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What is Biblical Theology Exactly?

This is an excerpt from a book I am working on. As any reader is aware who has ventured into the literature on Biblical Theology, there is no one agreed upon way of doing it.  This is the case whether one is reading evangelical writers or the works of non-evangelicals.[1]  Not surprisingly several definitions have Read More

Faith and Reason in Christian Perspective

It appears to me that one of the first things a faithful theologian needs to do is to straighten out the confusion brought about by the world’s separation of faith and reason. This relationship is so vital to a biblically fastened worldview that to neglect it will involve the believer in a host of conflicting Read More

Complete Series: Trying to Get the Rapture Right

I have finally completed a series of twelve posts about the Rapture in which I have appealed for humility among the various schools of thought, while also explaining my pretribulational position.  I was asked to bring the posts together in one place, so here they are: Part One: Introduction Part Two: The Main Verses (1) Read More

A Review of ‘Invitation to Biblical Interpretation’

“Hermeneutics is not just the art and science of how to interpret, but is also reflection on how we already interpret.  This is tacitly acknowledged on page 65 n.22 where there is a suggestion made to meditate on passages in the Psalms and Isaiah before interpreting.  But they quickly go on to affirm the importance of “the literary and linguistic aspects of the biblical material” (66).  This point is well taken, but it is in the employment of these aspects within a theological matrix that is often the problem.”

CONNECTED TRUTH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY

A Brief Testimony Before I became a Christian at the age of 25 I had a yearning for truth.  I tried to find it, of all places, at the local pub, ‘The Bull’.  Not the deep truth of philosophers; just the everyday truth of belonging.  Real Ale and parties and pub banter provided the backdrop Read More