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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

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

How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 3

November 30, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, from 1 John 4 for the commencement ceremony at Yale. We’ve seen two of these distinguishing marks so far: esteeming Jesus and opposing Satan. In this blog post, we look at the third and fourth marks. Below […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Bible, Distinguishing Marks, Great Awakening, Holy Spirit, Jonathan Edwards, scripture, truth

5 Reasons People Don’t Believe Certain Truths from the Bible

July 16, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In teaching on the doctrine of regeneration recently, I was thinking through explanations on why people would reject the Bible’s teaching on this precious doctrine. I came up with 5 reasons. These reasons apply to other precious doctrines as well. When the Bible teaches something on any given subject, here are 5 reasons one might […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Bible, bible reading, Bible study, scripture

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part VII- Adoption and Systematic Theology

January 7, 2020 by Chuck Ivey

In this series, we have been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of a right relationship with Him. You can read Parts I , II,  III, IV, V, and VI here. In […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Baptists, Bible, Foster Care, Louis Berkhof, Matthew Barrett, Michael Horton, R.C. Sproul, Robert Letham, Robert Reymond, Systematic Theology, wayne grudem

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part VI- Adoption and Biblical Theology

December 12, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

“See the true and better Adam; come to save the hellbound man.” – Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery, Matt Papa. In this series, we have been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Biblical Theology, Foster Care, G.K. Beale, Geerhardus Vos, James Hamilton, John Owen, Puritans, Southern Baptists

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part V- Adoption and Historical Theology

November 15, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

In this series, we have been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of a right relationship with Him. You can read Parts I, II,  and III and IV here. In this article, […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Foster Care, Historical Theology, Puritans, Southern Baptists

Reformation Day – Luther and the 95 Theses

October 31, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

October 31st, 2019 marks the 502nd anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. As confessional protestants, many of us recognize the Reformation as a recovery of the gospel. Here is a brief look at who and what sparked the Reformation and why it matters. Who was Martin Luther? Martin Luther was born in 1483 to a German […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Foster Care, Job, Old Testament, Suffering

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part IV- Adoption in the New Testament

September 19, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

In this series, we have been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of right relationship with Him. You can read Parts I , II,  and III here. In this article, we see […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Foster Care, Job, Old Testament, Suffering

The Greatest Words in Human History

September 2, 2019 by Allen Nelson IV

There have been quite a few famous speeches in the course of human history. Winston Churchill and William Wilberforce both addressed the British House of Commons in their respective eras with words that have been dramatized by Hollywood. Abraham Lincoln’s words at Gettysburg are studied by elementary students year after year. Socrates had his Apology […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Attributes of Scripture, authority of Scripture, Bible, Clarity of Scripture, Garden of Eden, Genesis, necessity of Scripture, scripture, sufficiency of Scripture

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part III- The Suffering of Job and the Fatherless

June 20, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

In this series, we’ve been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of a right relationship with Him. You can read Parts I and II here. In this article, we will see how […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Foster Care, Job, Old Testament, Suffering

Received Into the Number: A Theology of Adoption Part II – Adoption in the Old Testament

April 9, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

In this series, we are looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of a right relationship with Him. You can read Part I here. In this article, we will see how God’s concern […]

Filed Under: series, Theology Tagged With: Adoption, Bible, Old Testament

How to Cut Up Your Bible

September 5, 2018 by Allen Nelson IV

It was cold and blustery as the sun was setting. Ice had begun to form along the empty streets outside and Jehudi’s teeth chattered as he scurried back to the house having completed his official government business. The contraband he had been dispatched to obtain was tucked safely under his left arm as he opened the […]

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