Jesus Christ

  • The Ladder

    The Ladder

    One of the critiques that I heard from the late Greg L. Bahnsen against other forms of apologetics (those in the non-presuppositional branch) is that they attempt to build a ladder to Jesus, and then once they got an individual to him, they’d throw the ladder away. For a very long time I pondered that…

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  • Did John Calvin Believe in an “Unlimited Atonement?”

    Sometimes in our zeal to prove our case we can over emphasis a point, take things out of context, and make erroneous assumptions. Such is the case with the following statement by Haden Clark: “However, if you have followed my writing, you’ll know that I am not a Calvinist and believe in an unlimited atonement,…

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  • The Meaning Christ gives John 6:37: Counterargument to Haden Clark, Part I

    The most important part of biblical study is “observing the text.” Once that has been done you are able (capable) of rightly “interpreting the text.” Fail at the beginning and you will misstep throughout. A few years ago, I was sitting in a public setting where an individual asked me the following question, “Isn’t reading…

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  • Types, Anti-Types, and the Offspring (Seed) of David: Jesus Christ the last Adam

    The Roles of the Different Types I have taken a long time to get here, I know, but I have finally arrived at a point in my discussion where I can begin to offer a general compare and contrast between David and Jesus. In my last post (read here), which I called a precursor to…

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  • Offspring (Seed) of the Woman: Protoevangelium, a Precursor to Offspring (Seed) of David

    The gospel (good-news) of God first spoken is found in Genesis 3:15, often identified as the protoevangelium, finds its fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring [seed] and her offspring [seed]; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel” (Gen 3.15).…

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