Why Did God Love Jacob and Hate Esau?
Drawing on Malachi 1, Genesis 25 and Romans 9, an explanation of God's choice of Jacob as an act of undeserved mercy within the doctrine of election.
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Apologetics & Research
Careful answers to hard questions: Christian apologetics, Christian-Muslim dialogue, textual and historical questions, and responses to error. Every claim here should be checkable, so essays carry footnotes, Scripture references and their sources.
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- Sources first. Quotations are given exactly, with the translation or edition named.
- Claims are footnoted. Follow the numbers to the reference and check it yourself.
- Argument is marked as argument. Interpretation is kept distinct from what a source says.
My Twelve-Point Response to Those Who Are Uncomfortable With Our Online Polemics
Twelve points in defence of public, online correction, arguing that every preacher, including those being criticised, stands under the Bible's correction.
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Teaching that engages error
Tackling the “God Has No Wrath” Heresy
A summary of a series of Facebook posts (#CanLoveGetAngry) rebutting the teaching that God cannot be angry.
To Answer a Fool or Not
An examination of the apparent tension in Proverbs 26:4-5 on whether to answer a fool.