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Soteriology

Biblical Theology and the Free Grace Crisis

November 13, 2024

Biblical Theology and Other Theological Methods

Theological methods can be divided into biblical, systematic, historical, and dogmatic theology. As a method, biblical theology studies the Bible as literature, focusing on a particular section of the Bible, whether it be a specific biblical author, period, genre, or such. Systematic theology divides doctrines into categories and considers all that the Bible says about these categories, historical theology studies the development of doctrine through the ages, and dogmatic theology studies schools of thought in theology. The logical procession would begin with biblical theology—the study of the Bible itself—before moving on to systematic and, finally, historical and dogmatic. An error in biblical theology can result in a faulty understanding of the proof texts for systematic theology, which will affect a tradition and is often copied through history.[Read More]

What about Miracle Stories?

January 7, 2023

The Bible says that we must believe in Jesus alone—not self—for eternal life. Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and others say that we must contribute our works—not believe in Christ alone—for eternal life. There are stories about Catholic and Orthodox saints performing miracles, so does that mean that they were saved? The short answer is “no.”[Read More]

Linguistic Problems with Lordship Salvation in James 2:14–26

December 27, 2022

Last month, I posted the text and a translation of James 2:14–26. Since then, I have modified the translation and written some commentary that emphasises the article. You can read it below or download the pdf here:

pmiles James 2 translation and commentary

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Retranslating James 2:14–26

November 30, 2022

People make James 2:14–26 harder than it should be. I think that the main problem is that man naturally wants to earn his own righteousness, so there is a tendency for men to misread biblical texts to make their salvation dependent on themselves.

There are some particularities to the English language that have become difficult in James, so I am offering a retranslation with a few oddities that I think are justified. This translation is part of a soteriology class that I am taking and I will include a commentary in a paper for that class (in other words, I want my professor to poke holes in the commentary it before I share it publicly).[Read More]

The False Gospel of Woke Evangelicalism

August 17, 2022

If you are a Christian, then you are almost certainly concerned about the underprivileged. Nobody wants any minority group to suffer, but Christians want much more for minorities than the secular world could possibly hope for. Since everyone is born spiritually dead and on a path to hell, Christians want people to receive eternal life. Unfortunately, the world has an ideology of wokism that is in conflict with the Gospel. What is worse, some evangelicals have fallen for wokism. Woke evangelicals keep people on the path to hell in two ways: first by distracting the church from evangelism thereby preventing the unbeliever from hearing, understanding, and believing the Gospel and second by distorting the gospel itself. This second problem, the woke perversion of the Gospel, is the topic of this post.[Read More]

The Need for a Refined Free Grace

July 25, 2022

I am Free Grace guy in the same sense that I am an Intelligent Design guy.

I am not an Intelligent Design guy; I am a Young Earth Creationist.
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