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Is It Wrong to Say that Christ Is Fully God and Fully Man?
Posts are showing up on Facebook arguing that it is theologically incorrect to affirm that the incarnate Christ is “fully God and fully man.” Supposedly, these expressions should be avoided in favor of the creedal wording “truly God” and “truly … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus and Christology, Uncategorized
Tagged Chalcedon, John MacArthur, R. C. Sproul
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“Temple of Solomon” and Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Response to Robert Boylan (re-post)
Note: This post originally appeared on October 1, 2016, on IRR’s Religious Researcher blog, which no longer exists (in that form). In a recent online article, I explained that the expression temple of Solomon (using the prepositional phrase of Solomon … Continue reading
Defending the Trinity Lecture Notes Now Online
This week I spoke at the Defend Conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. I had an unusually heavy schedule! I gave a plenary presentation on “The Trouble with the Trinity” followed by a five-part breakout series on “Defending the … Continue reading
Did Jesus Doubt?
In an article published on April 1, 2021, two Christian scholars argued that Jesus had “moments of doubt.” The Christianity Today article, by A. J. Swoboda of Bushnell University and Nijay K. Gupta of Northern Seminary, is entitled “Jesus Was … Continue reading
Was the Capitol Break-in a Christian Insurrection?
In “Reflections on a Christian Insurrection” appearing in Banner, a monthly publication of the Christian Reformed Church, editor in chief Shiao Chong argues that the mob break-in at the Capitol on January 6 was a “Christian insurrection.” Is this a … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Politics
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Capitol, cleansing of the temple, Donald Trump, evangelicals
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Make a Resolution to Love Your Enemies This Year: 10 Principles from the Sermon on the Mount
One of the unfortunate developments of 2020 in America and no doubt many other parts of the world was the exacerbation of divisions between people over political, cultural, and religious differences. The political divide between the left and the right … Continue reading
5 Books for Serious Bible Study
So, you want to get serious about studying the Bible! You’re not a biblical scholar, and not necessarily planning on going that direction, but you’re motivated to work on getting a solid, working knowledge of the whole Bible. Maybe you … Continue reading
Francis Chan “Like God and Man All at Once”?
Francis Chan has been one of the most popular American evangelical figures of the past decade. He is the author of several influential books, was the pastor of a megachurch in Southern California, and has been featured in all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus and Christology
Tagged Catholicism, Francis Chan, Incarnation, Orthodox Church, theosis
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Doubling Down on Diversionary Polemics: Robert Boylan’s Response on Moroni’s Move
As I expected, Boylan issued a hasty “response” to the previous post in which he failed to address any of the substantive issues I presented there. Instead, he engaged in a poorly done tu quoque (“you too”) fallacious argument. First, … Continue reading
Moroni’s Marvelous Move from Mesoamerica to Manchester
Robert Boylan, a Mormon apologist blogger, has written a series of blistering attack posts attempting to discredit my book Jesus’ Resurrection and Joseph’s Visions. Boylan has described it as a “joke of a book”[1] and a “mess of a book,”[2] … Continue reading