Hermeneutics

The Hermeneutical Challenge that Lays Behind Attaching Isaiah 14:12-14 to Satan Himself

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In a taunt directed at the King of Babylon as their empire was about to…

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Is Everything Meaningless?

By Mark W. Christy, PhD According to Ecclesiastes 1:2 NIV, “’Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher. ‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’”…

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The Hermeneutical Challenge of Revelation: An Argument for Dispensational Premillenialism

By Mark W. Christy, PhD For many students of the Bible, the book of Revelation offers perhaps the greatest hermeneutical…

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A Theology of Tongues

By Mark W. Christy, PhD Much debate within the Evangelical community exists over the viability of tongues in the Post-Apostolic…

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The Cancellation of God’s Word by the Exaltation of Vision in the Megachurch Era

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In the Church Growth era, which started gathering steam in the 80s and early 90s,…

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Interpreting the Pauline Directive That Women Should Be Silent in Church

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, Paul delivers some instructions to women that have caused many feminists…

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Christ’s Abolishment of ‘Eye for an Eye’ Justice in Favor of Self-Abandonment

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In present times, one can visit any news outlet and quickly peruse many stories of…

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Reconciling Jesus Prohibition of Oath-Taking with Paul’s Practice of Taking Oaths

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In His famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus appeared to prohibit the practice of oath-taking…

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The Danger of Over-Reliance Upon Parables to Undergird One’s Theology: An Interaction with Leighton Flowers’ The Potter’s Promise

By Mark W. Christy, PhD The Calvinistic doctrine of election upholds the biblical teaching that one’s salvation is rooted in…

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Interpreting Romans 9:13 – “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated”

By Mark W. Christy, PhD In Romans 9:13, Paul writes, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[i] At first glance,…

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