Fresh Ground Theology

So I saw on a Facebook group someone citing Lamentations 3:37-38 as proof of determinism (the Calvinist definition of sovereignty). Do these verses really teach determinism? According to the ESV, they do. But when you dig into Hebrew and Greek, they don’t. Introduction Music Citation: Two Pianos by Manuel Senfft (www.tagirijus.de) is licensed under aContinue reading "Does Lamentations 3:37-38 Support Determinism?"

I love theology! And I am back with a theological musings where I cover Total Depravity. I work through five passages commonly used to defend the position and I find them lacking. Also, follow my confessions on total depravity for footnotes and such: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Introduction Music Citation: Two PianosContinue reading "013 Theological Musings on Total Depravity"

I have a series of posts coming out concerning Total Inability. They are in the form of confessions, theology set to a prayer. So I decided to record my confessions in its audio form. Please see my other posts for exegetical details.

I’m posting this audio on my understanding of BJU’s history with racism. It’s been on my heart to say. It needs to be said. The audio is simply raw audio. As I posted about a few months ago, I am quite busy and do not have much time to edit. I also was working onContinue reading "A Brief History of BJU Racism"

Brandon is my cousin-in-law and he went reformed about the same time I went Provisionist. We are going to have a conversation about our two different theological paths. But first, something we both agree on: good coffee. We both share the story of our theological development. Then we each present three reasons for our views.Continue reading "010 Theological Musings: Conversation with a Calvinist Brandon Groce"

In this podcast, I work through Romans 10 to show how most Israelites were not saved because they refused to believe. The notes pasted below are from a sermon that I preached several years ago on the passage. Introduction Music Citation: Two Pianos by Manuel Senfft (www.tagirijus.de) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. https://tagirijus.de/licence https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Manuel_Senfft/Easy_2018/manuel_senfft_-_two_pianosContinue reading "009 Theological Musings: Israel’s Inexcusable Rejection"

In this show I talk about two books on Feminism and Patriarchy. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Hardcover – Illustrated, June 23, 2020by Kristin Kobes Du Mez https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-John-Wayne-Evangelicals-Corrupted/dp/1631495739/ Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women Paperback – June 2, 2015by Carolyn Custis James https://www.amazon.com/Half-Church-Recapturing-Global-Vision/dp/0310522668Continue reading "008 Theological Musings: Jesus and John Wayne, Half the Church, and Kingdom Theology"

Recently, Apple, Google, and Amazon, (or Big Tech, as they are called) systematically removed accessibility to the conservative social media alternative Parler. This, of course, is in reaction to the insurrection at the Capitol building Wednesday January 6th. While it appears that at this time it is legal for them to act as they did,Continue reading "007 Are Political Conservatives Being Persecuted for Righteousness Sake?"

Here is another conversation with a friend of mine who has take a Calvinistic route in his theology. We will hear his story about how he got to where he is, his main three reasons for why he’s a Calvinist, my main three reasons why I’m a Provisionist, and a conversation about our points. ThisContinue reading "Announcing: Conversation with Jared Garcia about Calvinism"

In this stream, I talk about several books that I’ve read this past week. Then, I’ll take on book that had a particularly good point and develop it in the show. I may get to Kingdom Theology this week, but I’m not sure. Books this week:A Little Book for New Theologian: Why and How toContinue reading "006 Theological Musings: K. Kapic, T. Wilson, D. White, Jr., R. Clifford, R. C. Sproul, and M. Guinan"

I comment on books by W. Brueggemann, B. Zahnd, H. Nouwen, D. Willard, and Kant. I further discuss kingdom theology by arguing for the textual accuracy and reliability of the Gospels. This lays the foundation for understanding the text as inspired. Introduction Music Citation: Two Pianos by Manuel Senfft (www.tagirijus.de) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeContinue reading "005 Theological Musings: W. Brueggemann, B. Zahnd, H. Nouwen, D. Willard, Kant, and Kingdom Theology"

I comment on a few more books and then begin the task of understanding Kingdom Theology. I discuss a little bit of epistemology contrasting the presuppositional apologetic approach with classical and evidential apologetics.

You often hear that Calvinism is the Gospel. It is not just a few people on Twitter claiming this, but theologians like J. I. Packer and preachers like Spurgeon claim this as well. I take a popular essay by Packer and find out that this claim is non-scriptural.

In this podcast I cover works from Augustine and N.T. Wright. Also, I talk about Catholic Doctrine and Dead Sea Scrolls.

I introduce in this podcast a series I call theological musings. It’s a new addition to the show that hope will fill in the time between my more developed shows.

This podcast is supplementary to the final podcast The Murder of the First Amendment in my series on common law and the Old Testament. In this podcast, I get with the guys from Armchair Justice and ask them to help me understand the Bob Jones University v United States of America from a legal perspective.Continue reading "BJU v USA Lawsuit Interview"

Introduction [Music: Chad Crouch—Ballad of the Blackbirds—Field Report Vol I: Oaks Bottom] [Sermon by Rod Bell: The Day the Supreme Court Murdered the Constitution, 6/5/1983][1] There’s been many a date that has been dates of notoriety. Important dates and dates has gone down in history in our country. I thought about 1776, July the 4th.Continue reading "The Murder of the First Amendment: How Common Law and Statutory Law Coexist"

Just to let you know, I am still working on my next podcast. My main job, that of a commercial electrician, has really picked up recently. We’re working some serious overtime and so I’m not able to get to my office as much as I’d like. I’ve got about half the podcast scripted and someContinue reading "Podcast Update"

In this podcast, we discover how an ancient Israelite prophet argued his legal case against Israel. This discovery shows how the legal system in Israel was based on a common-law system.

By Nate Labadorf Introduction Part 1—Start with America April 19th, 1775 [SFX: Cannon fire] This day in history marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary war. At Lexington and Concord, the American militia fought of the well-trained British Army. The British made a number of tactical errors which forced them to retreat. And so startedContinue reading "Jesus, Moses, the Law, and Nationality"

In this podcast, I introduce a short series that I’m doing on how to interpret the Old Testament Law. I’m trying to find a way to interpret the law that is hermetically consistent and historically accurate. Links and Sources Volsunga Saga: https://archive.org/details/volsungasagastor00spariala/page/50 Margaret Barber Crosby, The Making of a German Constitution: A Slow Revolution (NewContinue reading "A Grimm View of Theology"

In this podcast, I interview Jonathon Davis about his paper concerning the theology of Bonhoeffer. I really enjoyed this interview. Jonathon really knew his stuff and was able to take a lot of the confusing parts about Bonhoeffer and distill it for me to understand. I hope you enjoy!

Today, my buddy and I interview Judson Greene, a friend of mine at BJU. He wrote the papers on YHWH and the divine council that I read earlier this year.

This week in the podcast, I read a paper by my classmate Kristian Römer. He is a fellow Ph.D. student here at BJU and we have been in a number of classes together. Romer, Peter Theologian Paper