Sola Scriptura is Not Solo Scriptura
In understanding the Reformation commitment to Sola Scriptura, it has become increasingly necessary to distinguish this truth from the distorted error of Solo Scriptura – an error that Rome…
Stephen Unthank
Stephen Unthank (MDiv, Capital Bible Seminary) serves at Greenbelt Baptist Church in Greenbelt, MD, just outside of Washington, DC. He lives in Maryland with his wife, Maricel and their two children, Ambrose and Lilou.
Early Heresies: Pelagianism
Some diseases are more pernicious, causing more damage to the body, than others. And in like fashion some heresies tend to have a kind of pernicious staying power that cause…
Preaching the Parables, Pt. 6: From Text to Sermon
After the preacher has wrestled well with all the interpretive difficulties that come with reading and understanding the parables of Jesus, the task now lies before him to communicate and…
Alcuin of York, Part 2
Part 1 can be found here. Alcuin & the Carolingian Renaissance Something should be said here on the impact Alcuin had on the Carolingian renaissance, especially the connection between Alcuin’s…
Alcuin of York, Part 1
Introduction About three hundred and twenty-five years after Alaric sacked Rome, and the light of the Eternal City was fading into twilight, indeed, with the sudden rise of vicious Viking…
What is Hell Not? Pt 2, Annihilationism
When thinking about eschatology (the study of last things), many assume that these doctrines are, at best, secondary issues, or, at worst, entirely indifferent beliefs that ought not carry much…
Fanning the Flame of Ministry
by Stephen Unthank One of the more notable English delegates to the Synod of Dort, John Davenant, makes the observation that the Apostle Paul, when affixing his name to his…
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: Article XIV
WE AFFIRM the unity and internal consistency of Scripture. WE DENY that alleged errors and discrepancies that have not yet been resolved vitiate the truth claims of the Bible. …
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: Article VIII
WE AFFIRM that God in His work of inspiration utilized the distinctive personalities and literary styles of the writers whom He had chosen and prepared. WE DENY that God, in causing…
The Order of Salvation: Justification
Westminster divine, Anthony Burges, contended that “of all points of Divinity, there is none that with more profit and comfort we may labour in,…
Majoring in the Minors: Jonah
Of all the Minor Prophets, perhaps Jonah is the most read and beloved, and certainly not for its brevity but for its extraordinary…
The Spirit’s Fruit: Patience
There was once an ancient man who so pursued the Lord, seeking always to glorify God no matter what came his way, no matter how crooked his lot, that even…