“We believe neither by our own nor by anyone else’s judgment that Scripture is from God; but above human judgment we affirm with utter certainty (just as if we were gazing upon the majesty of God himself) that it has flowed to us from the very mouth of God by the ministry of men. We seek no proofs, no marks of genuineness upon which our judgment may lean.” – John Calvin Introduction Contrary to popular belief of most Christian apologetics circles, the Bible cannot be “proved” like any other group of truth claims or any other written work. Why? Because there is only one Word of God....

In previous word studies, I’ve devoted a good deal of space to the important principle that one must study all the occurrences of a word in their various contexts as part of determining word meaning in a particular verse. That works well when a word is used more than once. But what about a situation when a word only occurs one time and you can’t compare any other usages in the Bible? What do we do then? That’s precisely the problem in Ephesians 5:4. In Ephesians 5:4, Paul warns readers, “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking.” Two of these words are...

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Detached From RealityMuch of what I would say regarding Peter Lumpkins’ delusions has been said regarding the same delusions from Tim Rogers so please forgive any overlapping. Let’s delve right in. Mr. Lumpkins really hits the nail on the head with the statement: Obviously, the statement is not without ambiguity. Were it precise, perspicuous, and altogether lucid we’d surely not have quite the polarities in interpretation we find it seems to me. Unless, of course, there is a bit of literary fudging at work. He’s very much correct. Li...

Image via Wikipedia I have argued in the past that the possibility of an argument does not necessitate probability. The idea is that just because someone offers an alternative explanation for something, this does not make it likely. For example, if I were to point my remote at the TV and push the power button and the TV turned on, the most probable explanation is that the radio waves from the remote triggered the TV’s main power switch. Are there other possible explanations for this? Sure. There could have been a glitch in the TV. My neighbor’s remote could have somehow activated ...

Question:  What is Covenant Theology? Answer:  Covenant Theology isn’t so much a ‘theology’ in the sense of a systematic set of doctrine as it is a framework for interpreting Scripture.  It is usually contrasted with another interpretative framework for Scripture called Dispensational Theology, or Dispensationalism.  Dispensationalism is currently the most popular interpretative grid for Scripture in American Evangelicalism, and has been so from the latter half of the 19th century on through to the 21st century; but Covenant Theology remains the majority report for Protestantism sinc...