Some Notes on Genesis 45:21-50:26
A main focus of both the Jacob and Joseph material is God’s unfolding of this portion of his plan of salvation for the whole world, the goal being the redemption of all creation and the undoing of all...
View ArticleBibliography 1st Half 2012
A bibliography similar to the first one and the second. This one covers January-June 2012. Again, it's not necessarily complete and contains only whole books, not articles or primarily reference works....
View ArticleAnnoying Theodicy Objections
As a philosopher, this kind of thing frustrates me to no end. From a recent book review:"A solution to the problem of theodicy, that is, the reconciliation of the existence and effect of evil with the...
View ArticleTime Travel, Prenatal Ethics and other Miscellania
Random thoughts, mostly things I have posted online elsewhere:Wow, this is simply HORRIBLE journalism. There are so many things wrong with this article - it's simply sensationalism. A text from...
View ArticleBibliography 2nd Half 2012
A bibliography similar to the first one, the second, and the third. This one covers July-December 2012. Again, it's not necessarily complete and contains only whole books, not articles or primarily...
View ArticleEvil as Purposelessness and the Problem of Evil
When we talk about the Problem of Evil, there are really multiple problems we may be talking about. There is an intellectual problem, which involves dealing with evil as potential evidence against the...
View ArticleShort Science and God Presentation Notes
Some brief working notes I used to put together my 10 minute presentation I gave at Cornerstone Fellowship's Faith and Doubt event. Fitting these sorts of things into 10 minutes is pretty difficult...
View ArticleSome Notes on Galatians 3
I wrote these up for the pastor doing sermon prep at my church and then discussed some of this during the weekly sermon-prep study group thing that happens at our church. Obviously, not all of this is...
View ArticleWhy We Shouldn't Use the Word "Legalism"
Regarding my previous post, I'd like to make a qualification to my statement that Galatians 3 is not "about legalism". The qualification would be that it really depends on what we mean by "legalism"....
View ArticleSome More In-Depth Notes on Galatians 3:1-18
Basically, this is a revised, more in-depth version of parts of this previous post, this time focusing in on the first 18 verses of Galatians 3 and with some other applications:To understand what’s...
View ArticleBibliography 1st Half 2013
A bibliography similar to the previous one. This one covers January-June 2013. Again, it's not necessarily complete and contains only whole books, not articles or primarily reference works. I'm also...
View ArticleTeaching About the Bible, Not Just Its Content
I've been thinking about writing more about apologetics, maybe book length. One major topic, though, I'm thinking of working on is that of the Bible itself. I'd like to see more education in churches...
View ArticleNotes on Galatians 4:12-20
More notes prepared for the Cornerstone sermon-prep study group:In Galatians 4:12-20, Paul draws on a common Graeco-Roman discussion topic of true versus false friendship, showing that he and the...
View ArticleNotes on Galatians 5:1-12
More study notes by me for the sermon prep:In verse 1, Paul is drawing on the idea that the Law with its Jewish particulars was one of the things that enslaved the Jews in a sense (along with sin and...
View ArticleTransgender Bill
A version of something I posted on Facebook:So this passed. I know some will disagree but I think there were much better ways of resolving this sort of issue than this bill. Sorry, but I'd rather not...
View ArticleGenesis and Christmas
These are some half-formed, sometimes random, somewhat repetitive notes I made for the sermon prep study group at Cornerstone this week - enjoy!********************************** Genesis 2-3:...
View ArticleBibliography 2nd Half 2013
A bibliography similar to the previous one. This one covers July-December 2013. Again, it's not necessarily complete and contains only whole books, not articles or primarily reference works. I'm also...
View ArticleA Philosophical Take on Van Til
Actually, this is a very brief take on apologist/theologian/philosopher Cornelius Van Til's work as contained in the readings and interpretation found in Greg Bahnsen's massive tome, Van Til's...
View ArticleNotes on Acts: Introduction and Chapters 1-2
ACTSIntroductionA. Author: Luke 1. Sometimes a companion of Paul a) Colossians 4:14; II Timothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24 b) Probably present with Paul during the “we” passages in Acts...
View ArticleNotes on Philippians 3:7-16
For the Cornerstone sermon-prep study group. Basically, I see the passage as an application of 2:5-13ish, which helps organize and make sense of all the material in 3:7-16 and how it all fits...
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