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The State of Theology Survey: What Most American Evangelical Church Members Believe
What do most members of evangelical churches in America believe? As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the Ligonier/Lifeway State of Theology Survey for 2025 defined evangelicals by beliefs as those who strongly agreed with all four of the … Continue reading
The State of Theology Survey and the Definition of Evangelicalism
"The trouble with this way of defining evangelical is that it creates both false positives and false negatives." The most recent State of Theology Survey, produced by Ligonier Ministries (founded by the late R. C. Sproul) and Lifeway Research … Continue reading
Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Oneness, Trinity, Unitarianism
Tagged evangelicals, theology
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Christian Reflections on the Passing of Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall (1934-2025), famed for her decades-long study of chimpanzees and for her advocacy of animal rights and environmentalism, passed away on October 1, 2025, at the age of 91. Christians should have no trouble appreciating her legitimate and significant … Continue reading
A Data Scientist Analyzes the Book of Mormon. What Could Go Wrong?
“Like many people (not just Mormons), the Bald Coder assumes an oversimplistic, false dichotomy in which comprehensive scientific proof and subjective opinion are the only two options.” A YouTuber calling himself the Bald Coder (apparently Guarav Agarwal?) has made four … Continue reading
Did Paul Merely Try to Persecute Christians? A Response to Robyn Faith Walsh’s Second Argument
In a follow-up video to her earlier video arguing that Paul did not persecute Christians, which I discussed in my previous blog post, Robyn Walsh offers another argument in defense of her claim. In this video, she reports that two … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged Galatians 1:13, Paul, Robyn Faith Walsh
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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