Old Testament

God, Pigs, and Private Property

Culture

Introduction The Judaic prohibition on pigs has puzzled scholars for centuries — so much so that certain atheist writers, such as Christopher Hitchens, have used this prohibition as evidence against ...

‘Jesus Would Support’ Student Debt Forgiveness? Not so Fast

Economics

Those who think the Lord’s Prayer and Jubilees support their political goal of blanket debt forgiveness should take a closer look at the Bible and Jewish history. Two authors of ...

Slavery in the Old Testament

Christian Ethics

It was remarked to me recently that the Bible (specifically, the Old Testament) says very little about slavery, with the implication that it is one of those “silent issues” that ...

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as an Ancient Limitation on Political Authority

Libertarianism

Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary history challenges any historian or scholar who ventures to ask ...

The Church of God Among the Nations

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

The Old Testament Kings and God’s Justice

Christian Worldview

In our investigations we have found that God, at all times, kept a wide gulf of separation between his Jewish kingdom and subjects, and the world-institutions by which they were ...

Biblical Origins of Human Government

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

Abstract: Origen’s Interpretation of Violence in the Book of Joshua (Chenoweth)

Academic Journal

Title: Origen’s Interpretation of Violence in the Book of Joshua Author: Mark Chenoweth Abstract: If libertarians advocate for a highly restricted use of violence in society, it is incumbent upon Christian ...

The Creation Story, Part II: the Responsibility of Adam and Eve

Libertarianism

In The Creation Story, Part I, we discussed the Hebrew term ha-adam. God creates ha-adam out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo), and thus man is created free. The creation of ...

creation of humanity responsibility of man and woman

The Creation of Humanity & the Responsibility of Man and Woman

Christian Worldview

The Book of Genesis begins with creation. God creates the heavens and the earth. He creates light to illuminate the heavens and the earth. He creates the waters and the ...

Old Testament Christians

American History

There is, of course, no such thing as an Old Testament Christian, since the disciples of Jesus Christ were “called Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 11:26), well into the first ...

The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy

Christian Worldview

I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but ...

Peter Enns Tells Me So

Hermeneutics

Peter Enns is a professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University with a PhD in Near Ancient Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. His newest book is The Bible Tells Me ...

Should the Ten Commandments be posted?

Culture

Someone asked me what I thought about the Ten Commandments being posted inside or in front of courthouses. My short answer is: what’s the point?, who cares?, and this is ...

Theology of Nations in the Bible

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

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