God is Light!

This statement, “God is light,” 1 John 1:5, has been interpreted in different ways. First, it could be a description of the visible manifestation of God’s glory. Second, some have seen in this statement a reference to God’s self-revelation to man. Light enables us to...

The Primacy of the Text

Several years ago, David Larsen, homiletician and author of an excellent history of preaching entitled The Company of the Preachers, spoke on “The Primacy of the Text.” It was a fabulous presentation. Here are some nuggets. On Puritan Preaching: It is not difficult to...

A Bit of Baseball History

Four cracks of the bat and history was made on June 15, 1947. It happened in the small mill town of Lindale, Georgia. Lindale was founded in the late 1800’s as a cotton mill town, and the Pepperell Dragons baseball team was the pride of the area. The sun beat down on...

The Atonement and the Resurrection

From my new book, The  Atonement:  A  Biblical,  Theological,  and  Historical  Study  of  the  Cross  of  Christ (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019): The atonement of Christ is inextricably linked with...

The Atonement as Substitution

The Atonement as Substitution — Excerpt from my The Atonement: A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Study of the Cross of Christ (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019), 197–98 As Easter Sunday approaches, today we consider the nature of the atonement as a...