A New Book by Matthew Bates Matthew Bates received his Ph.D. from a Catholic school (Notre Dame) and he teaches at a Catholic school (Quincy University). He indicates in the introduction that he hopes “this book will ultimately contribute to the healing of that long-festering wound between Catholics and Protestants” (p. 6). Bates’s theology is,

My thanks to all who prayed for our conference on eschatology last week. It was such an encouraging time. Here are some of the comments that the conferees put on their evaluation forms: “Spot on!” “Full of hope + GRACE!” “Wonderful!” “Great.” “Thoroughly enjoyed it.” “Excellent.” “Great topic.” “Best ever!” “Outstanding!!!” “AWESOME!” “Wonderful!” “Timely, pertinent,

Recently a reader sent me a link to a video in which Dr. Schreiner, a leading New Testament scholar, defends the doctrine that everlasting life cannot be lost. When I watched the video, I was struck by incongruities which are also evident in his writings (click here to see my review of The Race Set

We have had an annual conference somewhere in the DFW area for 21 years in a row. Today (Monday April 21) our 22nd annual conference begins. This time is always exciting and stressful for me and for the rest of the staff. There is so much to do to get ready: finalize and print the

It would be humorous except that this happens all the time and it is intentional. A preacher says, “Justification if by faith alone, apart from works. All you need to do is believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and He instantly justifies you. So if you repent and believe and then persevere in good works

A palindrome is a word or words which read the same forwards and backwards: level, deed, Anna, Eve, Abba. That last word isn’t even English. It is an Aramaic word we find in several places in the NT. But all of those are Biblical palindromes. The Greek preposition alla means but, however, nevertheless. It is

If you read lots of Christian books, or watch lots of popular preachers on TV, you will notice that many of the most popular preachers and authors have stopped emphasizing God’s Word. It used to be that preachers and Christian authors would go verse by verse through a passage. They would make lots of important

I met Bruce Wilkinson, then the head of Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary in Portland Oregon in June of 1987. He was teaching a one-week class on eternal rewards. Each day after class a group consisting of Bruce, Earl Radmacher, Zane Hodges, Gerry Breshears, Josef Tson, Mike Cocoris, and I