Reading with Exiles Approach to Revelation & Eschatology 28 Feb 202220 Oct 2021 There are potentially 36 possible combinations of one's view of the end times—some more exegetically tenable than others. Due to the revelatory and apocalyptic nature of this book, it is…
Reading with Exiles Incarnation 2 Nov 202116 Oct 2021 Athanasius began his treatment of the incarnation with creation and traced his argument with a similar outline to Genesis. He started here because God had created all things out of…
Reading with Exiles Substitutionary or Governmental Atonement? 25 Oct 202116 Oct 2021 Debates surrounding Christ’s atonement existed since the church’s inception. There are those who hold that Christ's work on the cross was primarily substitutionary—he took the place of sinners and incurred…
Reading with Exiles Van Til’s Apologetics 23 Oct 2021 "According to what standard?" is the common refrain of those who follow the apologetic of Cornelius Van Til—Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1929 until 1972. The most…
Reading with Exiles Christianity and Liberalism 16 Oct 2021 It seems that Christianity is always responding to error. If it's not arianism, it's sabellianism. If it's not adoptionism, it's docetism. If it's not donatism, it's transubstantiation. Every time error…
Reading with Exiles Predestined for Joy 9 Oct 20219 Oct 2021 During my years in Lancaster, PA, I received the distinct privilege to proclaim God's Word at a local Dutch Reformed church in the small town of Manheim, PA–Jerusalem Church. These…
Reading with Exiles Martin Luther & Freedom 28 May 202116 Oct 2021 Martin Luther created an unintentional split in the church when he posted his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany. The Roman Catholic church could have either condemned…
Reading with Exiles Paul on the Person 1 Mar 202116 Oct 2021 Heavily influenced by the notion of autonomy and freedom, modern-day Western evangelicalism tends to view the person in isolation. Rather than seeing the person in relationship to his/her community and…
Reading with Exiles Who’s Got the Power? 29 Jan 20219 Oct 2021 What do a president, chief executive officer, parent, baby, warlord, and pastor all have in common? They all have power. The president has power to finalize laws that structure society…
Reading with Exiles The Historical God 24 Nov 202016 Oct 2021 Theology is helpful insofar as the applications of theology adapt to meet the challenges of the day. Surely, knowing how Hippolytus wrestled with articulating the distinction between Jesus and creation…
Reading with Exiles Suffering During COVIDtide 17 Nov 20209 Oct 2021 If the church became acquainted with one thing during 2020, it is suffering. Many church members entered the new decade resolved to start a fresh chapter in their story. However,…
Reading with Exiles Lesslie Newbigin’s “Proper Confidence” & B. B. Warfield’s “The Inspiration & Authority of the Bible” 12 Oct 202025 May 2021 The doctrine of Scripture, or bibliology, was reexamined heavily in the 19th and 20th centuries. On one side were liberals who tended to hold the Bible in a more doubtful…
Reading with Exiles Double Review: Goheen, A Light to the Nations & VanDrunen, Living in God’s Two Kingdoms 21 Sep 202010 Apr 2021 A recent theological discussion is Kingdom Theology. Kingdom theology is shorthand for how a Christian interacts with God's creation. One Kingdom Theology recognizes the integration between the “sacred” and “secular”…
Reading with Exiles Review: Vander Zee, Christ, Baptism & the Lord’s Supper 14 Sep 202016 Oct 2021 Leonard Vander Zee's Christ, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship is a contemporary and thoughtful work on the sacraments. While Vander Zee approached the sacraments…
Reading with Exiles Review: Bonhoeffer, Life Together 10 Aug 202016 Oct 2021 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community. Translated by John Doberstein. New York, NY: HarperOne, 1954. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together is a classic work on the church.…
Reading with Exiles Review: Zacharias & Forrest, Surviving & Thriving in Seminary 27 Jul 20209 Oct 2021 As a former Bible college and now seminary student, neither of my introductory courses covered how to thrive as a student. As a result, I think this gap in the…
Reading with Exiles Review: Al Wolters’ Creation Regained 22 Jun 20209 Oct 2021 As people go through the developmental stages of life, they process through questions related to the meaning of life: Who are we?What will happen when we die?When did life begin…
Reading with Exiles On Reading & Reviewing 15 Jun 20209 Mar 2021 If you know me, you know that I am an avid reader! I have an extensive library that I've been chewing through for several years. My wife can attest that…
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