The Pre-Christian History of “The Love Of God” Hymn
F. M. Lehman wrote the popular hymn “The Love of God” in 1917. It is said that he had heard an evangelist that shared the words of a poem allegedly penciled...
A Historiographical Approach to the Resurrection
As we approach the celebration of Christ resurrection once again, it is always useful to be reminded of the historical facts that sustain the reality of this historical event. Though we...
A Survey of the Book of Job
Job is recognized as the literary masterpiece even by secular standards.
Author and historical setting: (see my article "When and Where did Job Live"for a more elaborate discussion on what follows at...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy: Paradigm Passages (Part 6)
To understand Michael Heiser’s theology and how he has veered far from sound doctrine, it is important to discuss his error of interpreting his paradigmatic biblical passages. His entire theological system...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy: Deification (Part 5)
In the former article about Michael Heiser’s theological ideas, I primarily assessed his polytheistic tendencies. In this article on Michael Heiser, I will discuss more specifically why I consider him a...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy: gods or angels? (Part 4)
In the last post about Michael Heiser’s theological conundrum, I expressed how he redefines the word “god” to mold his theology into what he finds from pagan literature. While the Bible...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy: Redefining אֱלֹהִים (Part 3)
As we have seen in the previous articles of this series about Michael Heiser, he habitually redefines terms to force terminology to fit his presupposed theology. As he attempts to duck...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy: polytheism (Part 2)
Discussing once again the heresies of Michael Heiser, I was originally planning to expound his theology thoroughly as a foundation to this series of articles, but now need to respond to...
Michael Heiser’s Gnostic Heresy (Part 1)
While working on a commentary for Psalm 1, I was planing to write an excursus on the how the phrase “counsel” and “sitteth in the seat” carry a conceptual parallel to...
Counsel of the Ungodly: Commentary on Psalm 1:1
counsel of the ungodly
The Hebrew phrase is בַּעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים. The word “counsel” is prefixed with the preposition “in” and an article “the,” being a feminine noun construct followed by the attributive...
