All Articles by Category

(This site remains under never-ending construction)

Welcome to this resource page which is basically a compilation of all the articles I've written listed on this website.  Here you will find a collection of books, journals, and others helpful sources for your own personal study of the scriptures.  Just by way of reminder or challenge: Do you believe in God?  If yes, what does the Bible say about Him? Does it affect your beliefs, practices, and affections? You are a theologian (whether you like it or not).

Articles addressing Theological Categories:

Bibliology (Study of the Scriptures)

• Helpful Books for Educating Yourself concerning the English Translation Only Position
• Providential Preservation of Scripture Test Case: The Proof Text Matthew 5:17-20
• The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship (FBFI) and the Modern One English Only Position
• The KJV 1611 Translators Preface
• The Septuagint (Three part series)
• Septuagint Quotations in New Testament and the KJV 1611 Hebrew Old Testament Position
• The Value of the Septuagint: Series on English Translation Only Position continued
• The One English Only Position: Does Psalm 12 Really Say and Teach God would Preserve the Hebrew text?
• The One English KJV 1611 Only Position is Really a Plea for Their Own Exclusive Authority
• Don't forget (whatever your view on the English Translation issue) we should be on the same side
• A quest to interact with the best-selling English Translation: the NIV (New International Version) (Part One)
• New International Version (NIV): A Plea for Consistency from its Critics (Part Two)

Theology Proper (Study of God)

• Articles forthcoming

Christology (Study of Christ)

• Articles forthcoming

Pneumatology (Study of the Holy Spirit)

• Discourse passages in the book of Acts in relation to the Charismatic gifts of prophecy
• Is Holding to a Cessationist Position on Spiritual Gifts Committing an Unpardonable Sin Against the Holy Spirit?

Harmartiology (Study of Sin)

Soteriology (Study of Salvation)

• Ordo Salutis: Is there a textual basis for regeneration prior to faith? (John 3 Test Case) Part One
• Ordo Salutis: Faith and Regeneration: (Test Case John 3) Part Two
• Christian Growth: Misnomer or Personal Necessity? (Series on Sanctification) Part One
• Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, and Orthopathy (Series on Sanctification) Part Two
• Healthy Christianity: Its Root and Foundation. (Series on Sanctification) Part Three
• The Indicatives and Imperatives of Scripture (Series on Sanctification) Part Four
• Wesleyan View of Sanctification: Entire or Perfect (Series on Sanctification) Part Five
• Keswick View of Progressive Sanctification: Spirit-filled or Victorious? (Series on Sanctification) Part Six

Ecclesiology (Study of the Church)

• Elders ordain Elders in the Local Church not the Congregation: This is Right Baptist Orthopraxy (Part four)
• Fasting, Praying and Pulpit Committees (Orthopraxy in Local Church decision making) (Part Three)
• Orthopraxy: Pulpit Committees, Congregationalism, Elders and the Raising of Hands: How should we make decisions? (Part Two)
• Brief Excerpt on Pulpit Committees and the Wisdom of a Local Church Plurality of Lay Elders (Part One)
• Pastoral Hierarchy: Is there a prescriptive or descriptive order among elders (Part Five)
• The Prescriptive Authority of the New Testament Epistles in Determining Local Church Polity (Part Four)
• Descriptive or Prescriptive Passages: How do we know when? (Part Three)
• New Testament Local Church Polity: Congregational or Eldres (Part Two)
• New Testament Local Church Polity: Congregational or Elders (Part One)

Eschatology (Study of Last Things/End Times)

• Eschatological (end times) Liberties--Is it necessary within your own Local Church or Constitution?
• Eschatology in study bibles: agenda or coincidence?

Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology

• Why I believe in Dispensationalism? Not Ashamed to Say Hermeneutics Matter.
• Many Evangelical Seminaries still believe and teach dispensationalism
• Usefulness of Confessions and Catechisms (A Dispensationalist take on the issue)

Culture and Christianity

• Biblical Theology of Food (Vegans, Vegetarians, and You)

Ethics and Morality

• Doing Right: Ethically, Morally, and Legally

Apologetics and Polemics

• Twelve principles for disagreeing with other Believers (Part Two)

Helpful Systematic Theology Resources:

Allison, Gregg. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.

Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. 2017.

Dabney, R. L. Systematic Theology. Banner of Truth, 1985.

Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology 3rd. Ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2013.

Frame, John M. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief. P&R Publishing, 2013.

Geisler, Norman L. Systematic Theology: In One Volume. 2011.

Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Hendrickson Publishing, 1999.

Horton, Michael. The Christian Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.

MacArthur John and Richard Mayhue. Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth. Wheaton: Crossway, 2017.

McCune, Rolland. A Systematic Theology of Biblical Christianity. (3 vols.). Allen Park: Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009.

Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith (2nd Ed.). Thomas Nelson, 2010.

Ryrie, Charles C. Basic Theology. Moody Publishers, 1999.

Thiessen, Henry C. Lectures in Systematic Theology. (Revised) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.

Helpful books and dictionaries on theological topics:

Forthcoming