Parenting Advice from a Dead Guy| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
The moral of the story? Be careful how you exhort people to “cease striving,” if at all.| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
I’ve found it helpful to distinguish between reasons and rationalizations. Reasons are facts, arguments, principles, etc., that lead you to a particular conclusion. Reasons are the explanation for why you... Read More| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Parenting Advice from a Dead Guy.” In that post, I introduced Eastern church father John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) and noted some... Read More| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
Beyond the signs vs. non-signs argument above, might there be other indicators that we are not supposed to read verses Matthew 24:29–41 chronologically?| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
One of Chrysostom’s most interesting works is a short treatise titled An Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring up Their Children. While parenting is a theme that appears in a number of Chrysostom’s exegetical homilies, this treatise brings together ideas on parenting that are spread throughout the sermons he delivered over the course of many years.| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
The Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24–25 is the longest prophetic section in the NT outside of the book of Revelation. If the next prophesied event that believers are looking forward to is their gathering to meet the Lord in the air, you might expect our Lord to refer to this event in his lengthy prophetic discourse. So, does our Lord Jesus refer to what is commonly called the rapture in Matthew 24 and 25? In one passage, it appears that he might, but it is a debated point.| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
