Answering six objections to the virgin birth

‘Holy Scripture teaches that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary. This is the doctrine of the virgin birth—or, to be more precise, the virginal conception. This teaching has encountered objections over the years, and there are good responses to each of them.’

The Angel Gabriel

Sticking with Mitch Chase, here is one on the links between Daniel and Luke concerning the Angel Gabriel which is pretty cool.

Don’t think about pink elephants: when gay conservatives go rogue on orthodox Christianity

‘Pink Elephants are starting to go rogue. And they’re going rogue over the one thing that – you guessed it – sets secular conservatism apart from Christian orthodoxy. While acknowledging transcendence, secular conservative is primarily fuelled by the immanent frame of the “this is all there is” campaign that secular progressives assume, and upon which they are building a case for an earth-bound utopia. There is a coming split among secular conservatives and orthodox Christians, and it simply be another battle around the same old, same old; The Sexular Age, only this time in the politically conservative camp.’

Which OT laws should Christians obey?

This one gives one particular answer.

7 tips for loving “those” people in your church

We all know “those” people. We may even have been “those” people. But we still have to love them, so how can we do that? Jamie Dunlop helps us with this one.

The benevolence of Santa Claus

I know Father Christmas can get a bad wrap amongst Christians. Andrew Wilson shares this extended quote from G.K. Chesterton who takes a slightly different view.

From the archive: Reactive theology and the importance of thinking biblically

‘If our dial is always set to angry whenever we hear something we’ve not heard before, it is entirely likely we are reactive theologians. If we’re only swayed when the right authorities happen to say what we want to believe, then we might be reactive theologians. Let’s try and make sure we’re Biblical theologians and we are prepared to search the scriptures to determine whether a view is right or not. It may well be that certain theologians we find are often right, typically explaining precisely what we read in scripture. That’s all well and good. But let’s make sure it’s because we’ve read it in scripture, not because we’re swayed unduly because we happen to like Bob from the back of church (or anyone else with potentially better qualification).’