Author: Vince
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Faith and Baptism — Guest post on FGI
Not too long ago we published this article on our Italian blog. Our friends and brothers at Free Grace International liked it, and so it’s now a featured article on their blog, too! Working together with the larger Free Grace and Christian community is very important to us, so we’re very happy to see our…
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Is the Free Grace Gospel Found in the Synoptic Gospels?
An interview with Vince by Chris Morrison of Gulfside Ministries.
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Eternal life in the Gospels: the power of faith in Jesus, Messiah, Son of God
At the heart of the New Testament lies the Gospel of John, a book distinctively evangelistic in its purpose, irrespective of whether one perceives it as the sole book in the New Testament with this explicit intention. The gospel’s assurance is profound and clear: it carries within it a self-sufficient message that reveals the necessary…
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KEDS Essays — Applying 1 Corinthians in Church Ministry Today
Discuss how Paul’s teaching on ministry by women in 1 Corinthians should be applied in today’s church. Introduction How do Pauline teachings in First Corinthians impact the ministry and role of women in today’s church life? Are women permitted to be in positions of authority and leadership, such as pastoring, preaching and teaching? The matter…
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KEDS Essays — The Church and Israel
Identify and evaluate both the exegetical and theological problems raised by supersessionism. Introduction Supersessionism can be defined as the view that the New Testament (NT) Church is the replacement, continuation or fulfilment of the nation of Israel as the people of God (Vlach, 2007, p. 217), with Old Testament (OT) promises and covenants transferred from ethnic…
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KEDS Essays — Introduction to Philosophy and Apologetics
The problem of evil is not a defeater for the Christian faith. Discuss. Introduction The epistemic question posed by evil is whether the world contains unfavourable states of affairs that provide the basis for an argument that makes it unreasonable or outright inconsistent to believe in the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God (Tooley,…
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KEDS Essays — Biblical Exegesis: Theory and Practice
Application of Exegesis Methods to Disputed Biblical Passages Matthew 24:15 Text. Modern English translations (ESV, HCSB, NASB, NET, NIV) as well as major modern Italian ones (CEI, LND, NR2006), reveal no significant variation in the rendering. NET provides extensive translations notes, and no particular dispute in translating this passage is reported. Davies & Allison (2004) agree. …
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KEDS Essays — Exegesis and Bible Polemics: Free Will
Do Christians exercise free will? Introduction The nature of free will is “the most contentious question of metaphysics” (Hume, 2007). Without free will—Kreeft (2012) argues—all moral language would become meaningless, and justice with it. Meaningless justice would frustrate mercy, grace and love, and ultimately render human life itself meaningless (p. 113-114). The matter does indeed have…
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KEDS Essays — Exegesis and Bible Polemics: Apologetics
How central was apologetics to the teaching and preaching of the early apostles? Discuss, with reference to both Acts and any one of the Pauline epistles. Introduction Modern apologetics may be defined as the rational justification of Christian truth claims against relevant questions, objections and alternatives (Dahle, 2002, p. 313); it encompasses topics such as arguments…
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KEDS Essays — History of Hermeneutics
Briefly describe and discuss the distinctive hermeneutical features of Paul the Apostle and The Reformers, and highlight and discuss any hermeneutical similarities and/or differences between the two. Introduction Biblical interpretation as we know it begins in the intertestamental period (Bray, 1996, p. 47) and history is witness to a conspicuous number of hermeneutical approaches that have characterised different…