Beginning in early 1555, Queen ‘Bloody’ Mary as she is now known, oversaw the execution of several prominent Protestants. By October, two church leaders had been arrested in Oxford: Bishop of Worcester Hugh Latimer (1487-1555) and Bishop of London and Westminster Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555).

Resilient discipleship is not purely a reactionary measure the church must take against the rising tide (tsunami?) of secularism. Rather, the church must always be edifying the saints for kingdom work. Edification is a construction, building word. What I mean to say is this: The church must seek to build people up into maturity; to give priority to the ministry of disciple-construction.

If you’ve been involved at all in the evangelical conversation that takes place online in the last few years, you’ve heard the word deconstruction. Deconstruction is the word used by those leaving the evangelical faith after they begin taking issue with certain ideas, doctrines, ethical concerns, or cultural aspects of evangelicalism.

In this short post, I want to call Christians away from the pull of anxious feelings regarding our current climate or circumstance, and toward Jesus’s cure for anxious souls. When we look around our communities, it’s easy to be swept up into the anxious feelings of the age. If we aren’t guarded against anxiety, we can become overwhelmed by the political clamor, outrage, and general uneasiness of today. If we merely fall in line with the temperature of Twitter and Facebook and CNN and Fox News, we’ll succumb to the stress and anxiety of society. 

Theology brings baggage to conversations because often those who employ theological words and ideals have not had the proper goal in mind. A recovery of the goal of theology would help to bring back the glory of the word and the pursuit of theology itself. 

The focus of this short article is to advocate for a recovery of the doctrine of biblical sufficiency. The sufficiency of Scripture is the doctrine that says that the Bible contains sufficient information to determine how we are to live as Christians and what we are to believe. 

The purpose of this short post is not to explain my own complementarian theology in full. Others have done that, and far more eloquently than I. My goal is to give two reasons why biblical complementarianism is a source of joy for me.

Pragmatic ecclesiology is the structuring of a local church according to intended results over against the standards laid out in Scripture.

My quick definition of “God-as-cosmic-genie” theology is this: God comes near to his people solely to give them what they want on their terms whenever they want.

The year has been great, and I've had great opportunities to learn in and out of the classroom. I decided to quickly jot down a few things I've learned so far.

Soli Deo Gloria is the Latin motto that really encompasses all the other Solas. The phrase translated to English means “To God Alone Glory.” Everything redounds to the glory of God, and that is especially true in salvation.

Solus Christ is the Protestant doctrine stating that salvation is obtained through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Sola Gratia is the Protestant doctrine that Christians are saved by God’s grace alone.

The Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura is that the Christian Scriptures alone are the sole infallible rule of faith and practice.

As many of you may know, 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, one of the most significant events in the history of the church. Though the Reformation still continues on today, we should often take a look back and reflect upon the importance of this event, and give thanks to God for the recovery of several key doctrines which serve as tenets of Reformation theology.

We are called to an even higher title: under-shepherds in the church of Jesus Christ.

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen a picture on Facebook with the caption, "It's not a religion; it's a relationship," I'd be a rich man.

I hear this question a lot: "What will the church look like in the future?" We are in a time of general uneasiness in our nation and the even greater context of our world. Confusion is reigning as we recover from an absolutely insane election cycle. People are wondering about the future of the church more than in recent history.