http://www.biblicalfoundations.org ALERT: Dr. Köstenberger’s blogs are now becoming available in Spanish. We will continue to add new posts as soon as they can be translated. Click on “Espanol” above Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:15:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Voddie: Thank you for these additional points of follow-up. First of all, thank you for articulating your strong commitment to regenerate church membership, with implication for observance of the Lord’s Supper. I accept your assurance that this is not an FIC issue even though Presbyterians will differ from Baptists on these ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/god-marriage-and-family-debate-part-3-following-up-on-voddie-bauchams-additional-comments Voddie: Thank you for taking the time to read the chapter on God, Marriage, Family, and the Church in the second edition of God, Marriage & Family and for your blog post in response to it. You are a man of God, and I am deeply grateful for your ministry. In ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/god-marriage-family-debate-part-2-rejoinder-to-voddie-baucham Justin Taylor has recently posted a blog on the 2d edition of God, Marriage & Family, including a brief excerpt of the conclusion on the family-integrated approach in the new Chapter 13: "God, Marriage, Family, and the Church: Learning to Be the Family of God." Justin's purpose, I'm sure, was ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/god-marriage-family-debate Christianity Today has a new article on the recent Proposition 8 ruling that includes many different evangelical voices. Here is my response: The ruling shows that as Christians, we should not look for a political solution to the crisis surrounding marriage and the family in our culture. The only true ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/responses-to-the-recent-proposition-8-ruling In the ancient world, it was customary to open letters with some small talk—a well wish, or a reminder of good times had in the past. Most of Paul’s letters, correspondingly, open with a thanksgiving, or a prayer, for the recipients; but not his letter to the Galatians. This is ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/no-other-gospel The Bauer-Ehrman thesis contends that "orthodoxy" is not a first-century phenomenon but only a later concept that allowed the Roman church to squelch alternate versions of Christianity. We have seen that Bauer virtually ignores the New Testament evidence while believing to find evidence for early heresy and late orthodoxy in ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/the-concept-of-orthodoxy In the course of world history many have devised ways of salvation. Virtually all man-made religions have one thing in common: they are based on human self-effort. Among the major religions, Christianity is unique in that while typically the emphasis is on what a person must do to be saved, ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/let-god-be-true-and-every-man-a-liar Evaluating historical evidence, this book defends early Christian orthodoxy from the legacy of New Testament criticism: the modern "orthodoxy of diversity." Beginning with Walter Bauer in 1934, the denial of clear orthodoxy in early Christianity has shaped and largely defined modern New Testament ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/my-publications/the-heresy-of-orthodoxy If the first generation of the Christian church proves anything, it is this: the power of God is infinitely greater than any human obstacles in its way. A humble Galilean craftsman, who suffered an untimely death and accumulated no earthly possessions, wrote no books, and left behind nothing but a ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/featured-posts/christianity-takes-the-world-by-storm Tyndale House has recently compiled a list of very useful Online Bible Study Resources. Their website named Tyndale Tech serves as a one stop shop for electronic Bible programs that can greatly enhance your time of study. They also provide a Facebook link that will allow you to track their ... http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/biblical-studies/a-guide-to-online-bible-study-resources