I grew up as part of Calvary Chapel in Alexandria, Virginia. I remember hearing preaching and teaching from the NASB and the NIV. When I turned 12, my dad’s job moved our family to West Virginia and we began to attend a church that advocated for a KJV-only position. In Bible college, I had my […]
The Big, Complicated, Complicated World of Bible Translation Read More »
The Evangelical church has not always done a good job of developing preachers. Don’t misunderstand me. There are several really good seminaries that are training men to preach the Word accurately and passionately. But what about the average lay-elder in the church? These are men who are required to be able to preach by the scriptural qualifications for
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On Wednesday, July 26, 2023, Paul Joseph Dempsey met his Creator and Lord. He was not a greattheological figure or celebrity. But he was my dad. And for the six of us who knew him in that role, it istime to say goodbye. My dad was born and raised in Mayfield, Pennsylvania. Some of my
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Graduation speeches can be a little like Disney movies. They contain good nuggets, and oftentimes good stories, but usually are built on a faulty view of mankind, which means that they ultimately fall short of accomplishing any kind of meaningful goal. Speeches by Christians ought not share in this fatal flaw. In his delightful (and
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A Review of 40 Questions About The Text and Canon of the New Testament. It seems like every few months there is a new attack on the New Testament. From “finding thehistorical Jesus” to evaluating other gospels, how do we know that the New Testament that we have todayis the actual full and closed canon
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