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Futile Thoughts, Foolish Hearts

February 15, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

Recently, we’ve been walking through Romans 1:18-32 for Sunday School. This passage teaches us that all men, women, boys, and girls know God is real because He has shown it to them. But they deny this reality and suppress the truth in unrighteousness. And then Romans 1:21 says, “For although they knew God, they did […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: depravity, Foolish, Hearth, Mind, Rebellion, Romans 1, sin

Psalm 37 in the LSB vs. NASB 1995

February 12, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

The LSB website recently posted its translation of Psalm 37. I’ve typed it out here and marked differences with its NASB 1995 basis. LSB NASB 1995 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness. Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers. 2 For they will […]

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

Reformed Ethics, vol. 1: Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity (book review)

February 10, 2021 by Chuck Ivey

Reformed Ethics – Vol. 1 is the first in what will be an eventual 3 Volume set from one of the great rediscovered theologians of the past. Bavinck’s method for thinking through ethics is challenging and helpful. In many sections I found myself driven to worship the God who frees his people from the spirit of slavery, grants them his Spirit of Adoption, and frees them to obey Him out of gratitude.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Baker Academic, Bavinck, biography, book review, Eglinton, Systematic Theology, theology

Living in the Light: An Inconsistency in the Grammatical-Historical Hermeneutic

February 8, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

I’ve sat on this blog post for some time and there have been times I thought it might not ever be published. It became one of those things where it was just good for me to write out my own thoughts and not necessarily let all of Al Gore’s interwebs observe. But I was recently […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Bible, Grammatical-Historical Method, Hermeneutics, Redemptive-Historical Method

Soul (movie review)

February 5, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

Though originally intended for theatrical release, Disney/Pixar’s Soul was released on Disney+ on Christmas last year given the present pandemic. Christians may rightly already be skeptical just by virtue of the film’s title and its dealing with souls. Weird metaphysics are to be expected, but there’s also a skewed sense of justice that’s worth examining […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Culture, disney, justice, movie review, Pixar, soul

Book Review — Bavinck – A Critical Biography

February 3, 2021 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: Baker Academic, Bavinck, biography, book review, Chuck Ivey, Eglinton, Systematic Theology, theology

The Immeasurable Greatness of His Power

February 1, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

We are working through the book of Ephesians at Perryville Second Baptist Church. Recently, we came upon Ephesians 1:19 where Paul prays that the Ephesians would know what is the immeasurable greatness of God’s power toward believers. It’s a really great prayer. And it’s an important truth for us today. I’m sure you’ve heard some wrong ways […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Ephesians, Glorification, Perseverance, power, regeneration, sanctification

Philippians in the Legacy Standard Bible: Instances of “Think”

January 29, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

In case you’ve been hiding under the sky☘, a team from The Master’s University and Seminary is working on the Legacy Standard Bible, an update to the much-beloved NASB 1995. They recently released a PDF containing the entire text of Philippians, and I’ve made the time to note all of the differences from its predecessor. […]

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

Unhitching: A Ditch on Either Side

January 27, 2021 by Michael Coughlin

Recent History Andy Stanley famously (well, Christian-famously) mentioned that we need to “unhitch” Christianity from the Old Testament. He tried to walk back the statement afterward but, well, that’s hard to do even if had he had a good explanation. Garrett wrote about it here, and I commend that to you. Regardless of what Stanley really […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: andy stanley, Jesus, moses, Old Covenant, prophets, reformed baptist

An Age Old Question: What do you think about the End Times?

January 25, 2021 by Allen Nelson IV

Recently, I took a seminary examination that posed the following question. I thought I would post this question and my response for our readers. The Question During Wednesday night supper at church, Bob—one of your top children’s Sunday School teachers—comes up to you all excited: “I’ve been reading the most fantastic book about the rapture […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Amillennialism, End Times, eschatology

Justification, Mercy, and Propitiation

January 22, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

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

Ep. 047 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Week 3 — TAU Roundtable

January 21, 2021 by TAU Roundtable

Listen to Allen, Tim, and Michael make their Championship Round predictions and evaluate the divisional round. We also discuss how the COVID situation and sports were related. Here’s Michael’s post about gambling if you are interested.  

Filed Under: Sports, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: College Football, NFL, playoffs, Roundtable, Super Bowl

Is Gambling Okay?

January 20, 2021 by Michael Coughlin

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

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

Encouraging the Church After the Violence in Washington DC

January 15, 2021 by Michael Coughlin

The following is what I told my church on January 10, 2021. Click here for the audio. Our commitment at CBC is verse by verse and expositional preaching. By exegeting scripture and applying its wisdom every week, we think the saints are most edified and prepared to live godly lives. We also recognize that there […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Christian Life, grace, local church, love, Reformed Baptist Theology, scripture

Ep. 046 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Week 2 — TAU Roundtable

January 14, 2021 by Michael Coughlin

Last week we made several bold predictions, but were we right? Will we be right again this week? Will Nick say the weirdest things or is he just misunderstood? Tune in to hear your favorite theologians discuss the NFL playoffs! Note: We use betting language to discuss which team will win games, but we in […]

Filed Under: Sports, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: College Football, NFL, playoffs, Roundtable, Super Bowl

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

January 13, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara

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

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

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

Ep. 045 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Preview — TAU Roundtable

January 7, 2021 by TAU Roundtable

This is our NFL Playoffs preview episode! Last year we got more feedback on our playoffs predictions than any other episodes. Michael, Tim, Allen, and Nicholas get together to preview the new and expanded 2021 NFL Playoffs. There are hot-takes, Cowboy’s jokes, men’s movie recommendations and picks for all the games this weekend including the […]

Filed Under: Sports, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: College Football, NFL, playoffs, Roundtable, Super Bowl

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