Issues of Truth on Tough Texts published in 2015.
In Part 1 of “The Wonders of the Bible,” we looked at the Bible’s unique authorship, complete unity, superior languages, unmatched sales and circulation, and its central theme. While these are magnificent, the six remaining “wonders” possess a certain uniqueness. We hope these will encourage and strengthen your trust in…
In literally hundreds of instances the Bible declares, or at the very least assumes, itself to be the Word of God. This is what is commonly called “internal evidence,” that is, what the Bible says about Itself. But such internal evidence is not the subject of this study. This study…
Are Genesis 1-3 a “secondary issue”? Does it matter whether they are literal history or just allegorical? This article addresses the growing trend of the latter. As it details, if the opening chapters of Genesis are not literal and historical, several key doctrines of the Faith quite literally vanish. We…
On the heels of our last TOTT, “Theology: Queen of the Sciences,” we here examine a particular core doctrine of Scripture and demonstrate its critical importance to the Christian Faith: imputation. We pick this for two reasons: First, as we will outline, this doctrine is of incalculable importance to the…
Founder of Dallas Theological Seminary, Louis Sperry Chafer, wrote in 1947, “Systematic Theology, the greatest of the sciences, has fallen upon evil days. Between the rejection and ridicule of it by the so-called progressives and the neglect and abridgment of it by the orthodox, it, as a potent influence, is…
A faithful TOTT reader wrote, “If you would, please consider addressing the various uses of ‘fool’ in Scripture (OT and NT). Could you explain Matthew 5:22 in light of several Proverbs and Psalms where people are called fools? Are we not allowed to call people such as atheists and agnostics…
