America and the Church

Have American Values Affected our Interpretation of Scripture? (Part One)

By: Scott Reynolds, PhD, DMin | October 23, 2022 Tertullian: What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and…

Law of first mention

Is the Law of First Mention a Proper Biblical Hermeneutic?

By: Brian G. Chilton | June 21, 2022 Recently, Curtis Evelo (Bellator Christi Podcast co-host) told me about a conversation he had with an individual…

Prophecy

7 Views on Messianic Prophecies

By: Brian G. Chilton | December 18, 2018   How does one interpret passages in the Hebrew Bible (a.k.a., the Old Testament) in light of…

Reading Bible

5 Steps to Proper Biblical Interpretation

By: Brian Chilton | February 21, 2017 Biblical interpretation is not always easy. Unfortunately, many of the attacks against Christianity come from improper interpretation by…

Keep calm 1 peter 3 15 defend the faith

Is 1 Peter 3:15 Accurately Used as an Apologetic Text?

Often at BellatorChristi.com, I receive comments to which I try to respond as quickly as possible. This past weekend was no exception. For most comments,…

Proverbs Series

5 Tips for Reading Proverbs

At graduation, I had a chance to personally meet many of the wonderful professors at Liberty University that have impacted my life greatly over the…

Bible interpretation

The Dangerous Idea of Protestant Christianity: Temptations That Lead One to Misinterpret Scripture

Recently, I read a book by Alister McGrath titled Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution—A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First. McGrath's thesis…