Pastoral Christology in Ignatius of Antioch
In light of the current political and social turmoil, some wonder if doctrines not directly applicable to apologetics or evangelism are really all that important. Rather than exploring the doctrines of the Trinity or Reformed Arminian soteriology, wouldn’t our time be better spent developing new outreach methods or political activist organizations? Keeping a fervent Gospel vision is essential. But believing the doctrines of the faith...
Agree to Disagree? Resurrecting Universals
Often in life we make compromises so that the wheels of society will remain greased and day-to-day matters will continue unimpeded. However, in the modern world we cite even extreme disagreements over universals as mere differences of opinion to avoid confrontation.[1] We set aside disagreements over human nature and God so that society can function with “efficiency.”[2] But this is a materialist understanding of the world and as...
The Battle for the Mind
Conservative Christians are often perceived by the world as backward, bumbling purveyors of ignorance. Some even go so far as to describe conservative Christians as willfully ignoring plain facts in order to retain outdated views. These representations are painful, sometimes infuriating, though perhaps not completely unfounded. Even though Peter commanded us to always be “prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason...
The Ghosts of Students Past: Ayden Seminary and Eureka College
Arthur C. Clarke opened the forward of his 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey by stating, “Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the number by which the dead outnumber the living.”[1] Clarke’s statistics may be skewed due to his evolutionary calculations, but the main thrust of his thesis rings true. Behind every man and woman now living stand the ghosts of those who have gone before them. The same applies to...
Fighting on the Wrong Ground: Epistemological Missteps
I realized I was getting nowhere with this guy. It was my first year of youth ministry and one of my students, sly grin and all, had just asked how I knew the Bible was true. I tried to explain that prophecies have been fulfilled, lives have been changed, science has never proven the Bible wrong, and, like G.K. Chesterton I found that the Bible explained everything in my experience so well as to be inescapably true. However, my...
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