Issues of Truth on Tough Texts published in 2018.
Once again we turn to questions our readers have on certain texts of Scripture or specific issues. In this installment of a series that began way back in January of 2008, we address three questions: Are the Ten Commandments for Today?; Was King Saul Saved?; and What About “Faith Promise”…
Grace is our Theology. In a sense, the word grace sums up all biblical Theology. Of all the theological words we could discuss—redemption, reconciliation, justification, sanctification, glorification, election, and many more—none cuts to the heart of our theology like grace. Today’s redefining of the Gospel is not the Gospel at…
What does Acts 2:38 (one of several verses will examine), tell us about salvation? Is it dependent not only upon repentance and faith in Christ (cf. Acts 20:21; Rom. 1:17; Eph. 2:8; etc.) but also on baptism? Baptismal regeneration is the teaching that salvation comes by water baptism administered by…
This issue of TOTT, which in August celebrates the completion of 13 years of this publication, adds a new category. While most issues over the years have been full articles on a “tough text” or important topic, and others have answered reader questions that were shorter in length, this new…
Among the harshest criticisms leveled by skeptics against the biblical record, and even God Himself, is the wholesale slaughter of the Canaanite civilizations to the last man, woman, and child. How can we explain this? How can we possibly reconcile the “horrific commands” of Deuteronomy 20:11–18 with the same God…
Of all the times of the year—when we boast that “Jesus is the reason for the season”—this should be the one when Christ is highly exalted instead of being a footnote in the shadow of all the festivities. Philippians 2:5-11 is, as James Boice so well put it, a mini-course…
