Romans 1–2 & Genesis 1–3: A Narrative & Its Backstory

January 2, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Creation & Women

August 25, 2011.Reading time 11 minutes.

The role and nature of women has now been in continual debate for an entire generation. I wrote about the consequent calamity and my personal experience of this crisis in my first post on 1 Timothy 2:9–15. In this post I want to look at who God created us to be as women. Paul’s commands […]

1 Timothy 2:9–15: Creation, the Fall, & Women

August 24, 2011.Reading time 12 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 33: Sunday “Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. “A woman must quietly receive […]

Who Are These Guys?

January 13, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

You may be wondering why I quote men who lived a century of more before us. It’s certainly not to bore you stiff! There are numerous reasons I could give you about why it’s worth the effort to read authors who use a different language style and unfamiliar words. I could say it’s because I […]

Cutting It Straight

September 22, 2010.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.”

Sola Scriptura

August 25, 2010.Reading time 9 minutes.

“We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of written divine revelation, which alone can bind the conscience. The Bible alone teaches all that is necessary for our salvation from sin and is the standard by which all Christian behavior must be measured. “We deny that any creed, council or individual may bind […]