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Bible & Theology

The Bible and Theology are the things I'm most passionate about and write about the most often.

Before Christianity was co-opted for partisan purposes

Far too often pastors feel pressured to remain silent on Gospel issues because society has co-opted the issues into mere partisanship. If your pastor begins to speak up on issues of race, immigration, poverty, incarceration, and education, don't glibly assume this is because your pastor has "gone

The Bible Is Clear on the Role of Women

The Bible is pretty plain on the role of women in our society. Like you, I want to submit my beliefs to what Scripture says. When I look at the Bible, here's what I find: All genders are created in the image of God (Genesis 1) All genders

You Will Not Enter the Kingdom of Heaven

I routinely run into Christians who carry anxiety that when they die God will deny them entrance to heaven based off of Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven; only people who do the will of my

How to read Genesis 1—3

I wanted to highlight just a couple of pitfalls to avoid when reading Genesis 1—3. 1. Genesis 1 is all about proper division and separation (pushing back the forces of chaos). However, that division language should not be confused with binary ontological categories. For instance, there is separation between

Hell

Yesterday I preached on hell…and its eventual emptying. I also recorded an additional 45 minutes giving a brief history of the concept of hell and an “I believe” statement about the afterlife. Links to everything below. Sermon Video and Audio The hell portion comes in the second half. Bonus

7 "Plain Readings" of the Bible That Support Canceling Male Leadership in the Church

Whenever I teach on Scripture's clear stance on the full equality of women, and their absolute eligibility to lead and teach in the church, I receive pushback that this goes against, "The plain reading of Scripture." In other words, these folks argue, someone can only come

Look, if you're going to post a video...

Look, if you're going to post a video that is filled with misinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories about a "cure" for Covid, I'm going to mark it as fake news and ask Facebook to remove it. It's not a violation of your

Taking the Bible Literally Enough

We're asking the wrong question when we try to figure out who takes the Bible "literally enough." EVERYone who sees the Bible in any way helpful takes different parts "literally"; the question is just which parts. "A man should not lie with another

Yes, Women Wrote the Bible

If you’ve ever looked at the “We Believe” statements on church websites, you’ll often come across a line like this: “The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired.” If you look at some websites for lists of biblical authors, you’ll find that many lists include only

No TRUE Christian...

Have you heard of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy? It's a way of making your viewpoint invincible by moving the goalposts of your position. "No Scotsman puts sugar in their coffee." "But Angus puts sugar in his coffee." "Yeah, but no