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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Prophecies

This is the latest in a series of essays on baptism. You will find links to the previous articles at the bottom of this page. In the previous essay, I …

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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Beginnings

This is the latest in a series of essays on the topic of baptism. You can find links to the previous articles at the bottom of this page. I began …

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Why was Jesus Baptized?

This is the latest in a series of essays on the topic of baptism. Links to the previous articles can be found at the bottom of this page. In the …

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The Baptism of John: Purpose, Participants, and Differences from New Covenant Baptism

This is the first in a series of essays on the topic of baptism as outlined in scripture. Hello friends and thank you for taking the time to visit and …

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New Series of Essays on Baptism

Friends, I am about to begin a series of blog posts on the topic of baptism as it appears in scripture. This is a subject that has provoked not a …

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On Sin

In order to understand the world, it is essential to understand sin. Without a proper appreciation of sin, all anthropology is destined to fail. Let me start out by establishing …

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What We Can Learn about Biblical Authority from Jane Eyre

I love Jane Eyre. It’s one of the few novels that I have revisited after completing the final pages. Whether it is a landmark achievement in the history of feminism …

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Seminary Courses Available for Free (and without any Nasty Homework!)

  Welcome to the 21st century, when it is entirely possible to take seminary classes without paying any money, writing any papers, taking any tests, or indeed registering for said …

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Treating People as more than Just Bodies

A couple days ago, I talked about the biblical basis for defining a person as both body and soul, and how our ultimate hope is not to become a disembodied …

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A Biblical Doctrine of the Human Body

Are you your body? Is your body you? Are you only your body? Are you more than your body? Do you have a soul? Does your soul go where your …