Mike Wittmer

Category: Theology

  • Adam and Madam

    Tonight our class will discuss Zondervan’s new, Four Views on the Historical Adam. As with Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, this is an important book. Here is a quick run down. Dennis Lamoureux says he believes in biblical inerrancy but not a historical Adam (63). He argues that God was merely intending to communicate theological…

  • your body

    Here’s my latest for Our Daily Journey. I’m turning it in tomorrow, so if you see something say something. Thanks!           I like to write out my thoughts before I type them, and I’ve learned that my brain works best with a good pen. When I grab an old pen that rolls roughly across the…

  • birth religion

    In this latest draft for Our Daily Journey, I attempt to put an apologetical spin on a devotional thought. As always, there is still time for fixes if you spot something. Read 2 Timothy 1:3-14:  I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice.…

  • about last night

    Last night’s class had a stimulating discussion that spilled over afterwards. This morning I wrote up something to organize and respond to the main concerns that were raised, and then thought it might also interest the readers of this blog. The page numbers are to the Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. Here are seven theses…

  • five views on inerrancy

    Weather permitting, and who really knows anymore?, tonight’s systematic class will discuss Zondervan’s new Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. There is much to digest in this timely book (I marked up the book and typed eleven pages of single spaced notes), but here is a quick summary. Pete Enns plainly says he does not believe…

  • more or less

    I’ve been scrambling since before Christmas, putting out fires and starting some, so my blogging has been spotty. But today is my birthday, so I thought I’d better say something. I spent the morning at Brian Algie’s ordination council (which he passed easily), and at lunch met a pastor whose church is a few blocks…

  • take the next step

    Here’s my latest for Our Daily Journey. I’ve got a few days if anyone sees something that needs changed. Thanks! Have you felt the crushing weight of despair? A performance review was overwhelmingly negative, or a cancer screen was unexpectedly positive. Your spouse announced he wanted a divorce, and suddenly you were lost and alone.…

  • apologetics roundup

    My J-term apologetics class starts tomorrow, as long as the blizzard stops, and I thought it might be helpful to note a few new books that were published last year. Debating Christian Theism contains parallel chapters from Christians and skeptics on various apologetic issues, such as God’s existence, evil, resurrection, etc. As with any edited…

  • Merry Christmas

    My favorite picture of Old Saint Nicholas, who allegedly punched Arius in the face at the Council of Nicea, and so preserved the true meaning of Christmas (that the man Jesus is also consubstantial with the Father).

  • duck soup

    I don’t see a need to weigh in beyond what others, such as Al Mohler, Russell Moore, Trevin Wax, and Joe Carter, have already said (everyone with a blog has commented on this story; sorry if I missed you). And I do need to put this aside and do the work God has called me…