The Articles

Ordered by date of publication with the most recent article listed first
Date of last publication: May 11, 2012



The Irony of Roman Peace and the Cross of Christ

God and the reality of evil creatures

Turn a deaf ear to any speaker who avoids mention of Jesus Christ

A Sea of Words

Worship is a march to the grave, and theology is its dirge.

The Egytpain “manifest god”, and rival “sons of the gods” near the time of Christ

She would not worship the God who is.

The Trinity (not Mere Monotheism)

Part 2: The Christlike God was Lifted High for Revelation and Redemption

Part 1: Was God constrained, prior to creation, to create the world, send his Son, and reveal himself to humans?

Worldviews: From Schaeffer to Beck

Jesus and the Dynasty of David

Theology and the Identity of God: Christmas Article for the Louisburg Herald

Permansivist: Rightly Naming the Amillennial Interpretation of Revelation.

What part of “Everlasting” don’t you understand?

Inerrancy and the Manuscripts of the New Testaement

The Worship Leader Must Lead

The Fragmented History Trap and Lack of Synthesis

Graphing the Results of a Word Study while Accounting for Book Sizes

Part 4: Chasing Byblos and Cracking a Dead Language

A Biblical Study Tour in Kansas City

How did the death of Jesus glorify God?

Bible Trivium

Another Westminster Seminary graduate signs-off on evolution

“They know not what they do…”, Two Critical New Testament Books Needful for Every Pastor

6. The New Testament is not Silent Regarding Infant Baptism

What does Marxism have to do with religion?

20 Theological Patterns of Nascent Liberalism

English to Hebrew Exercises for the iPhone

Isn’t it safer to believe in God than to not believe?

Archaeology, Liberalism and Israel’s Exodus

24 Reasons for a Name Change

Can God hate people?

Why would God choose to damn someone?

5. Baptism is valid even if the person baptized drowns under the baptismal waters

Christianity is not a system to transform culture

4. Babies are Baptized on the Basis of Covenant Theology

The Exodus from Egypt and the Ark

Witholding the news of Christ from your children is to hate your own children

3. How Baptist Books Helped Me Rethink Being a Baptist

Why was Jesus baptized?

“Before time began”, Titus 1:2 – a correction to the English and a note on the Greek.

Adultery and False Doctrine

Annotated Bibliography on Infant Baptism

Is eternal damnation also eternal conscious torment?

Do churches have sacred spaces?

2. Infant Baptism and Solidarity with Christ

Greek Master Verb and Morphology Chart

Proverbs for My Son

Are Christians required to tithe (to give ten percent of their income)?

1. A Journey through Infant Baptism

Blessed is he who dashes your children against the rock?

Dr. Ed Young of The Winning Walk opposes an important biblical teaching

What is your position on Creation?

Munus Triplex: The Threefold Office of Christ

What is preaching?

Does Time Exist?

God in his Being: Has He Entered into the Future?

Are we living in the Last Days?

Q: I was raped…, Where is God?

Did my friend actually hear God speak?

My husband hits me, can I divorce him?

The Bible tells us to fear God. What does this mean?

Where is God when my world is collapsing?

Obama’s Liberation Theology and the Death of Christ

Dust of the Earth: Food of Demons

Psalm 147 in the Light of Jesus: Sermon Notes and Handout

Review of T. David Gordon’s, Why Johnny Can’t Preach

Annotated Bibliography for Genesis and the Eden Narrative

‘True’ and ‘Truth’ in the Gospel of John and John’s Writtings

Pilate asked Jesus, “What is Truth?”

We can love loving God more than we actually love God

Suffering Exists Because Worship Doesn’t

God is News to Satan

Protected: God on Trial

Part 2: Church Discipline vs. Responsibility in Relationships

Theologian of the Cross

Richard Gaffin on the Resurrection

Ten Significant Events in Christian History Since 100 AD

Review of The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

Part 1: Church Discipline vs. Responsibility in Relationships

Publishing Milestone: 100 Articles and 275 pages (also: How Message and Media Merge)

Memory Maps for Mastering Biblical Hebrew Verbs

Translating Merneptah’s Egyptian Victory Hymn

Is God Outside of Time?

Pictorial Survey of the Bible

Covenantal and Reformed

It is profoundly Christ-like to be non-significant

Would you worship Jesus if you might slip on ice?

New Discovery: Ancient Hebrew Text about Widows and Orphans

Costly Worship

An Open Letter to the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

Hebrew, Kline and Redemptive History

Eschatology. What is it?

Suffering: a blessed estate

Arrogance and Truth

2nd Temple Judaism and the New Perspective

Nativity Statues of Jesus

Remove the bands, and many churches will empty

Wingreen English-to-Hebrew Answer Key and Software

Download Sofware for the Greek Old Testament

Download Ugaritic Software

Blog Facelift and Engine Overhaul

The Trail of Blood

Hebrew Grammar: Sheva-Glue and Moving Accents

Old Testament Manuscripts and 18 Tiqqune Sopherim

A Theologian of Suffering Names Things Properly

The Old Testament Aleppo Codex: Vowels Added after Consonants

Israel in Egypt

How a church can have a modern reformation and be truly emergent

What happens after death, and then what happens after that?

Automobiles and Eschatology

Genesis, the Flood, and a Druken Sailor

Genesis is an Epic with Epics

Genesis was written by a Genius

Archaeology Supports Genesis: Old Artifacts bring Fresh Light

Can God Write a Book? Has God Really Said…?

The Documentary Hypothesis does Damage to the Bible

Genesis Research: Table of Contents

Images of God used in Worship

Downloadable Truth… Is it Healthy?

Who Wrote the Bible? And What is the Title Page of the Bible?

God opens up heaven-space to humans

The Cross as an Instrument of Joy

Beyond Relevance

Fives Stages of the Kingdom of God

The Religious Culture of Personality Cults and Mega-Everything

Speculative Thinking vs. Revelation Thinking

What do dying people ask for?

Suffering with Joy

Truly this was the Son of God — Mark 15:39

“Cancer does not define me”, Rachel Barkey, dying of cancer

A Southern Baptist Church with Elder Rule (Part Two)

Most Influential Books

A Reply to Jeannie Taylor on Changing Church Names

The Trinity

The Temptation of Christ

God is like this: Jesus washed feet

Masoretic or Biblical Hebrew vs. Modern Hebrew

Why do we make mistakes in interpreting the Bible?

Efficiently Using Greek, Hebrew and English Fonts

Looking under the hood of the Bible

The New Exodus

Ancient Manuscripts of the New Testament

A Nebuchadnezzar Artifact

Ancient Facts vs. Traditional Interpretations

The Prayer of Jabez

Song of Solomon

Epigraphic or Archaic Hebrew

God’s Name Found outside the Bible on the Mesha Stele/Moabite Stone

Was Jesus in Hell between the Cross and Resurrection?

New Testament Elders (Part One)

Why you should consider a church close to home

Byblos Part III: Decrypting a Dead Language

Hebrew Online

Jesus Alone is Relevant

Be Holy

Elephant

You can improve your brain power!

Death is not an Impediment to Deity

Paul’s Theology Hinges on this: Jesus is God.

Jesus is God

Encoding Byblos Signs

Chasing Byblos – Decrypting a Dead Language

You Can Have a Theology of the Resurrection

Overland Park: 2008 Archaeology Slide Shows

Truly, God Hides Himself

What is a Christian Sermon?

God on Trial. Is He Guilty? Genesis and Romans.

Slide Show: July 26th, August 2nd and August 9th

Gezer and Jesus

Field Work, Lab Work, Publication Work… And How Jason Pondered a Wookalar Hole

Restoring Solomon’s Casemate Wall

Supervisors at Gezer. A Broken Jar on Day 20 of our Dig

Actually digging… More of the Iron Age

Actually digging… Walls, Coins and a sneak peak at the Iron Age

Kids and Guns in Israel and the West Bank

Actually Digging…

Is the Bible a Reliable Source of History

The Bible and Water Systems

Digging Gezer, 2007, Preparing for the Field — Part 3

Digging Gezer, 2007; Preparing for the Field — Part 2

Digging Gezer, 2007; Preparing for the Field — Part 1

Israel, Jesus and the People of the Last Days