Ways of Navigating Jesus’ Command to the Rich Young Ruler through the Reformation

Dr. Jonathan Pennington

Throughout history, one of the most widely debated biblical texts has been Jesus’ command to the rich young ruler. In the previous article of this blog series, we...

Ways of Navigating Jesus’ Command to the Rich Young Ruler in the Early Church

Dr. Jonathan Pennington

Throughout the centuries, there has been a great debate on what Jesus’ command to the rich young ruler meant and how this generally applies to subjects like wealth,...

Usury in the New Testament & Early Church

Dr. Chad Brand

Usury is often defined as taking or charging excessive interest on a loan. However, before the sixteenth century, it meant charging any kind of loan, whether for money...

Critical Theory and the Bible

Brian Mattson

Contemporary critical theory may be a postmodern phenomenon, but its roots in older forms of modernism are often overlooked. It essentially distills the “methodological doubt” of Descartes into...

Historic Biblical Christianity & Contemporary Progressive Christianity

Harry Reeder

Recently in light of the increasing challenges by the persistent and penetrating movement of Progressive Christianity within the Evangelical Church in general and my own denomination—the Presbyterian Church...

Christianity and America’s Founding

Rob Pacienza

Few debates cause more division than that of America’s religious roots. An increasing number of Americans view our founding as purely secular and without Christian underpinning. But an...

Reflections on Tim Keller’s Contribution to Theology of Work

John Pletcher

He walked, talked, wrote, and taught with so much wisdom and wondrous grace. Our hearts overflow with rejoicing in remembrance of Pastor Keller’s life. He lived so well...

Columbus and the Bible at the Doorway to His District: A Time Capsule of America’s Faith

Peter Lillback

These truths carved in stone remind us that the Christian faith has been a vital part of the American enterprise. Union Station is a time capsule depicting previous...

A Word on Which the World Turned

Stephen Mansfield

Kubernesis. It is a word that falls clumsily on our ears. This is because it is the English way of writing a Greek word. Yet it is a...

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