by Barney | Jan 16, 2016 | Learning Theology, Theology
Studying theology in a secular institution can be challenging to the faith of a young Christian. You are taught about a wide range of theological beliefs, some of which are outside the bounds of orthodox Christianity. Your teachers know much more about the Bible and...
by Barney | Jan 12, 2016 | Theology
Throughout my life I’ve been simultaneously fascinated and repulsed by apologetics. As a teenager I wanted to help people (including myself) who had sincere questions about the Christian faith. But many of the apologetics books I read seemed overly confident and...
by Barney | Sep 28, 2015 | Bible, Theology
The Bible is the primary authority for all Christians. But this causes a problem when we are asked “why do you trust what the Bible says?” Whatever reason we have must be a higher authority still, because we trust that when it tells us to trust the Bible. Neither can...
by Barney | Sep 3, 2015 | Bible
“The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin” – 1 John 1:7 “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be...
by Barney | Aug 27, 2015 | Bible
A Reflection on Ephesians 1:17-23 Paul tells the Ephesians that Jesus has been seated “far above every rule and authority and power and dominion.” Not that he one day will be, but that he already is. Even more shockingly, he says that this power is available “for us...
