Many Protestants accept the idea that it was the Church that opted to be Trinitarian. This is a myth taught in numerous seminaries and pulpits. If that’s you – stop! It wasn’t the church that decided to define itself as…
Category: Theology
The LOGOS of John 1 – First a Plan, Then a Person
“In the beginning was the Logos…and the Logos was made flesh.” (Jn. 1:1,14) The Gospel of John starts out by telling us that the Logos became the person of Jesus Christ. But was the Logos a person before that? In the beginning, was…
What [the] Hell?
Ed Christian, Professor of English at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, shows how words about Hell and eternal punishment are misunderstood. This presentation was given at an Evangelical Theological Society annual conference. The topic for the conference was about the boundaries…
Revelation Wasn’t Written to Lukewarm Lutherans
I’m not sure how many proponents of biblical inerrancy are willing to admit that Jesus and the apostles were wrong about something so it would seem much more in line with their Evangelical beliefs to find another interpretation that takes…
$100 to the First Person to Demonstrate the Early Church was Trinitarian
If you believe the doctrine was taught in the church from the beginning what is your proof? I’ve been hearing a lot of people lately who are knowledgeable about church history saying that the doctrine of the Trinity was what…
The Monster God of Calvinism
Christians get into endless debates about free will, predestination, and once-saved-always-saved, get lost in the complexity of it all, and don’t even see the 800 pound gorilla sitting in the room. I feel a need to expose one of the…
Why Christians, and All Americans, Should Support the Palestinians, Not Israel
I was recently asked what I would do about the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinians given that Israel is in a fight for its life and has been under near constant attack by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.…
Were Jesus and His Apostles Mistaken About Jesus’ Soon Return?
It’s hard to imagine Evangelicals saying that Jesus and his apostles were wrong about one of the most important doctrines of the church but that’s exactly what many believe about the return of Christ. Peter, James, John, Paul, the writer…
Jesus Used Fiction to Teach Truth
Any preacher teaching spiritual truths can find within his own popular culture things that the people can relate to. Preachers do this every Sunday when they…use the mythology of [their] day… We never accuse our pastors of being liars for…
4 Things That Show Churches Don’t Really Believe God Leads Individuals
Do Christian churches really believe God leads individuals apart from and possibly in contradiction to their own church? Most say they do, but I’m not so sure they all really believe what they say. The Catholic Church comes right out…