Book Review · Exegetical Method Interpreting the Pauline Epistles 2nd Edition Thomas R. Schreiner · Baker Academic · 2011 · 184 pp. Schreiner’s Interpreting the Pauline Epistles offers genuine exegetical tools — but its systematic presuppositions quietly reshape the deposit it claims to transmit. Thomas Schreiner is a careful scholar, and this is a useful…
Why Doctrine Must Be Tested Discernment, Apostolic Warning, and the Duty to Examine What Is Taught Doctrine must be tested because not everything taught in the name of Christ comes from Christ. That statement may sound severe, but it is one of the clearest assumptions of the New Testament. Jesus warned about false prophets. The…
False Doctrine and Spiritual Warfare Doctrinal Distortion as a Strategy of Deception False doctrine is not merely an intellectual problem. It is spiritual warfare. That does not mean every mistaken teacher is knowingly serving Satan. It does not mean every doctrinal disagreement should be treated as demonic. It does not mean Christians should become paranoid,…
The Faith Once Delivered Apostolic Doctrine, Covenant Faithfulness, and the Church’s Responsibility to Guard the Deposit The Christian faith was delivered. It was not invented by later theologians. It was not created by councils. It was not formed by denominational systems. It was not discovered through academic reconstruction. It was not given to be endlessly…
Why Regeneration Before Faith Must Be Tested Does Scripture Teach Life Before Believing, or Believing Unto Life? The doctrine of regeneration before faith is one of the central pillars of Calvinist theology. The claim is simple: because sinners are dead in sin, they cannot believe the gospel unless God first regenerates them. In this framework,…
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