theology

Current Events are Worrisome :: By Mark Tredecim

Current Events are Worrisome :: By Mark Tredecim

Western European energy policies have put these countries in a dangerous place. Their dependence upon Russia for oil and gas, weather conditions and power plant closures will make for a long, cold, dark and expensive winter. With residents and industries starving for energy, will the leaders respond with wisdom, integrity and courage, or otherwise? Will […]

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28 Sep 2022

28 Sep 2022

Unprecedented, simultaneous damage to both Nord Stream pipelines; Norway warns of threats from unidentified drones flying over gas and oil platforms  A sharp drop in pressure has been detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines on September 26, 2022. The investigation into the cause is in progress. On the same day, Norway’s oil […]

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Anti-Racist Strategies in the West Perpetuate Global Poverty: A Critique from Africa

Anti-Racist Strategies in the West Perpetuate Global Poverty: A Critique from Africa

Missionary-scholar Jim Harries argues that the wide differences between the West and the Rest are being ignored by anti-racist strategies. These misunderstandings are perpetuating dependencies in the majority world and stunting sustainable development. However, there is a way forward, a path of humility that rejects colonialism and embraces real equality.   Abstract Strategies designed by […]

Preach the word

Preach the word

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. – 2 Timothy 4:2 The numbers…

Hosea 2:14-23: Israel, God’s Betrothed :: By Mark A. Becker

Hosea 2:14-23: Israel, God’s Betrothed :: By Mark A. Becker

This is such a beautiful passage of Scripture that aligns so perfectly with all of the promises of God to His chosen people, Israel, as well as future prophecy during the Tribulation and going into the Millennial Kingdom, as found throughout the Word of God. In our examination of Hosea 2:14-23, we will correlate the […]

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Salvation and God’s Sovereignty :: By The Gospelist

Salvation and God’s Sovereignty :: By The Gospelist

There is an ongoing controversy in Christian circles regarding the role Christians play in their own salvation. There are those who say that the Christian plays no role in God’s plan of redemption. They assert that to make such a claim interferes with God’s sovereignty and gives the Christian reason to boast. They often further […]

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Duane Litfin: The Real Theological Issue Between Christians and Muslims

Duane Litfin: The Real Theological Issue Between Christians and Muslims

Duane Litfin, “The Real Theological Issue Between Christians and Muslims: It’s not about a different God, but a different Jesus” Christianity Today (August 9, 2016). To begin, and in the interest of full disclosure, I have previously written on the question of the identification and relation of the Triune God and Allah being considered by […]

What are the "briars and thorns" in Isaiah 27:4?

What are the "briars and thorns" in Isaiah 27:4?

I have no wrath.
Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely. (NASB)

Simply put, how should we understand this verse? Who are the briars and thorns, and why is it given to s…