Parchment & Pen Blog

This is the first post in an occasional series that will appear on this blog, dealing with frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the doctrine of the Trinity. This series will not be providing an overview of the biblical teaching concerning the Trinity. For such an overview, please see my outline study on the Trinity, which [...]

I was watching football with some people this weekend. This is what I do . . . don’t bother me on Saturdays (unless OU is doing bad then I am too depressed to watch any football). I had a fellow whom I have been coming to know over the last few of months join us [...]

Join Michael Patton and Rob Bowman as they continue their discussion on the destiny of the unevangelized.

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17. Belief that Jesus will come again – 2 I don’t see why any Christian would ever deny that Christ is coming again . . . wait, scratch that . . . I forgot about the Preterists. Preterists say he has already come. Preterists: your Gospel is seriously lacking in its fullness. Just because it [...]

Here is the summary of our Bible study this morning: “Live in such a way where the only thing you have left to do is die.” May God grant us such a life today.

Continuing the previous post. 8. Belief that Christ is fully God and fully Man – 1 Again, I am not trying to enforce a Chalcedonian articulation on your belief, but I don’t believe that someone could say that Christ was not man and have any sense of understanding of the true Gospel. This would be [...]

I guess that I will take the test again. I thought that I took it before, but I guess it got lost in the crash. I will break it up into three parts. Progressives: I know what you are going to say . . . typical fundamentalist. Fundamentalists: I know what you are going to [...]

In a recent SBL Forum, Tony Burke charges conservative scholars with doing bad historical research, biased in the extreme against the apocryphal gospels in particular. The provocative title of his essay is “Heresy Hunting in the New Millennium” (Tony Burke, ” Heresy Hunting in the New Millennium,” SBL Forum , n.p. [cited Aug 2008]. Online:http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=787). [...]