Author Archives: Chad C. Ashby

The Genesis of Scripture (Part 1): The Words of Men

There was a time when the Bible was not. Can we all agree on that?  Sometimes I wonder whether we forget that when the LORD appeared to Abram, he did not have a Bible to learn about God.  When Moses was sent to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, he had no external textContinueContinue reading “The Genesis of Scripture (Part 1): The Words of Men”

Referentiality: The Bible Is like Downtown Pittsburgh

I always love it when the Bible refers to itself.  Allusions, echoes, direct quotes, repetition–they all play major parts in the unity of the message of Scripture.  These different methods of referentiality make for a tightly connected network of words, a web that delightfully entangles the reader as he is drawn further and further intoContinueContinue reading “Referentiality: The Bible Is like Downtown Pittsburgh”

What Continuationism and Cessationism Are Not.

A few years ago at The Gospel Coalition, Thomas Schreiner and Sam Storms wrote companion articles presenting the cases for cessationism vs. continuationism with regards to certain spiritual gifts.  Schreiner argues that gifts like apostleship, prophesy, tongues, and possibly healing have ceased since the closing of the canon and the death of the apostles.  Storms assertsContinueContinue reading “What Continuationism and Cessationism Are Not.”

Can a Christian Sell Weed?

With the roll-out of new legislation in Colorado, the doors have been blown off a giant bomb shelter.  Cowering within were many Christians now ethically exposed, myself being one of them.  You see, up until the recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado (and now Washington state), I would dare say most of us Christians wereContinueContinue reading “Can a Christian Sell Weed?”

Sabbath-breakers: Meeting on the “First Day”

Why do we as Protestants, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and…well, almost everyone except Seven Day Adventists, excuse ourselves from observing the Sabbath on the seventh day of the week?  God is pretty clear in Exodus 20:9-10–“Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God.ContinueContinue reading “Sabbath-breakers: Meeting on the “First Day””

My Social Media New Year’s Resolutions

It is a new year, and as I think about how I want to take advantage of this fresh start, I realized that the me I really want to improve is the online me–that is, the me I present on all of my social media.  Therefore, as I seek to grow my online health, personality,ContinueContinue reading “My Social Media New Year’s Resolutions”