1 Samuel 20 and the Tapestry of Christ’s Death and Resurrection

The Old Testament prefigures the death and resurrection of Christ in the most unlikely of places . . .
“In the Beloved:” Christ as the New Jeshurun in Ephesians 1:6?

In saying “in the Beloved” to the church, Paul signals that Christ is the New Israel. Digging into the original language unearths more—another beautiful layer of His identity.
Empty Rhetoric Cannot Save You From Your Sin: A Critique of Keller, Hill, Allberry, and Sprinkle

Is mere homosexual desire in itself inherently sinful?
When Do We Get Our Souls? And How Does That Affect Original Sin?

Learn more about two competing views of the origin of the soul held throughout church history—and their implications for important doctrines.
Planting a Graveyard: Seven Reasons Churches Should Recover an Ancient Practice

Graveyards remind, inform, testify, illustrate, demonstrate, and practically help the church to live so that we might one day be raised with Christ out of the ground.
Christ is Lord Over Death: A Case for Burial Over Cremation

Does God care if we burn or bury the dead?
On Assisted Suicide: What I Said to My State Legislators

Physicians must never treat suffering with death. Assisted suicide—however motivated—is a form of murder.
Is Transgenderism a Human Right? An International Body, a U.S. President, and a Supreme Court Justice Weigh In

Human rights depend on affirming the gender binary, established by God in creation. We also find reinforcement of this simple truth in surprising places.
The Image of God as the Engine of Dominion

The image of God is much more than an indicator of human value. It not only describes what humans are, it describes what humans do.
Do Men and Women Have Different Natures?

How are male and female natures the same, and how are they different?
What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 2)

In order to know what makes us fully human, we must know what makes Christ fully human. Learn the theses of a Chalcedonian anthropology.
4.4 Michael Wilkinson • Reading • “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Parts 1 + 2)”

In a world with many ideas about who we are, consider how the divine Son’s incarnation reveals the divine design of our human being.