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People assume if you’re serious about theology, Augustine is somewhere near the top of your bookshelf. He’s not on mine. Not because he was evil, though I do believe he always had one foot in Gnostic beliefs and one foot in the Church. Not because he didn’t love Christ, I believe some part of him
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Social media has become the perfect pulpit for anyone convinced they were born to teach the faith—whether they’ve opened a theology book or not. Many, in ignorance mixed with arrogance, loudly proclaim that they do not need early church fathers nor any commentary external to the bible. They claim to have received all that they need
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If the apostles walked into most modern churches this Sunday, they wouldn’t recognize much. Not the architecture, not the schedule, not the sermons. Maybe not even the gospel. They’d recognize the name of Jesus—but they’d wonder who all these well-dressed spectators were, why no one was breaking bread together, and why half the congregation thinks
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Precepts and presuppositions—few things weigh heavier on the conscience of anyone who tries to read honestly. We all have them; it’s nearly impossible to be human and not. Every experience, sermon, or inherited belief becomes a lens we don’t realize we’re wearing. Yet when reading most literature, we at least try to set those lenses
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The deeper you study theology, the harder it gets to keep simple faith. Not because truth destroys belief, but because it refuses to play by its rules. Every serious student of Scripture eventually reaches that moment—the slow, quiet crisis where the text stops cooperating with Sunday’s assumptions. Manuscripts disagree. Traditions diverge. Doctrines shift depending on
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There are moments in Scripture where small details carry large implications. Acts 2 is one of them. For generations, preachers have pictured the apostles still huddled in the same upper room where they prayed after the Ascension. It’s a familiar scene—intimate, dramatic, cinematic—but inaccurate. Where the Scene Actually Unfolds Acts 1:13 explicitly mentions the upper room; Acts
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Romans 10:9–10 is often presented as Scripture’s crown jewel for sola fide, yet within Paul’s argument it operates as a contextual summary, not an entry-level formula for salvation. By this point in the letter, Paul contrasts Israel’s refusal to submit (hypotagēnai) to God’s righteousness (10:3) with the believing remnant who already have. The verbs homologeō
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For the last few decades—let’s be honest, since the Reagan years—whole industries have been built on vanishing pilots, abandoned pets, and conveniently folded clothes. “The Rapture” has become the modern Church’s favorite escape hatch. The only problem: Scripture doesn’t actually teach it. And if it did, you might not want a ticket. The Word That
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There’s a quiet but widening gap in the modern church—a gap between what’s preached and what’s practiced. We’re told to “grow in maturity,” yet handed the same beginner’s meal week after week. The message is gentle, familiar, and non-threatening—but so is a lullaby. Each Sunday, the pattern repeats. A verse or two is lifted from
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Restoring Apostolic Faith 