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Todd HainsBibleFeaturedFormationHermeneutics

Martin Luther, the Rule of Faith, and the Bible

Luther teaches that the catechism holds the entirety of the Christian faith. Even the educated laity and clergy need simple words and short summaries; how much more the simple and uneducated? Actually that’s why Luther thinks the simple need the […]

Guest WriterBibleFeaturedEvangelicalism

Does the Baptist Faith and Message Exclude Theistic Evolution?

Can one affirm a type of theistic evolution and serve in the SBC? The Baptist Faith and Message doesn't give a clear answer.

Onsi A. KamelBibleFeaturedHistory

“Are You Alone Wise?”: Luther’s Answers for Today’s Protestants

Martin Luther's approach to hermeneutics can help Christians seeking the way of fidelity in a time of widespread unfaithfulness amongst God's people.

Joseph MinichBibleFeatured

Jesus, Laughter, and the Bright Side of Life

The Life of Brian's nietzscheanism is one way of responding to death. Jesus, the man of sorrows, exemplifies another response.

Matthew LoftusBibleHistory

there may have been a manger, but it wasn't a stable

Stop your nativity pageants! What, then, does it mean for the kataluma to have ‘no space’? It means that many, like Joseph and Mary, have travelled to Bethlehem, and the family guest room is already full, probably with other relatives who arrived earlier. […]

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

The Seed of Woman: Mary Among the Protestants

One need not adopt all the Marian dogmas of the Roman church to recognize that Mary has a larger role in the biblical story than many Protestants recognize.

Joshua HeavinBibleFeatured

The Danger of Neglecting the Old Testament

American evangelicals frequently ignore or even dismiss the Old Testament. This is a grave mistake with serious theological and moral consequences.

Matthew LoftusBibleCultureEthics

solidarity and healing after the Tree of Life shooting

My own connection to Pittsburgh is only through friends; my kids have played on the playground across the street from the Tree of Life synagogue several times. I wanted to share a few pieces about the incident, starting with this […]

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Patience and Hermeneutics: On Brian Zahnd, Marcion, and Origen

Mark Randall James explains how Marcionism is as much about a lack of hermeneutical patience as it is a willful rejection of sacred texts.

Guest WriterBibleFeatured

Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative

Joseph Torres' brief overview of redemptive history as outlined in Scripture helps explain why it is valid to call racism 'heretical' or 'satanic.'

Alastair RobertsBibleEvangelicalism

Daniel Kirk, Whiteness, and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture

Alastair Roberts critiques Daniel Kirk's use of whiteness as a way of critiquing the theological interpretation of scripture.

Jake MeadorBible

The Battle for the Bible and the Literal Hermeneutic

The failure of the literal hermeneutic doesn't mean evangelicals have lost the battle for the Bible.