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Theology

Justification, Mercy, and Propitiation

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

I should probably get back to working on the book manuscript I wrote. Back in May, I posted an excerpt called “The Need for Justification.” This is the portion that follows. Just and Merciful But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God (being testified by the Law and the Prophets) has been made […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: atonement, Justification, propitiation

Is Gambling Okay?

January 20, 2021 by Michael Coughlin 2 Comments

The Question After we published our second playoff roundtable episode for the year, I received a question via email from a listener. Would you consider friendly wagers of $5–10 sinful? I think this is a question worth answering, and I’ll attempt to do it with brevity rather than an in-depth analysis. Does Context Matter? My […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: gambling, NFL, sanctification, scripture

God’s Hatred of Sin and the Coming Judgment

January 18, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

Since God is unchangeably holy, His hatred of sin has not changed. God will always have an intense hatred for sin. One day, Christ will return to judge the nations, and those who have not bowed the knee to the Lord of hosts will suffer His great wrath. Revelation 14:19–20 says, So the angel swung […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Before the Throne, Holiness, judgment, sin, Wrath

Socially Responsible Investing Choices, part 3 — Conscience, China, and Putting it Together

January 13, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara Leave a Comment

In part 1 of this series, I discussed the concept of ESG investing from a secular standpoint and evaluated the screening of GuideStone Funds, the Southern Baptist Convention financial services arm. In part 2, I evaluated three more Christian providers of investment funds and discussed the dollar value of ESG investing. Here in part 3, […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: china, ESG, investing, socially responsible investing

Unconditional Election

January 11, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

The biblical doctrine of election is God’s unconditional, eternal, immutable, particular, and effectual choice to save specific persons in Christ according to His own pleasure and not on the basis of foreseen faith or merit. This precious doctrine is the wellspring of every other salvific blessing believers experience for without election, other tenets of soteriology […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Election, grace, Predestination, Reformed, Sovereignty of God

Book Review — Zondervan Single Column Reference Premier Collection

January 8, 2021 by Chuck Ivey Leave a Comment

Zondervan’s Premier Collection NASB Single Column Reference is a beautiful presentation of God’s Word in the renowned NASB 1995 translation. The materials and typesetting make this a Bible that can compete with similar, more expensive Bibles on the premium market.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: bible review, book review, Chuck Ivey, ESV, Evangelical Bible, goatskin, premium bible, Schuyler

Socially Responsible Investing Choices, part 2 — More Alternatives and Dollar Value

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

In part 1, we discussed secular “ESG” investing choices and did an overview of GuideStone’s negative investment screening. In this post, we’ll look at some firms that claim positive screening and consider whether these are worthwhile for the individual investor. We’ll then consider the costs of such fund choices and whether they are worth their fees. […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: conscience, ESG, investing, Money, socially responsible investing

What Happens When You Die?

January 4, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

I had a seminary assignment recently that I thought might be a benefit to our readers. I’m posting it in its entirety below. The Question You learn that a dear older lady in your church is dying of colon cancer, so you promptly begin visiting her in the hospital. She is delighted to see you, […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: death, heaven, soul

2021 Resolutions

January 1, 2021 by Michael Coughlin Leave a Comment

One of the reasons we make resolutions is that we are people who do better with some type of regimen or schedule. We rarely naturally drift into a variety of positive habits for our lives, so we need a plan. Think about it, do you need to commit to eating poorly, or does that just […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: gospel, grace, resolution

Socially Responsible Investing Choices, part 1 — Secular “ESG” and GuideStone Funds

December 30, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara 3 Comments

Every so often, the advertisements on my social media feeds become heavily saturated with “socially responsible” or “ESG” investing products. There are also get plenty of “non-responsible” investing products and perhaps even a few overtly “sinful” investing products such as VICE (alcohol, tobacco, gambling, etc.) and TOKE (cannabis!). Lots of us are going to be […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: biblically responsible investing, BRI, ESG, GuideStone, investing, SBC, socially responsible investing, Southern Baptist Convention, SRI

My Top 7 Books of 2020

December 28, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV Leave a Comment

It would seem that with the large amount of downtime we had in 2020 back in the Spring, that I might have read more books this year, but all in all, this was probably a below-average year in terms of reading. A lot of that was probably due to Seminary work as well as finishing […]

Filed Under: General, Theology Tagged With: Banner of Truth, best of 2020, books, Christ and the Future, Christian Leaders of the 18th Century, Every Day Matters, Lectures on Revivals, Show them Jesus, The Christian's Reasonable Service, The Church of Christ, The Spy and the Traitor

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part X- R.C. Sproul’s Doctrine of Adoption

December 26, 2020 by Chuck Ivey Leave a Comment

R.C. Sproul possessed a once in a generation gift for communicating complex, rigorous truths with a winsome and accessible style.

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Chuck Ivey, Doctrine, Ligonier, R.C. Sproul

Ep. 044 | Royal Deceptions: Exposing the King James Only Conspiracies Against God’s Word with Fred Butler — TAU Roundtable

December 24, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey and Michael Coughlin are joined by Fred Butler to talk about Fred’s important new book on the dangers of King James Onlyism.

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: Bible, Chuck Ivey, Fred Butler, King James Onlyism, KJV Only, Michael Coughlin, Roundtable, Translation

Children’s Book Review — Just Nicholas by Annie Kratzsch

December 23, 2020 by Michael Coughlin

About the Book From Amazon: Read the true story of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the man who gave what he had to help others because he was grateful for what God had given him. As a young boy, Nicholas learned the story of Jesus from his parents. When he grew up, he lived out his […]

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

How to Know if You’re Elect

December 21, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

For an upcoming project I’ve been reading some of Wilhelmus A. Brakel’s (1635–1711) The Christian’s Reasonable Service. It’s a four-volume work on which Reformation Heritage Books has a great price (link). The other night I was reading in Volume 1 on his treatment of election and reprobation. Toward the end of that chapter, he gave […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Assurance, Election, Salvation

LSB, NASB 2020, NASB 1995: Three-Way Comparisons in Psalm 65 and Mark 4

December 18, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

With the recent release of the LSB text of Psalm 65,  we now have an opportunity to examine the LSB’s handling of an Old Testament passage in addition to the earlier release of the entire Gospel of Mark. Psalm 65 Within Psalm 65, a line-by-line glance through the highlights reveals that only a handful of […]

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

Why Aren’t More People Christians?

December 16, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

I live in the Bible Belt. This is a place that certainly has a lot of bad teaching in terms of theology. But there is also great access to the gospel. And sometimes I wonder, “Why aren’t more people Christians?” Sure, I understand God is wholly sovereign in salvation. And I rejoice in this! (see […]

Filed Under: Theology

One Way God Judges

December 14, 2020 by Michael Coughlin

What is the Problem? We draw people to the Savior by proclaiming God’s holiness whenever we have the chance. It is the contrast between God’s holiness and man’s sinfulness that is often used to cause men to tremble in fear before the Lord and repent and believe in Christ. To avoid declaring God’s holiness to […]

Filed Under: Evangelism, Theology Tagged With: compassion, judgment

Book Review — Kingdom Through Covenant – 2nd Edition

December 11, 2020 by Chuck Ivey

In Kingdom Through Covenant – 2nd Edition, Gentry and Wellum have given us a much needed updated to their seminal work on the biblical covenants. Whether one finds their arguments convincing or not, theologians who argue for or against covenant theology or dispensationalism will eventually have to consider the claims made by the authors.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1689, Biblical Theology, book review, Chuck Ivey, covenant, Crossway, dispensationalism, Gentry, reformed baptist, Systematic Theology, theology, Wellum

A Open Letter to Afflicted Saints

December 9, 2020 by George Alvarado

To my dear afflicted Saint, I write this with tears that have been recently mixed with emotional pain and grief. I know what it feels like to have people text, email, and call you, and still receive no comfort. I mean, it’s nice to know that people are thinking and praying for you. But the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: affliction, death, Infertility, jesus christ, pain, sickness, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, trials

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