Imagine jumping from John 21 to Romans 1. You’ve just read about Jesus’ restoration of Peter, so who is Paul? How did the gospel get to Rome? How did Gentiles get into the church? What is this business about justification that this Paul fellow is so concerned about? Unless you read Acts, you have no clue how to answer any of these questions.
Clarks Summit University Settles its Debts
A recent email from the CSU Board of Trustees to former employees provides an opportunity to update BBS/BBCST/CSU stakeholders on significant developments since the school abruptly closed the doors on July 1, 2024. There’s good news for former employees, but nagging questions remain for concerned stakeholders.
This Week Don’t Forget Footwashing!
Many of us could go all the way through Passion Week without hearing of or thinking about pedilavium. What’s that? It’s Maundy. What’s that? It’s footwashing. Oh, right, I heard that’s in the Bible somewhere. Wasn’t there a Superbowl ad about that?
I think footwashing may be Jesus’ least understood and obeyed command. What do you think?
Remembering my Professors at Grace Theological Seminary
When John J. Davis recently died, I realized that he was the last of my Grace Seminary professors to pass into glory. This led me down memory lane and to this post. I’m not into nostalgia for its own sake—I’m trying to honor men to whom honor is due, men who labored hard in the Word and doctrine, faithfully passing on the truth they had received. Please add your own thoughts by commenting at the end.
Remembering My Friend Dan Treier
I met Dan at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in 1993. He was about to graduate from Cedarville University, and was out shopping for a seminary. Dan went on to earn his MDiv and ThM in New Testament at GRTS. I remember my last class with him in summer school 1995—it was the book of Revelation, and I was working out an eclectic progressive dispensational approach to the book on the fly. Dan was my conversation partner, while rest of the students looked on in varying degrees of bewilderment.
The Epiphany of Immanuel: Living in God’s Withness in 2026
I get that Home Alone is a funny movie, but being alone is not a plan for most of us. Far from being a fun adventure, being alone usually leads to loneliness, not comedy. God didn’t cut us out for alone-ness but for community. God hasn’t left us home alone! Epiphany reminds us that God has made his ultimate appearance to us in Christ. Baptists like me typically don’t place Epiphany on their short list of major Bible doctrines, but we might be able to make our Christmas experience more than temporary euphoria if we did.