Take a Moment...

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality...

My solution to the same-sex debate...

Why do paper cuts hurt so much?!

Is the Bible reliable?

What it means that only 41% of Americans are "Pro-Choice"...

Take a Moment...

N. T. Wright and Christian Neglect of the Gospels...

Paul, Homosexuality, and "Nature"...

Creating the Bible in Our Image of God (or vice-versa?)...

Creation: The Cutting Room Floor...

The Anatomy of Holiness...

Take a Moment...

D. A. Carson responds to Peter Enns (in 1980)...

Why God doesn't tell you everything...

Baptism and church membership: Credo (i.e. Believer's baptism) and Paedo (i.e. Infant baptism)

Michael Bird's Top Ten Books for NT Grad Students...

Pat Robertson blames tornadoes on lack of prayer...

Take a Moment...

Much discussion surrounding Piper's recent message (note - I love John Piper; he's been a "game-changer" for me; but he still can make mistakes...): Rachel Held Evans, Tim Gombis, Michael J. Kimpan, Michael F. Bird, and J. R. Daniel Kirk - Part 1 and Part 2.

Kevin DeYoung offers 10 Reasons to Believe in a Historical Adam; James McGrath responds...

Know your enemy...

Win the man, not the argument...

Truth...

Take a Moment...

A little Christmas thinking: Was Jesus born at an inn? and Was Jesus a carpenter?

How to disagree the right way...

10 words we have to stop misspelling...

Michael Bird has a few great posts on Christianity and paganism: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three

10 ways to bring the gospel home this Christmas...

6 Things I Took Away From ETS

Last week, I spent Tuesday through Friday in San Francisco at the annual meeting for The Evangelical Theological Society. Here are six things that I took away from my time there:

1. In order to live in San Francisco, you must be at least one of the following: Asian, hipster, homosexual, or rich.
2. If you are going to converse with Mike Bird, you will, most likely, have to ask him to repeat himself on more than one occasion.
3. I love higher academics – specifically of a biblical/theological nature (I have never felt more of an external/internal push to get my PhD than I did this last week).
4. I hate higher academics (there is a certain sense of arrogance that comes with higher academics [e.g. whom you know, what you’ve written, where you teach, how many languages you know, etc.] – my prayer is that I will always be connected to the local church in such a way that will help me stay grounded.
5. I want to go back to San Francisco (but not without my wife), which quickly entered into my top three American cities (with Chicago and Boston being my top two, in that order).
6. I need to go to conferences like these with at least one other kindred spirit (i.e. another brother sharing the same passion for biblical/theological education [e.g. see Jesse Mileo, Ryan James Reedy, Chris Mayberry, Bill Streicher, and Peter Gurry]).

Take a Moment...

A couple of interesting book reviews...

A short video on "who wrote the gospels"...

Tattoos and Christians...

Do People Who Commit Suicide Go to Heaven?

Michael Bird's list of "things to do and remember" at ETS and SBL...

Take a Moment...

Why Study the Classics?

Conservatives and Social Justice...

Trevin Wax has five nagging questions about DeYoung's and Gilbert's newest book about the mission of the church...

Billy Graham turns 93...

Michael Bird provides five reasons why women should go to ETS...

Take a Moment... (A Day Late!!)

According to Shane Hipps (Rob Bell's replacement), all things post-mortem are speculation...

Insult someone like Shakespeare...

The New/Old Perspective on Justification...

Does an unbelieving child disqualify an elder?

Is the world wrong about marriage?

Take a Moment...

Michael Horton reviews Scot McKnight's "The King Jesus Gospel". And Scot McKnight responds to his review. Oh, and Michael Bird weighs in too...

Would you attend a same-sex wedding?

7 random pieces of advice for the younger leader...

How to know the will of God...

Loving your wife despite your schedule...

Take a Moment...

Michael Bird provides a critique on "liberal" Christianity...

Is It Humble To Think All Paths Lead to God?

The Ten Commandments for Commenting on Blogs...

Is Tim Tebow a Blasphemer?

Thinking historically about Christian nationalism...

Take a Moment...

A brief review of Francis Chan's Erasing Hell...

C.J. Mahaney is taking a leave of absence...

Michael Bird on the Church and Israel...

Eternal and Temporal Goals of the Gospel...

Is Church Membership Biblical?