Category: Polemics

The Applicability of Galatians: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Gala­tians is by far the great­est let­ter in the New Tes­ta­ment espous­ing the belief that Christ—and Christ alone—is nec­es­sary for our jus­ti­fi­ca­tion. The New Per­spec­tive on Paul (NPP) crit­ics lever­age that the “Lutheran Paul,” that is, a Paul who respond­ing to Judaic legal­ism is not a true rep­re­sen­ta­tion of Paul. Their cri­tique is that Luther read into […]

Calvinism vs. Arminianism: Debunking Myths

I put together a short video pre­sen­ta­tion on pop­u­lar myths sur­round­ing the debates between Calvin­ists and Armini­ans. I also included what the debate is really about and also tips for more fruit­ful dia­logue. It has a run­ning time of 19:12. Calvin­ism vs. Armini­an­ism: Debunking Myths

The Emerging Quadrilateral

I had a hard time under­stand­ing exactly what the emerg­ing church (or “post con­ser­vatism”) move­ment exactly entailed until I lis­tened to an inter­view with Justin Tay­lor over his new book Reclaim­ing the Cen­ter. I couldn’t fig­ure exactly what I dis­agreed with in regards to the emerg­ing move­ment until Justin made it clear the ambi­gu­ity was the biggest prob­lem. In […]