Category: Historical Theology

Most of you have probably heard of Josephus. An enormous amount of what we know about the history and culture of the Jewish people in and around...

This is a Q&A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question When did certain believers in the New Testament...

I opened my Greek Bible this morning (that is, the day I originally wrote this) simply to read God’s Word. I looked down at the first three words...

Ken Berding (KB): Thanks for being willing to be interviewed about your recent book, Global Revival: How a City’s Mission Catalysed a Worldwide...

It has become trendy in recent years to publicly proclaim that Joy to the World was not originally written as a song about Christ’s First Coming,...

We get information about the world from an array of sources. A little reflection makes this more or less impossible to avoid believing. We use our...

Sometime during my upper teen years, I read the journal of David Brainerd (1718-1747), and like so many people before me was deeply influenced by...

How do you understand the I AM name for God in relation to your views on time and eternity?

Your question is not about Jesus’ ability to sin, but about his conscious knowledge: “Was Jesus aware that he could not sin?” Your answer, “Yes, he knows that he could not sin,” does not actually address the question. The question was not whether Jesus knew that he could not sin, but whether he was aware that he could not sin.

Can archaeology shed light on the first prophecy about Jesus in the Bible? A portion of God’s curse of the serpent in Genesis 3:15 is known as the...

One of the courses I teach regularly at Talbot School of Theology is Biblical Backgrounds. It’s a class designed for Bible, Theology, and Ministry...

Was the Apostle Paul effective as a public speaker or not? Was Paul’s facility in rhetoric strong or weak? New Testament scholars disagree on how...

The following is the fourth of a four-part series on the significance of Godly character in Christian living. Read part one of this series, “...

The following is the second of a four-part series on the significance of Godly character in Christian living. Read part one of this series, “...

When I was asked to contribute a chapter on warfare to a recent book looking at ancient Israel (The Ancient Israelite World), I decided to focus on...

The following blog is the final entry of a four-part series. View the first post, Who Wrote the Book of Daniel? (Part 1), here . Read the second...

There are a lot of interesting claims about historical background to the New Testament that float around, especially on social media. I tell my...

This is the third post in a series on who wrote the book of Daniel. Here you can find Part 1 and Part 2 . From history, we know that Nabonidus...

I am writing this post with one sort of person in mind: the student who has just discovered the depth and wonders of theology, including Reformed...

In a previous post, Did the Apostle Paul Use Profanity?, I debunked the claim that σκύβαλα (skubala, rubbish or waste), a word used by Paul in...

This is the second post in a series on who wrote the book of Daniel. Read the first post, Who Wrote the Book of Daniel? (Part 1) and the third...

The book of Daniel is a key document for the Christian faith. It has significant prophecies about the future. Jesus Christ and the writers of the New Testament referred to it often.

At long last, the ancient city of Colossae will soon be excavated! Excavation will begin this year — nearly 200 years since the ancient site of...

Q & A with William Lane Craig

Luke tells us that Mary “gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes” (Luke 2:7). Later, the angel told the shepherds...