Category: Theology
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Grafted In: Abrahamic Faith and New Covenant Believers
Various covenants appear throughout the biblical narrative, yet one of the most foundational is the covenant God makes with Abraham. The significance of the Abrahamic covenant will become more apparent as we journey together in this post. My goal is to reflect on the Abrahamic covenant and the way Christians are grafted into the Abrahamic…
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Polishing the Brass On A Sinking Ship
by Matthew Honeycutt 14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good…
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Book Review: The Plurality Principle
Introduction A book on church leadership will almost always draw some type of audience because of the breadth of opinions regarding the issue itself. The Plurality Principle is a book about church leadership, but not in the way most people would expect. Instead of writing a John Maxwell type of book or a step-by-step process…
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Blessed Trinity: The Need for A Biblical Godhead
By Benjamin G. Campbell I was sharing a meal with a pastor friend of mine a while back, and we were conversing back and forth about what we had been reading. Since every pastor ought to be a reader, it was a typical pastor conversation. This particular brother mentioned a few books he was reading, and…
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A Year in Review
2021 has been a blessed year for us at Everyday Theology. We wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the posts and podcasts that garnered the most attention among our readers and listeners. We are excited to see what God will do, by His grace, through this ministry in the new year. We…
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The Advent of Love
By: Dustin Walters In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.…
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The Advent of Peace
For the past few weeks, we at Everyday Theology have reflected on the various themes of advent. In this post, we will reflect on the theme of peace. Peace must be understood in relationship to God’s covenant with his people, the way in which his people broke the covenant, and the way in which God…
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The Advent of Hope
By Matt Honeycutt Hope Defined What is hope? The world we live in thinks of hope as something that is unsure, something that “might” take place in the future without any guaranteed result. Many people today use this way to describe hope when it comes to things such as, “I hope to get this job,”…
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“In the Beginning” and the Imago Dei
According to Scripture, in the beginning God created everything “very good.” The original Hebrew word טוֹב (tove) is an adjective translated as “good” in most English translations of the Bible. According to Bill Mounce, this Hebrew word means, “…good or well; it describes goodness, beauty, and moral uprightness. … The entire creation is inherently valuable,…
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Celebrating Advent
By Dustin Walters Advent is my favorite time of the year in the Christian calendar. Advent is the season in the Christian calendar in which believers celebrate the Messiah’s first coming and eagerly anticipate his second coming. It is unfortunate that many believers have never heard the term advent in the local church. I deeply…
Ordinary Pastors Connecting Theological Truths to Everyday Believers 