’?
Emerging adults have a special talent for critique. At 35, I’m probably not a “young adult” any more, but I well remember those heady days in college where I measured everything against my new-found...
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Carl Trueman Weighs in on the Historical Adam
Carl Trueman, professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), has an excellent post on the importance of the question of Adam. Trueman’s main thrust is not to defend the...
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On Accommodation and God’s Sovereignty
I’ve been thinking about the idea of divine accommodation a lot recently, due mainly to my research on the ancient Near East (ANE) creation and flood stories. Reading Richard Hess’ book, Israelite...
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Roe at 40: Wheaton Reflections
In a 1998 article, Wheaton’s current president, Philip Ryken, cites these words from Thomas Boston (d. 1732): Our generation-work … is the work we have to do for God and the generation in which we...
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The Waiting Place
Are you in The Waiting Place? Waiting for healing Waiting for test results Waiting for a tax refund Waiting for clear direction Waiting for interest rates to go up Waiting for the phone to ring with a...
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Still Changing Lives: A Tribute to a Wheaton Graduate, Dr. Howard Hendricks
It was one of those books that had you at “hello.” The first line of the preface read, “With the kind of start I had in life, I’m sure I could have soon died and gone to hell and nobody would have...
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are you making plans?
One of Wheaton’s own doctoral students gave an outstanding message in Grad Chapel yesterday. Susan spoke on James 4:13–17, a relevant text for all of us who spend a good deal of time thinking about...
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The Real Spiritual Presence of Christ at the Table (A Dialogue with John...
What is real? Davis begins his book with three possible answers to that fundamental question: scientific naturalism (modernity), digital virtualism (postmodernity), and trinitarian supernaturalism...
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On Syncretism
Syncretism has been one of the most enduring and devastating threats to the faithfulness of God’s people. At almost every stage of biblical history, God’s people have given in to the pressures of the...
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The Eternal Bride and the Temporal Tower: On the Proper Aim of Academic Study...
As the title of this post indicates, I have two institutions in mind: The Ivory Tower from The NeverEnding Story the bride of Christ, which is the Church, and the ivory tower, or the academy. I hope...
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