In our previous post we looked at how the Apostle Paul thought about God being the sole ultimate reality. With this post we look beyond the New Testament and examine the understanding of the early Church Fathers. What Craig argues is that the early Church Fathers also considered God to be the sole ultimate reality. […]
I’ll be reviewing and summarizing the book “God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonism” by William Lane Craig as I work my way through it. The topic this book deals with might be one of the most complex I’ve dealt with on this blog to date. Craig sets out to argue against […]
In Romans chapter 12 Paul is discussing how the believer is meant to interact with other people. Specifically, with fellow believers in verses 1-13, and with non-believers in 14-21. When the reader arrives at verse 20, Paul uses a phrase that might catch the reader off guard. He says that for those who treat the […]
Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to read through the book of Job in the Old Testament a few times and I have always been impressed with the style that it was written in. For those unaware, the book of Job tells the classic story of a righteous man who God allows […]
I. Preliminary Remarks About Critiquing The Twenty-Four-Hour Day Theory I want to state from the outset that when I decided to do a study on the doctrine of creation and the interpretation of Genesis 1, I did not want my interpretation and study to be influenced by science. I feel like this needs to be […]
I. Introduction I doubt very much that this interpretation of Genesis 1 needs much introduction. When the topic of Creation is brought up, the first interpretation that will come to mind is most likely the 24 hour day theory. To summarize this interpretation, which is also referred to as Young Earth Creationism, this view holds […]
Just like the Literary Framework View, the Revelatory-Day Theory is a non-chronological approach to understanding Genesis 1. Meaning that this view does not take the events in the creation account as happening in the order they are presented in. Also like the Literary Framework View, this interpretation is able to neatly adapt itself to modern […]
It has not been uncommon for Christians throughout history to look at the genealogies in the Bible and use them to try and arrive at a date for the age of the earth. Even Saint Augustine worked with the genealogies in his commentaries on Genesis and in “City of God.” The question I want to […]
The issue of tongues is a touchy issue among Christian circles today. There has been a very large resurgence of speaking tongues in churches in America and around the world over the last few decades. The question that must be asked however, is whether or not the tongues being practiced today are in line with what […]
The basis of this post comes from the book “Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe” by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. I found this list in the book’s section on creation and thought that it was pretty unique in that I had never really seen this topic dealt with too thoroughly. Most of what you’ll see […]
Fields of Thought 