By David Brown For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? (Luke 14:28) In his excellent commentary on Luke’s Gospel New Testament scholar David E. Garland wrote: “ Many who come to …
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Donald Trump and the Evangelical Vote
By Obbie Todd For years scholars have debated the validity of “secularization theory,” the idea that, as society progresses, religion will irrevocably lose its authority in the public square and in society as a whole. In his monumental work A Secular Age (2007), philosopher Charles Taylor described this view as the “disenchanting” of the world …
For the Sake of Wisdom and Insight: A Burden for History
By Paul Sanchez To study history is to gain wisdom. As ministers of the gospel, we need wisdom to be faithful stewards of our calling. However, if we polled evangelical pastors across the United States, my hunch is that relatively few read a significant amount of history. Even many of the most thoughtful pastors would …
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The King’s Table 