Throughout Christian history, one of the more debated passages has been Genesis 6:1-4. In these verses, scholars wrangle over whether or not “sons of God” refers to angels or humans, and whether or not their progeny resulted from unjust relations between angels and humans. Though multiple views exist and each has its own variations among scholars, this article will briefly discuss the two primary views and consider the supporting evidence for each. The most ancient of sources suggest the ang...

By Mark W. Christy, PhD When it comes to understanding and applying the Bible, sound thinking is absolutely critical, but such thinking can become quickly obscured by many exegetical fallacies including word-study, grammatical, logical, and presuppositional and historical fallacies. In this article, an overview of the fallacies within each of these categories will be examined. The first group, word-study fallacies, incorporates a host of fallacies which are commonly committed by interpret...

By Mark W. Christy, PhD Among evangelicals, many continue to debate the continuation of sign gifts (e.g., gifts of working miracles, speaking in tongues, prophecy, and healing). Within this discussion, the apostle James offers some words which seemingly suggest that at least the gift of healing should still be active in the church (at least in some way): “Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the n...