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Posts by J-T

Judas, sovereignty, and human will

It seems to me that arguing for a particular theological system requires trying to force some Scriptures into boxes they can’t quite fit in order to make sense of the rest of the Scriptures. To say this another way, it seems clear to me that when picking a theological system, whether Covenantal Theology or Dispensationalism…

are we a fraction of a fraction of a fraction?

“Did God intend for the Church to divide itself multiple times? East / West, Protestant / Catholic, various Protestant denominations, etc.—or has he been course-correcting his people throughout time through these divisions?” What a profound question! Given Jesus prayed for the church’s unity in John 17, that part is easy. No, God did not intend…

what we need is another hot-take!

You ever get on social media thinking to yourself, “You know what I need? I need someone’s hot-take. I need to know what someone thinks about some current event after several seconds of deep, thoughtful reflection on it.” What you and I need is yet another hot-take, isn’t it? We get onto our favorite social…

the state of theology…or of the heart?

On Monday Anna sent me a copy of an article. My initial reaction was anger—not at Anna, of course, but at the content of the article. The article reported the findings of a biennial survey by Ligonier Ministries and Lifeway Research. The survey focused on evangelical Christians, and the findings were disturbing. For several iterations…

let’s be faithfully present

In 1960 the FDA approved a birth control pill, which launched a massive social upheaval in our culture. Attitudes toward sex, gender roles, marriage, and morality were shifted suddenly as sex and procreation were violently separated. Because of this separation, sex and marriage were also separated. Human history has shown that the best environment for…