By Matthew Claridge– photo source When the Roman general Pompey conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC, he entered the Holy of Holies expecting to find, if not a great deal of loot, at least a dazzling image of the deity worshiped there. He was astonished to find absolutely nothing at all, indeed, nothing but a bare [...]

By Matthew Claridge –   There has been a lot of press in the Blogosphere concerning Rob Bell’s downward spiral toward inclusivism/ universalism. We would be sorely mistaken, however, to think that this issue is only of recent vintage. I was surprised to discover in reading John Owen’s Biblical Theology ( the edition I am [...]

by Matthew Barrett I fell in love with historical theology the first time I laid eyes on her. We met in an undergraduate course on The History of Christian Thought. In that class, we read a well-written textbook that provided a narrative introduction to the topic. We also spent time reading primary source texts from [...]