This is my most recent research paper; I wrote it for my Corinthian Correspondence course. The assignment was to look at 1 Corinthians 7 and what it says about divorce; I instead tried to take a wider view, looking at the teachings of Moses, Jesus and Paul, with the goal of reconciling them to each … Continue reading Divorce (research paper)

The following is a Theology of Missions paper I wrote recently for a missions class I am taking. It was an interesting challenge; on the one hand, missions is close to my heart and something I enjoy writing about. At the same time, I had to follow some structure guidelines so while it definitely reflects … Continue reading Theology of Missions

The highest response for the Christian to God, what we were designed to do and will consume our focus when we are fully united with God in Heaven, is to worship. Philippians 2:9-10 says "Therefore God exalted him [Jesus] to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at … Continue reading We Are Called to Worship

This is a research paper I wrote a couple weeks ago for a Baptist History class I just finished; it's an interesting moment of history in the Baptist Church in America. THE LANDMARK MOVEMENT Introduction The Landmark Movement was an overreaction to the Campbellite controversy, claiming direct Baptist succession through the ages and an exclusive … Continue reading The Landmark Movement

A paper I wrote a couple weeks ago for my apologetics class on postmodernism and a defense of Christianity ... POSTMODERNISM Introduction Postmodernism, the view that all truth is relative, is a widely accepted yet flawed belief system. Lyotard defined postmodernism as “incredulity toward metanarratives.”[1] In other words, incredulity towards the idea of defined reality, … Continue reading Postmodernism Apologetics Paper

This is a paper I wrote last October for a Hebrew studies class. Essentially, I selected a word in an Old Testament passage, found the original Hebrew for it, researched its appearances throughout scripture and built a case for what its full definition would be. Identifying the Word The word chosen for this word study, … Continue reading Hebrew Word Study: Completion

The following is a short post I wrote answering the question, if we don't have any of the original documents that comprise the Bible - we only have copies - how can we claim it has authority and is of God? Having been a student of history before entering ministry, I have always found this … Continue reading Thoughts on Biblical Authority

Victims of abuse in large religious institutions and organizations have really been on my heart in recent years, in part because of the stories of those close to me from my time in a boarding school for missionary kids, but even more so in reaction to the lengths of which organizations will go to hide … Continue reading MK abuse, PK perfection, and BJU

It recently hit the news that New Tribes Mission, the organization my parents served with in the early 90's, settled one of the many cases they are facing with former missionary children who suffered unspeakable physical, sexual, verbal, and/or spiritual abuse while under their care in their boarding schools. Many of these abuses occurred in … Continue reading New Tribes Mission Settles Missionary Kid Sex Abuse Case