I will be away from the blog for about then 72 hours, Lord Willing. I plan to return. I apologize to those whose comments will be frozen i...

There is a very old error that derogates marriage and attempts to forbid marriage. In its extreme form, it forbids marriage of all Christia...

The introduction of and widespread insistence on a celibate priesthood seems to have led to a number of views in the Nicene era (give or ta...

Andreas of Caesarea wrote the earliest complete commentary on the book of Revelation that we have available. I'm very thankful that Eug...

I understand that Alpha and Omega Ministries will be offering a higher-quality DVD at a later date. In the meantime, here is the Barker/Whi...

*** Caveat *** Onan's sin was something disgusting, something that displeased God, and for which Onan was slain. The reason I'm spe...

A few folks have thought that the following quotation is significant with respect to the issue of Aquinas' view of Scripture's prima...

Last weekend, Dr. White debated Dan Barker on whether the Biblical account is derived from prior mythology (Topic, with Dan Barker Affirmati...

I recently happened to stumble across this interesting translation of Jerome's Prologue to Chronicles ( link ). Jerome makes a number o...

This post is simply a quick word of thanks to those who read this blog. I am very thankful that you stop by and read what I post. I am als...

One of David's sons died in infancy. David mourned him before he died, but stopped grieving when the child died. This puzzled the serv...

The title of this post is the title of a post by William Watson ("Billy") Birch who thinks that he has found a weakness in Calvini...

I was recently on the "Iron Sharpens Iron" (ISI) radio program. Here's a link to the ISI page about the call ( link ) and her...