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The Minimal Facts Argument as Historical Anchor in a Cumulative Case for Christianity
Abstract The minimal facts method has become one of the most influential historical approaches to defending the resurrection of Jesus, largely because it restricts itself to data that are strongly evidenced and widely granted by critical scholarship. This paper argues that the method is epistemologically valuable but often overextended. By examining the stated aims of…
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Humanity, Sin, and the Historical Adam: Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Considerations
Abstract This article argues that affirming the historicity of Adam is essential for Christian theology. The discussion proceeds in four stages. Historically, it demonstrates that key figures such as Origen, Augustine, and Calvin regarded Adam as the first man whose disobedience affected all humanity. Biblically, it shows that Genesis presents Adam in genealogical continuity with…
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Review of John S. Hammett’s “Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology”
Reviewed by L. J. Anderson, Independent Scholar, Lamad Press Abstract This review of John S. Hammett’s Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology (Kregel, 2005) evaluates the work as both a denominational study and a broader contribution to ecclesiology. Hammett’s aim is to develop a biblical doctrine of the church by progressing from scriptural…
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Contextual Absolutism: The Formal Model of “The One Truth”
Abstract The One Truth: Contextual Absolutism and the Battle for Doctrinal Clarity presents a bold claim: every question in life and theology has exactly one correct answer, even if that truth is complex and difficult to articulate. In an age where relativism dominates cultural discourse and doctrinal disagreement is treated as inevitable, or even desirable,…
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Review of Paul Scott’s, “Identity and Coherence in Christology: One Person in Two Natures”
Reviewed by L. J. Anderson, PhD Student, Liberty Theological Seminary Abstract This review examines Paul Scott’s Identity and Coherence in Christology: One Person in Two Natures (Routledge, 2024), a philosophically rigorous treatment of the Incarnation. Scott surveys traditional and analytic strategies—including reduplication, specification, and mereology—before proposing a renovated habitus theory in which Christ’s humanity functions…