Introduction During my time at Southern Evangelical Seminary, Dr. Thomas Howe was the school’s intellectual heavyweight and the most popular professor (I have heard it said more than once that although students came to SES for Norman Geisler, they stayed for Tom Howe!). He is also someone I consider a friend. So it was with…
Introduction I knew that sooner or later Southern Evangelical Seminary would respond to Evangelical Exodus. While disagreement and perhaps even opposition was expected (albeit unnecessary), SES’s reaction was disappointing in numerous ways. I had hoped that a school claiming to be committed to teaching people to “think clearly, critically, and rationally while engaging people in meaningful dialogue” would have…
Is the Coronavirus a sign of the end of the world? Here I discuss the Last Days warnings of Jesus Christ and how they apply to the situation today.
A “New Sexual Frontier”? Christianity Today recently posted a report on the shifting views of polyamory (polyamory is the generic term for multiple-partner sexual relationships / marriages, polygamy only refers to having multiple wives – polyandry for multiple husbands). After explaining a situation in which a “Christian couple” was encouraged by a “Christian counselor” to…
Was Jesus a false prophet? While Christians should have no trouble saying “No” to this question, fewer can explain why. Indeed, it is because of a popular Christian view of a certain passage from the Gospels that skeptics find reason to doubt. Click HEREto find the answer!
Juggling private / public / personal / professional online content can get confusing! I’ve been trying to get my online presence clarified and better organized. I’ve managed to get it down to two basic “brands.” (Since I want searches to find my Douglas Beaumont “brand” so I give my personal profiles other names.) “DOUGLAS BEAUMONT”…
Every Advent, Christians ponder a singular event: God becoming man. This is an incredible thought—one that, on some accounts, seems completely impossible. After all, how can the infinite become finite? Christians have a similar problem when it comes to talking about God: how can finite language capture truths about an infinite God? read the rest…
