I've decided to talk a little bit about a short series on 2 Thessalonians 2:15 we are going through at victorybaptistkc.org. I have quite a bit of material, and I'm amassing more. So, this may turn into a video series here. Stay tuned!
Want to do biblical exegesis? Ye must be born again.
Does John 10:30 only teach that the Father and Son are one in purpose? Or, does it more strongly and predominantly refer to their unity of essence?
It is crucial that we discern between what is proper to divinity and what is proper to the creature, especially when it comes to our Christology. Our Lord necessarily implies a distinction between His divine and human natures in John 12:44. Both Poole and Aquinas pick up on the distinction in their commentary.
John Gill offers eight formal lines of evidence supporting the claim of Scripture's divine origin and authority.
Truth is our goal. Dudes can be distractions. Doctrines are much better. Response to James White's accusations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqFs0_0wzc
What is saving faith?
Why is Confessionalism important? What is it? Join Steve Meister and myself as we discuss confessionalism then and now.
Brother James White has accused me of formally declaring him a heretic (I have not), and of lying about his position (I have not). If you watched the Dividing Line from April 21, 2022, please watch this.
There are three basic schools of apologetics: classical apologetics, evidential apologetics, and presuppositional apologetics. Why am I no longer a presuppositionalist? I hope my answer comes in useful for some.
Must emphasis has been placed upon the obvious discontinuities between Calvin and Aquinas. But this has largely come at the expense of transparently observing the continuities between the two thinkers.
Often, church attendance is seen as something unnecessary to the life of the professing Christian. Yet, church is the place in which we commune with the saints and benefit from the graces and the people Christ shed His very own blood to secure.
Must God move in order to create? Short answer? No. Listen to see why!
What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem? What does philosophy have to do with theology? This is an important relationship to understand. I hope I can help clarify the question and its related concepts.
On a recent Dividing Line, James White called into question Matthew Barrett's use of "doctrinal development." I took this as an opportunity to address this very important and practical issue.
Hermeneutics is the science of textual interpretation. In this case, it is the science of Biblical interpretation, specifically. How do Bible readers derive meaning from the text? Is it in virtue of understanding what the human author intended and what his historical audience would have understood? Find out in this podcast.
This is a walk-through of Edward Feser's FirstThings.com article and its critical observations of Jeff Johnson's book, 'The Failure of Natural Theology'. Feser Article: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/03/doubting-thomas Plotinus' work 'Enneads': https://www.amazon.com/Plotinus-Enneads-Lloyd-P-Gerson-ebook-dp-B07951PN1Q/dp/B07951PN1Q/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1644795281 Potential sources for Johnson's misattributed quote to T. Aquinas: -https://medium.com/atheism101/dec...
Some have proposed Old Covenant Israel is the "root" in Romans 11, and it is that Israel in which the Gentiles are "brought in." But in light of a broader reading, is this a tenable interpretation?
How are we to understand an eternal covenant of redemption in God in light of a single essence in three relations—Father, Son, and Spirit? In other words, if there is but a single will of God (will is a property of essence, not person), how are we to understand the Father sending the Son, the Son being sent, etc.?
Westminster, Particular Baptist, and General Baptist Christians universally affirmed what is not termed "hyper-simplicity" in the 17th century as is further demonstrated by the General Baptist publication, 'An Orthodox Creed' in 1678/79.
Is the classical or confessional doctrine of divine simplicity and extended version of what everyone used to confess? Is it just philosophically bloated speculation? Some of our brothers have made this claim. But is it true?
Some have recently utilized both Dr. Richard Muller and John Calvin to downplay any place for natural theology. What we will see is that neither Muller nor Calvin remove natural theology altogether from Reformed thought.
How would a 4th century Cappadocian inform today's controversy over ERAS? Let's take a look...
In this video I perform some analysis of Dr. White's use of Basil, Basil's intended meaning through some exegesis of his letters 234 & 235. And then I move to show the profound and surprising agreement Thomas Aquinas and Peter van Mastricht have with Basil, contra Dr. White's point.
The majority of Christians have not articulated divine simplicity and other scholastic doctrines in terms found in historical systematic theologies. But does this mean the majority of Christians have not believed it?
Are philosophy and theology opposed? Are the the same thing? What is the relationship between these two very important themes?
In this episode I discuss several distinct points of confusion when it comes to the doctrine of God, from the identification of divine attributes to the three persons in which the divine essence exists.
The church must take a proactive posture rather than a reactionary posture.
Why are opinions contrary to the Nicene Creed or the Apostles' Creed deemed to be heretical? Is it because the creeds are autonomous authorities in addition to Scripture? Is it because church councils bear equal weight to that of God's own Word? In this podcast I try to wrestle with these questions in a meaningful way.
Another discussion is currently rising out from under the already tumultuous waters of current discussion concerning what heresy is. The term "heresy" has been employed to describe ESS and other errors having to do with the doctrine of God. But the use of that term is being contested. This shows there is disagreement as regards heresy itself. What is it?
