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Theology

“Antiracism” Deserves a Capital Letter: A Preview of Voddie Baucham’s Fault Lines

April 6, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara Leave a Comment

Recently on Twitter, a Ph.D. student at a Southern Baptist seminary threw shade at Voddie Baucham’s upcoming book Fault Lines for many flaws such as “commitment to innuendo,” riling up a “populist mob,” and lacking integrity. He went so far as to criticize Baucham and his publisher for misspelling J.D. Greear’s name and “linking to […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Antiracism, Fault Lines, John McWhorter, Voddie Baucham, woke, Woke Christianity

Rightly Understanding John 3:16

April 5, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

It seems some Calvinists get so concerned about John 3:16 being used as a “gotcha” against the Doctrines of Grace that they can go too far in overcorrecting. Some work so hard to show what all the verse does not mean that they fail to eagerly embrace all that it does mean. Certainly, John 3:16 […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: evangelism, God's love, gospel, John 3:16, Well meant offer

2 Peter 1 in the Legacy Standard Bible

March 31, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara Leave a Comment

With the full text of the LSB New Testament now available, we have an opportunity for the first time to look through how the translation handles one of the catholic (general) epistles. I’ve sought to explain every change in 2 Peter 1 in this post. LSB NASB 1995 head Growth in Christian Virtue Precious and […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 2 Peter, 2 Peter 1, Bible translations, Legacy Standard Bible, LSB, nasb 1995

5 Reasons Baptist Churches Should Associate

March 29, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

I may write a follow-up post on the nature of associations, but in today’s post, I just want to lay out 5 reasons that churches ought to cooperate. Dr. Gregg Allison says this: [C]hurches are to establish and promote strong associations with other churches for the sake of mutual accountability, sharing of resources, cooperative high-impact […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Association, Churches, Cooperation, local church, Partnership

The Living Logos and True Mythos: A Response to “Satanic Panics and the Death of Mythos”

March 24, 2021 by Chuck Ivey Leave a Comment

Finding the good, the true, and the beautiful requires logos and mythos. A response to Aisling McCrea.

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: 1980s, Aisling McCrea, Christian Worldview, Chuck Ivey, Cults, Doctrine, Patton Oswalt, Satan, Terrance Malick, Tolkein

Extrabiblical Revelation: Being Chained to the Ocean Floor (repost)

March 22, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara Leave a Comment

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Here’s a repost from August of 2018, back in the infancy of Things Above Us, that we think might encourage you today. Here in the DFW area, much has been made lately concerning Matt Chandler of The Village Church having encouraged his congregation(s) to seek extrabiblical revelation in the form of visual images. I thought […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Cessationism, Continuationism, Dallas Seminary, Jack Deere, pneumatology, spiritual warfare

Someone Turned Out the Light: Guest Post from Pastor Paul Vawter

March 19, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV 3 Comments

I’ve gotten to know Pastor Paul Vawter on Twitter. He is a good brother, though we disagree on hermeneutical methodology. I subscribe to the Redemptive Historical approaching and he the Grammatical Historical Hermeneutic. Though I disagree with what he has written, I wanted to give him a platform for publishing his rebuttal to my recent […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ Centered Hermeneutic, Covenantal Theology, Dispensational, Grammatical-Historical Method, Redemptive-Historical Method

Spurgeon – Tethered to the Cross and Lost Sermons – Vol. 4 (book reviews)

March 18, 2021 by Chuck Ivey Leave a Comment

In this article, we will take a look at a pair of recent books on Charles Haddon Spurgeon. First up is Tethered to the Cross: The Life and Preaching of C.H. Spurgeon, followed by The Lost Sermons of C.H. Spurgeon – Vol. 4. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: B&H, book review, IVP, IVP Academic, Jason G. Duesing, Justification, Spurgeon, theology, Thomas Breimaier

Accordance-fu(n) with the Legacy Standard Bible

March 17, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara 1 Comment

This post is edited from its original version. See comment from Rick Mansfield below. The Legacy Standard Bible app for iOS and Android is out, but it’s not exactly a standalone app. It’s really a repackaged version of Accordance 13. If you’ve already purchased Accordance, you can go to their web page and “purchase” the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: accordance, bible software, Bible translations, Legacy Standard Bible, LSB, NASB, nasb 1995, nasb 2020, New American Standard Bible

Full Stomach, Empty Heart: A Sermon Outline from Ruth 1, Part 2

March 16, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

Last time we looked at how Elimelech’s departure from Bethlehem to Moab revealed that he failed to, Discern the Purposes of God, Delight in the Precepts of God, and Dwell in the Presence of God. We have two final points to mention in today’s post. Elimelech’s departure from Bethlehem meant he failed to: Depend on […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ, Moab, ruth, sermon

“The Rank Game” Review

March 15, 2021 by Michael Coughlin Leave a Comment

THE RANK GAME by Storyastic Check out the promotion for this new game. One of the difficulties of family life is finding activities that everyone enjoys. Sure, the whole family says they like to spend time together, but when Sally wants to sew and Mitch wants to watch movies and Gary enjoys gaming, finding an activity […]

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Full Stomach, Empty Heart: A Sermon Outline from Ruth 1, Part 1

March 10, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

In this post, we’ll look at a sermon outline from the book of Ruth and focus on Elimelech’s decision to move his family to Moab. In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, reformed theology, ruth, scripture, sermon, theology

Biblical Doctrine and Biblical Theology (book reviews)

March 8, 2021 by Chuck Ivey

In this article, we have the privilege of offering you another double review. We will be looking Biblical Doctrine (a systematic theology, not a biblical theology), and Invitation to Biblical Theology (a how-to on biblical theology, not systematic theology). Confused yet? Don’t be. It will be ok. We can do this. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Biblical Theology, book review, Ched Spellman, Crossway, Jeremy Kimble, John MacArthur, Justification, Kregel Academic, Richard Mayhue, Systematic Theology, theology

Manga Messiah (children’s book review)

March 5, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

Manga Messiah is the first to be published in a series of manga books that covers the narrative biblical canon. Manga Messiah in particular is a harmonization of the Gospels, starting with the birth story in Luke and ending with Acts 1:8, John 20:30; 21:25. The other books in the series are Manga Mutiny, Manga Melech (“king” […]

Filed Under: Missions, Theology Tagged With: book review, children's book review, Culture, Japan, Manga Messiah, NEXT Manga, pop culture, popular art

“the Rank game” Giveaway

March 3, 2021 by Michael Coughlin

THE RANK GAME by Storyastic Check out the promotion for this new game. We will have a giveaway contest where you can get one for free! Next week, I’ll add a review of the game as well. But I wanted to let you see what’s coming. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment under this […]

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Should Small Churches Unite?

March 1, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

I’m working on my master’s thesis with Grace Bible Theological Seminary and came across some things I thought our readers might find interesting. In 1689 the General Assembly of Particular Baptist Churches convened. One of the things the General Assembly did was give practical suggestions for cooperation among churches. Consider, for example, this question asked […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: local church, Small Churches, uniting churches

A Pair of Pauls: “Paul’s ‘Spirit of Adoption'” and “Paul’s ‘Works of the Law'” (book reviews)

February 26, 2021 by Chuck Ivey

In this article, we have the privilege of offering you a double review. We will be looking at a pair of recent books on the Apostle Paul. First up is “Paul’s ‘Spirit of Adoption’ In Its Roman Imperial Context”, followed by “Paul’s ‘Spirit of Adoption’ in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception.” Enjoy.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Adoption, book review, IVP, IVP Academic, Justification, Matthew Thomas, N.T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, Robert Brian Lewis, T&T Clark, theology, Works of the Law

How Far Might Deception Go?

February 22, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

In his classic work, The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, John Bunyan contrasts the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace. In his discourse upon the Covenant of Works, he considers how far one might go and still be under the Covenant of Works and lost in his or her sin. The […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Covenant of Grace, Covenant of Works, False Faith, John Bunyan

The Church History ABCs (children’s book review)

February 19, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

The Church History ABCs is a fun way for kids to learn about great figures in Christian history. Twenty-six heroes of the faith march through the alphabet, boldly telling their stories in language children can understand. This wide range of characters—men and women from across the centuries and from all over the globe—reflects the breadth of […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: book review, Children's Books, Church History

Psalm 46 in the LSB vs. NASB 1995

February 17, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

Last week, Three Sixteen Publishing posted the text of Psalm 46 in the Legacy Standard Bible. As we did with Psalm 37 earlier, here’s a verse-by-verse comparison with its NASB 1995 predecessor. I’ve also added some small commentary below. LSB NASB 1995 0 God Is Our Refuge and Strength For the choir director. | Of […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Bible translations, Legacy Standard Bible, LSB, Psalm 46, Psalms

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