Knowledge from Special Revelation (Scripture)
Know what God has revealed about Himself and mankind through Jesus and His Word
The Three Pillars of Correct Bible Interpretation
A graph of how a Christian can objectively interpret the Bible by seeking the willed meaning of the authors from the text
Why Christians Disagree on Spiritual Matters
While there is great agreement among evangelical Christians on the essentials, apart from a lack of training in Biblical hermeneutics and exegesis, other factors can be at work to cause disagreements
A one-page study summarizing the scriptural basis of the triune nature of God
A one-page study that attempts to harmomize the many aspects of the will of God
The study of salvation with an emphasis on God's equity and impartiality in judgment
A two-page study summarizing the import of the death of Jesus Christ
A two-page study summarizing the miraculous bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ
A detailed study on the person and work of the Holy Spirit
A one-page study summarizing what the scriptures say about themselves
a two-page study summarizing the biblical doctrine of mankind
A detailed study on how God saves sinners from His just condemnation. It addresses salvation with respect to God, Christ, the sinner, election, grace, works, free will, faith, repentance, regeneration, baptism, and the essential content of the gospel.
A detailed comparison of a Calvinstic cause-effect model and an Arminian influence-response model, with more categories than the typical TULIP model
Harmonizing God's Sovereignty and Man's Free Will
A presentation of proper methodology and a survey of six models.
Two Extreme Views of Salvation: Lordship versus Free Grace
A short comparison of Lordship versus Free Grace salvation with a middle position that avoids these two extreme views.
A detailed study of faith's relationship to election, God's gifting, grace, evidence, reason, choice, belief, trust, sight, regeneration, confession and baptism.
A detailed study of Holy Spirit baptism as occurring simultaneous to faith in Jesus Christ for all believers in this age and as distinct from water baptism
The Righteousness of the Believer
A one-page study of the righteousness of the Christian as described in Scripture
Three judgments of the Christian (keeping the table columns straight is vital)
A positive case for the logical order of salvation with scriptural implications for the meaning of "dead in sins". Also a critique of Wayne Grudem's article on regeneration and a Facebook debate with Calvinists.
A short study outline of baptism
A detailed study of baptism, including a critique of infant baptism and "occasion of salvation" water baptism
A baptism quiz based on the Baptism study above, with answer code
A short summary of six basic views on water baptism
A graphic comparison of Presbyterian paedobaptism with Baptist credobaptism
A presentation on some of the key issues surrounding the preservation of scripture
A short paper on some of the key issues surrounding the preservation of scripture
Four Views on the Preservation of Scripture
Have the scriptures been preserved over the generations? If so, how? Four views are compared.
A detailed look at a sample of Bible differences with an overview of their underlying textual and translation theories
The Continuation and End of the Mosaic Law
My attempt to apply a consistent hermeneutical approach to harmonize the verses regarding how the Mosaic Law applies to New Covenant believers
An eight-page quiz on the book of Ephesians, with answer code provided
Justification by Works--Thoughts on James 2:14-26
A presentation on James' justification with works, harmonized with Paul's justification without works
A non-cessationist, non-charismatic view of the sign and gift of tongues
A short comparison of four views on tongues
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
A three-page study on the second coming of Jesus Christ
Three Basic Views on the Millenium
A graphic illustration of the three basic views on the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ (Rev 20)
The Christian Eschatology Landscape
Some guidelines, definitions, and interpretational differences that have shaped Christian eschatology (study of last things)
Definitions of terms associated with the second coming of Jesus Christ
A short quiz based on the Second Coming Glossary, with answer code provided
A short critique of Preterism (Christ's coming is past) in comparison with progressive fulfillment
Two Major Views of Eschatological Fulfillment
A comparison of Dispensational Premillenialism with Covenant Amillennialism with an emphasis on the hermeneutical differences
A graph of five different views of Daniel's 70th week
This book by Ex-Calvinist Ronnie Rogers exposes the errors of Calvinism with sound reason and scriptural exegesis. The Calvinist concept of God is shown to be radically different from the concept of God presented in scripture.
The Order of Faith and Election in John’s Gospel: You Do Not Believe Because You Are Not My Sheep
This article by Robert Hamilton offers an historically-grounded contextual exegesis of the election passages in John with greater explanatory power than the ideologically-driven Augustinian/Calvinist interpretation.
Six Bad Habits of New Testament Scholars
YouTube video of Dr. Lydia McGrew explaining the fallacious thinking of many contemporary New Testament scholars who prioritize genre over harmonization--even some "conservative scholars" wrongly contending that fictionalization and fabrication are consistent with historical reliability and/or inerrancy
Big Book of Bible Difficulties
Drs Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe explain supposed Bible contradictions
A website intellectually defending the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy
Caveat: I don't agree with S. Lewis Johnson's Calvinist statements
Reading to Grow: A Field Guide to the Bible
Book by Bernard James Mauser
Reading to Grow: A Field Guide to the Bible
Book by Bernard James Mauser
Book by D.A. Carson
Book by Roy Zuck
Objectivity in Biblical Interpretation
Book by Thomas Howe
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
Book by William Klein, Craig Blomberg, and Robert Hubbard
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