Historical Theology

Apologetics | Historical Theology

What did Bultmann mean by “demythologisation,” and why does it conflict with orthodox Christianity?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 4, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60083 Rudolf Bultmann (1884–1976) was a German New Testament scholar at the University of Marburg whose influence on twentieth-century theology was enormous and, from an orthodox evangelical perspective, largely destructive. His programme of demythologisation, set out most directly in his 1941 essay “New Testament and Mythology,” argued that the New Testament is embedded in…

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Historical Theology

What did the Reformers teach about salvation (the Five Solas)?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 4, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 13013 The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century was not a theological invention but a recovery. When Luther posted his theses and Calvin worked through Geneva, what drove them was the conviction that Scripture’s teaching on salvation had been buried under layers of tradition, sacramentalism, and institutional authority. The Five Solas that emerged from…

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Christology (Jesus)

What day of the week was Jesus crucified?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 3, 2026March 28, 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3064 The traditional answer is Friday, which is why we call it “Good Friday.” But some have challenged this, arguing for Wednesday or Thursday instead. The debate centres on how we understand Jesus’ statement that He would be “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). Let us examine…

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Apologetics | Theology Proper (God)

What is Molinism?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 3, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02057 Molinism is a theological framework developed to explain how God can exercise complete providential control over history while human beings retain genuine freedom of choice. It has attracted considerable attention among evangelical theologians over recent decades and deserves both a fair explanation and a careful assessment. It asks genuinely important questions, though the…

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Theology Proper (God)

Does the Trinity share one consciousness or three?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 3, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02059 The question of whether the persons of the Trinity share one consciousness or possess three distinct consciousnesses takes us to the very frontier of what can be known about God — and, it turns out, to the frontier of what the word “consciousness” is even equipped to mean when applied to a divine…

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Theology Proper (God)

What is divine simplicity?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 3, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02051 Divine simplicity is the classical theological claim that God is not composed of parts — that His attributes are not separate components assembled together to make up what He is, but are identical with His very essence. It is a doctrine with deep roots in the Christian theological tradition, and it deserves a…

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Apologetics | Christology (Jesus) | Cults & False Teaching | Soteriology (Salvation)

Where did the Word of Faith movement come from, and what shaped its theology?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 2, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60082 The Word of Faith movement is one of the most widely diffused streams of popular Christianity in the world today, with roots in mid-twentieth century America and branches now extending across every continent. Its central teachings about health, wealth, confession, and the power of spoken faith are encountered across television networks, megachurches, and…

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Christology (Jesus)

Was Jesus a Jew or a Christian?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas March 31, 2026February 13, 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3068 This might seem like a strange question, but it is worth thinking through carefully. The answer tells us something important about who Jesus was and how we should understand the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Put simply: Jesus was a Jew. He was not a Christian. And yet Christianity is rightly named after…

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Bibliology (Scripture)

Is Esdras a book we should read?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas March 31, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 01183 The name Esdras is the Greek and Latin form of Ezra, and two books bear this title in various versions of the Old Testament: 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras. Neither belongs to the Protestant canon, but the question of whether they are worth reading at all deserves a considered answer rather than a…

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Apologetics | Bibliology (Scripture)

Did Constantine create the Bible?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas March 31, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60087 The claim that Constantine created the Bible appears regularly in popular sceptical discussions, was given wide circulation by Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code, and resurfaces periodically in online conversations as though it were settled historical fact. It is not. The claim is historically wrong in virtually every detail, and Christians should…

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Historical Theology

What did Bultmann mean by “demythologisation,” and why does it conflict with orthodox Christianity?

What did the Reformers teach about salvation (the Five Solas)?

What day of the week was Jesus crucified?

What is Molinism?

Does the Trinity share one consciousness or three?

What is divine simplicity?

Where did the Word of Faith movement come from, and what shaped its theology?

Was Jesus a Jew or a Christian?

Is Esdras a book we should read?

Did Constantine create the Bible?

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