The question of whether same-sex attraction itself is sinful has become an important topic within the Christian church in recent years. Some pastors and teachers argue that merely experiencing homosexual attraction is a sin. Others maintain that Scripture condemns only same-sex lust and sexual behavior, not the experience of attraction…
Who is Jesus—and why would a loving God allow him to die on a cross for you and me? Why Jesus? invites readers to explore that question with clarity, respect, and an open heart. Rather than arguing religion, the book follows the story the Bible itself tells—the story of humanity…
Edwin R. Thiele (1895–1986) was one of the most influential figures in twentieth‑century biblical chronology. Born in Chicago, he was educated in ancient languages and biblical archaeology, and spent twelve years as a Seventh‑day Adventist missionary in China before pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago. He received his…
A Discussion of Chronological Method in Evangelical Scholarship Conservative biblical scholarship has long affirmed the authority and inerrancy of Scripture as a foundational doctrine. In recent decades, it has so so while simultaneously employing interpretive devices—such as undocumented co-regencies and conjectural scribal error to resolve chronological tensions in the regnal…
The word “time” (Hebrew עִדָּן ʿiddān) plays a pivotal role in the Book of Daniel. It is not used as a vague or symbolic expression, but as a chrono-specific unit embedded within a sequence of prophecies whose fulfillment must correspond exactly with verifiable history. Understanding its meaning requires tracing how…
For more than half a century, Edwin Thiele’s The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings has been treated as the standard solution to the chronological problems posed by the regnal data in the biblical text. His work is widely respected, frequently cited, and often assumed to have “solved” the difficulties…
Some have questioned my insistence on exact fulfillment of the Bible’s predictive prophecies, as though such precision were a personal quirk or an unnecessary rigidity. It is not. That insistence does not originate with me; it originates with the Bible itself. Throughout Scripture, God presents fulfilled predictive prophecy as a…
Taken as a whole, the Bible consistently presents the human person as both temporal (physical) and spiritual during earthly life—not sequentially, but simultaneously. This dual aspect is foundational to biblical anthropology. Below is a structured explanation, grounded directly in Scripture. 1. Human Beings Are Created as a Unified Physical–Spiritual Whole…
One of the most persistent assumptions in modern thought is that belief in God is primarily a matter of evidence, intelligence, or moral willingness. From this perspective, disbelief is often framed as the result of insufficient proof or critical thinking. The Bible, however, presents a markedly different explanation. According to…
Mark 4:11–12 offers a remarkable insight into the nature of Jesus’ ministry: “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they…