Yesterday was the official release day of my new book Mere Complementarianism: Male and Female in the Image of God. It is now available at a variety of your favorite online booksellers: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Westminster | 10 of Those | TGC Today we talked about the book on the CBMW podcast. I hope you’ll take a listen but also get a copy of the book and read it. The YouTube video of our discussion is below along with Spotify and Apple Podcasts versions below that.
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Are We Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of a Sin? – Romans 13:1-7
Some of you may have heard that Mark Dever almost died about two months ago. Even after his life was spared, it wasn’t clear whether he would ever speak or preach again. I haven’t talked about it much and won’t even now because he and the church haven’t been talking about it much–at least not that I have seen publicly (it was mentioned here). Today, however, is his first Sunday back in the pulpit at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, and it was glorious. He launched right into the sermon without even acknowledging his absence. In other words, Mark preached like he wasn’t the point. Not until the last three minutes…
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The Phoebe Hoax
Never has more been made of so little than what egalitarians make of Paul’s mention of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2. This is no disrespect to Phoebe, who clearly was a faithful Christian woman from the environs of Corinth. But egalitarians have fabricated an entire mythology around this woman that is not justified by what Paul actually says about her. Keep in mind that Phoebe’s only mention in the entire Bible is Romans 16:1-2, and here is what Paul says about her: [Click here to read the rest of the article at CBMW.org]
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There Is No Mama
On this episode of the CBMW podcast, Jonathan Swan, Denny Burk, and Colin Smothers discuss the social evils involved in a viral video where two gay men laugh at their surrogate infant when he cries for his mom, and they reply, “There is no Mama.” [You can watch the video below or listen to podcast below the video.]
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Confronting Annihilationism on Ray Comfort’s Podcast
I recently travelled to Los Angeles to record a two-hour conversation with Ray Comfort, Mark Spence, and E.Z. Zwayne about the doctrine of Hell and annihilationism. We get pretty deep in the weeds on this one, but it was definitely necessary to do so. I hope you’ll give it a listen and understand why the vast majority of believers throughout the entire history of the Christian church have embraced the biblical doctrine of the eternal conscious torment of the damned. You can watch the video below, or you can listen to the Apple and Spotify podcast versions beneath the video.
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Debating the so-called “Fourfold Sense” of Scripture
Last month, the Kenwood Institute hosted a “disputation” about the so-called “fourfold sense” of Scripture (a.k.a., “quadriga”). It was a fascinating and clarifying discussion. Patrick Schreiner defended the quadriga. Jim Hamilton advocated authorial intent. Mitch Chase represented what might be described as a kind of mediating position, although he clearly favors authorial intent. If you missed it, you can watch it below. Yesterday, the Kenwood Institute released post-debate reflections on the event that included yours truly, Jim Hamilton, and Tom Sculthorpe (watch below). Patrick Schreiner has penned some post-debate reflections as well.
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What is Hell?| Responding to Kirk Cameron | The Kenwood Institute Podcast | Ep. 3
Kirk Cameron and his son recently recorded a podcast in which they both adopted an annihilationist view on Hell. This view holds that the damned do not suffer in hell permanently but eventually cease to exist. Jim Hamilton, Tom Sculthorpe, and I refute this view in podcast linked below. You can watch or listen to the podcast below.
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On a New Sexuality Statement at the Evangelical Theological Society
On this episode of the CBMW Podcast, Jonathan Swan, Denny Burk, and Colin Smothers discuss the adoption of a new statement on LGBTQ by the board of the Evangelical Theological Society. You can watch the video below, or you can tune into Spotify or Apple podcast versions below that.
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What Happened at ETS 2025?
I attended the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society last week in Boston. Readers may wonder why I take time to write an annual round-up of the goings-on at such an event. The bottom line is pretty simple. This is where evangelical scholars and theologians gather to engage one another in academically rigorous theological debate. These are the authors who shape the pastors who in turn shape congregations across North America. What starts at ETS often doesn’t stay at ETS but eventually makes its way to the pews. For example, I had my first debate about whether same-sex attraction is sinful at the 2014 annual meeting of the ETS.…
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My Interview on Alisa Childers’ Podcast
Thank you to Alisa Childers for inviting me onto her podcast to discuss gender, sexuality, and complementarianism. It was a stimulating conversation, and I am grateful to have been a part of it. Alisa is doing great work and producing really helpful content. I encourage you to check out her books and subscribe to her podcast.
