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Washing the Disciples Feet: A Christological Example of Servant Leadership Service is integral to the Christian life. Christ set the example, and the apostles walked it; together they made a roadmap that shows every follower how the people of God are to interpret the instruction “… I say to you, Read more…
I recently read a comment on Facebook that indicated the Apostal Peter and Isaiah 53 were juxtaposed on the issue of penal substitutionary atonement. I think a little walk in Colossians should help clarify that penal substitutionary atonement is biblical and more than that, without it the cross does not Read more…
Revelation is a book that defies a unified interpretation and it has drawn the attention of many in the modern age. Write a book on Revelation and it is almost sure to be a hit. The three main ways to interpret Revelation are the Preterist, Idealist, and Futurist views. The Read more…
John, the Gospel, is full of Christology because all correct theology begins and ends with Christ. John, the author, correctly understands that a distortion in understanding who Christ is is the most dangerous thing that can happen to the church. John wastes no time in getting started with Christology in Read more…
It is easy for the preacher to identify with Jude’s letter to the church. Facing the world and church with the truth has always been the lot of men of God all the way back to Noah. Most Protestant scholars agree that the author of the book was Judas the Read more…
Persecution was a reality of life for early Christians and the biblical authors did not leave their flocks without guidance about it. If there is one word that would sum up what Hebrews, James, and 1 Peter say about the subject of persecution that word would be endurance. To endure Read more…
It is hard to find a statement of faith that directly uses The Book of Hebrews when addressing salvation. This is because, with salvation as the topic, more often texts like Galatians 2:15-21 are used. A text which Luther called “… the principal article of all Christian doctrine, wherein the Read more…
What Brush Should one use? Aaron T. Hale Why did the “… fledgling Pentecostals considered the Azusa revival, … to be Pentecostalism’s central point of origin?” (Creech, 1996. p. 405). This is the central question to answer when talking about Pentecostal history. It is an interesting question since there have Read more…
What More Could a Committed Evangelical Want? Aaron T. Hale April 9th, 2017 Jesus in Beijing, what more could a committed evangelical want? In China, however, that is not a simple matter. Going all the way back to the early AD. missionaries in China have met with mixed results and Read more…
Escobar’s Thesis Samuel Escobar is a missions minded individual. All of his theological framework is bound up in the global missions project he has dedicated his life to. To separate his theology from his missiology would leave very little of value. Escobar was born in 1936 in Arequipa in Read more…