A Dive into Galatians (Part 3: Galatians 2:15-3:20—Faith or Torah?)
The argument in Galatians actually begins in 2:15. Everything up to this point is basically historical prologue that illustrates the theological point Paul is g...
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A Dive into Galatians (Part 2: Galatians 1:1-2:14)
The Greeting (1:1-5)If you are like me (or like me when I was in high school), if and when you ever read one of Paul’s letters, you tend to skim through those i...
A Blue-Collar Bible Scholar’s Dive into Galatians (Part 1)
Back in the mid-90s, when I was a graduate student at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, I had the extreme good fortune of being able to take numero...
I Got Interviewed on “Recovering Evangelicals”
Earlier this month, I was fortunate to get interviewed on the “Recovering Evangelicals” podcast. It was a little bit about my personal faith journey...
“The Deconstruction of Christianity” by Childers and Barnett: A Book Analysis Series (Part 4: #Hope)
Finally, I’m coming to the end of my look at Deconstructing Christianity by Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett. To be honest, I have not enjoyed writing it. It’s no...
“The Deconstruction of Christianity” by Childers and Barnett: A Book Analysis Series (Part 3: “#Deconstruction” again)”
Another weekend has come. It’s time for Part 3 of my look at Alisa Childers’ and Tim Barnett’s book, The Deconstruction of Christianity. I’m going to follow the...
“The Deconstruction of Christianity” by Childers and Barnett: A Book Analysis Series (Part 2: “#Deconstruction”)”
Another weekend has come. Time for another entry into my look at Alisa Childers’ and Tim Barnett’s book, The Deconstruction of Christianity. Last week I looked ...
“The Deconstruction of Christianity” by Childers and Barnett–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 1: #Exvangelical)
As things have turned out, the first part of this year has gotten me into reading books by people that many “progressive” social media types hate. Earlier this ...
Is This a Petty Post? Maybe, but I’ve Gotta Vent About a Certain “Online Scholar” Who Annoys the Crap Out of Me: His Name Sounds Like “McFellen”
It’s late at night, but before I go to bed, I just felt compelled to fire off this post about online scholar Dan McClellan. I first came across him last year wh...
“Mere Christendom” by Doug Wilson (A Book Analysis Series: Part 6–Analyzing How Wilson Thinks How Christendom Will be Restored)
Here in Part 6 of my book analysis of Doug Wilson’s Mere Christendom, we will look at Part 4 of his book, entitled, “How to Restore Christendom.” Quite frankly,...