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Sola Scriptura is not simply a doctrine about the relationship of Scripture and tradition. It is also a rule that applies to the Christian imagination: Scripture alone is the ultimate story from which disciples must take their existential bearings. Scripture alone provides the metaphors, images, and narratives that are the authoritative guides for both thinking
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Most students we come in contact with are excited to learn about Scripture so they may follow God’s call on their lives by encouraging the body of Christ. Vocationally this looks different for various students, but the passion is almost always present. Yet for many students, it doesn’t take long before seminary starts to take
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Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all. (Mark 9:35) It should come as no surprise that the concept of “servant leadership” is commended by both popular Christian leadership writers and professional leadership scholars. I’m afraid, however, that some of the people who most often quote this
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Summer is over, but the savings have just begun. Celebrate a new season of learning with discounts on select biblical and theological resources. Whether you want to master the basics of biblical Greek or need tips for seminary survival, there is a lot to learn thanks to these resources. Here are few highlights from the
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Since temptation is the front porch of the devil’s strategy to undermine and destroy faith, we need to learn how to handle it strategically. Lead us not into temptation From the time of Adam’s fall, temptation is the common experience of all humanity. Ever since Eden the lust of the eyes, the lust of the
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It’s a perennial dialogue: how do the various religions interrelate? Was Jesus merely a Jewish rabbi, a forerunner of Muhammad, a Hindu avatar, a Buddhist bodhisattva, a crypto-gnostic, or a Sufi in disguise? Or are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religious traditions all diverse paths to a similar goal? These questions tend
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God can either give or withhold talent, and so art is another field where God gives no account of himself. Especially in the sphere of art, each and every one of us lived in deep dependence on God’s government over all things. The Lord our God gives one person this talent, and the other that
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The Western world has changed dramatically during the latter half of the twentieth century. Biblical interpretation has not avoided these major changes, though the affects have been largely overlooked. According to Douglas Estes in Literary Approaches to the Bible, “the interpretation of the Bible underwent a notable shift such as has happened only occasionally over
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Probably more than in most other biblical books, Jeremiah presents God as one having deep feelings, emotions, and passions (pathos). Yahweh shows his love and affection for Israel and the peoples of the earth, but he also shows his deep anger and wrath for all the moral degradation and flaunting of his law. This is
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A lot about the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, and its middle school reminds me of growing up. When I watch the show I can see old neighborhoods and the store where we bought baseball cards, the kind that came with chewing gum that was essentially sliced granite. I relive the bike rides to
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