Bill Fiess emailed me a blog from October 23, 2017. The blog is from Logos Bible Software. It is called the LAB, or Logos Academic Blog. Here is what Dr. Matthew Bates said in response to the question, “What makes a good Bible scholar?” I think some of our best biblical scholars…act like crime-scene investigators.

I was on Staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, now Cru, from 1974 until 1978. I still get the Alumni newsletter, Connections. In the October 2017 Connections I was encouraged to read the comments of Cru President Steve Douglass about Cornelius in Acts 10. While he is not an exegete or a theologian, he makes

Does Your Specific Name Need to Be in the Bible in order to Have Assurance? In the September 1993 issue of Dispensationalism in Transition, Dr. Kenneth Gentry wrote: Assurance is subjective, rooted in the heart of the believer. If we say assurance is essential to saving faith, then we are ultimately saying no man is

Sharon and I flew into Las Vegas at noon on Saturday, October 14. On Saturday evening we had a fantastic supper at the home of our wonderful hosts, Tim and Daria Vanselow. We enjoyed great fellowship with them and Pastor Dick Olsen, his wife Debbie, and one of the Deacons, Al Bingham. Cracked crab and

Do you know people who have had cataract surgery? Maybe you have. Likely we all will need it if we live long enough. Cataracts are physical impairments to our vision. The lens of the eye stops working correctly. The result is a decrease in vision, especially at night. The repair is simple: replace the lens.

I just got a book called No Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came from, What It Is, and Why It’s Harmful. It is by Andrew David Naselli. My review will appear in the next issue of our journal. In this blog, I just want to focus on one of Naselli’s main concerns. He believes

A friend sent me the Nashville Statement. A coalition for Biblical sexuality met to draft a statement on marriage and sexuality. The statement does a good job of promoting marriage as between one man and one woman and of denying that homosexuality or transgenderism are consistent with God’s purposes in creation. They also distinguish between

I recently read a book called Surviving and Thriving in Seminary by Daniel Zacharias and Benjamin Forrest. Nearly 40 years ago when I went to seminary, I had no background in theological studies other than a few summer courses when I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. So I could have used a