Sigma Frame on 1 Peter

Sigma Frame has on 1 Peter many times. The full list is here. Sigma Frame is largely concerned with the instructions to spouses found in 1 Peter 3, mostly focusing on the instructions to wives. This has become an increasing focus over time. Sigma Frame discussed Peter’s instructions on suffering …

Hellenization, Part 1

I received a pingback to my article “Logic, Mysticism, and Metaphysics.” I went to check it out and found a rather astonishing bit of commentary. Let’s dive in. That “Example” mentioned above was a link to my article “Logic, Mysticism, and Metaphysics,” where I noted that Jesus obligated his followers …

An Open Response

One week after posting the following open response, I locked comments and then I reached out to Deti privately over email, just as I said I would in my comment below… …and per his comment: After providing links back here where the evidence had already been presented in 2013 (and along …

On Repentance

Sometimes I feel as if I’m living in a parallel universe from others. I wrote this article months ago, but had not yet scheduled it for publication. Then, just yesterday, I read Bruce Charlton’s “Necessity does not obviate the requirement for repentance” and I once again got that weird feeling. …

On Forgiveness, Part 12

This is part 12 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. On Easter Sunday, Bnonn Tennant published “Happy Easter, Forgive your Enemies.” I had no idea that he was going to post this in the midst of my ongoing series On Forgiveness. Similarly, he had no idea that …

On Forgiveness, Part 11

This is part 11 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. What’s missing from this “clear” teaching that repentance is required for salvation? I’ll give you a hint: That right, faith is conspicuously missing. This is quite the achievement: a theology of forgiveness without faith! It seems that …

On Forgiveness, Part 5

This is part 5 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In our last post, we discussed how repentance differs from forgiveness, concluding: After posting that, Bruce Charlton posted an article where he discussed in his view of the role of repentance in the life and work of …

On Forgiveness

This is part 1 of a series. See the index here. What is forgiveness and what does it do? Despite many people reading the Bible regularly and closely, they still do not know. Consequently, how can one know when to forgive if they do not know what forgiveness is? The …

Purpose and Motivation

A recent commenter suggested that my posts have missed the mark, that they are not addressing the problems that real men are really facing in reality. And I agreed. Over the last few days I’ve repeated a single theme: Keep in mind that a couple months back, Bruce Charlton stated …

Headship Is Still Not Authority

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Over at the Christianity and Masculinity blog, Deep Strength writes in “Headship is still authority in marriage Part 3:” Ho boy! I recently did a topical 10-part series on mutual submission, focusing specifically on Wayne Grudem’s word …