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C.S. Lewis on Gender

In C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra, toward the end of the book, the main character Ransom sees the two Oyarsa (angels) of Mars and Venus, and notices that one is masculine and one is feminine. Lewis then...

August 12, 201010 Comments

As I finished reading Exodus today, my concluding thought was how significant the tabernacle is in the second half of the book (chapters 25-31, 35-40). Just as I noted before how Paul almost hijacks the...

June 18, 20103 Comments

Apostles and Cessationism

One of the arguments used for cessationism is the presence of apostles in spiritual gifts lists in Ephesians 4:11 and I Corinthians 12:28-29. Richard Gaffin, for example, writes: “many continuationists are in fact cessationists, in...

May 23, 201015 Comments

Simplicity and Trinity

Divine simplicity means that God is not composed of different parts, but utterly whole and indivisible. Its opposite is not “complex” but “composite.” To affirm divine simplicity is to affirm that each of God’s attributes...

May 16, 20108 Comments

Ban Darwin?

Many people in our society believe that all books which affirm intelligent design should be disallowed from biology classrooms in public schools. Should we therefore ban Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species? Whatever later changes...

May 5, 20102 Comments

Why the Framework View of Genesis 1?

Here is a brief synopsis of why I think the Framework interpretation of Genesis 1 is superior to other varieties of old-earth creationism which read the days as temporally sequential: 1) Seeing the days as...

May 3, 201010 Comments

Christ’s Intercession: Application

Having looked at what Christ’s intercession is in my last post, in this post I want to make 15 applications from it: 1) The love and compassion of Christ for us is real and personal,...

April 29, 2010No Comments

Christ’s Intercession: Exposition

I have been reading William Symington and John Owen on the doctrine of Christ’s intercession lately, and I am going to summarize some of my conclusions, first by reflecting on what it is in a...

April 26, 20106 Comments

Justification in the Psalms

Psalm 118:6-9: The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who...

April 20, 2010No Comments