John Davis
Meet Your New Theology Prof: Elihu
Theology is word that literally means the study of God. So, the entire Bible is theology, but if we wanted to learn about who God is we...
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John Davis
- Aug 31
- 3 min
One Way Women Outshine Men in God's Kingdom
Christianity has always been a religion and a way of life that attracts women. In every church I’ve ever been a part of, the women...
John Davis
- Aug 23
- 3 min
The Ministry of Shutting Up
It was excruciating, frustrating, even cringe-worthy. I was in a place of business, as a customer, talking with an employee about their...
John Davis
- Aug 15
- 3 min
The Curious Case of the Decapitated Savior
I unashamedly stole the title of this article from Jim Savastio, pastor of Reformed Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. But what in the...
John Davis
- Apr 18
- 5 min
FASTING: A Forgotten Christian Discipline
When was the last time you fasted? I don’t mean for a surgery, or for dietary cleansing purposes, but as a means of pursuing God? The...
John Davis
- Mar 29
- 7 min
Questions About Our View on Baptism
In recent weeks I’ve had three separate interactions with brothers in Christ who were legitimately confused as to how I could believe...
John Davis
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Top 10 Books of 2022
I absolutely love to read, and these are the top 10 books I read in this past year. Not all of these came out in 2022, although many of...
John Davis
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
"Did God really say"...? The Misuse of Genesis 3:1
How many times have you heard a preacher cite Satan's tempting words to Eve in Genesis 3:1, "Did God really say...?" and then go on to...
John Davis
- Oct 28, 2022
- 2 min
To Halloween or Not to Halloween?
Should Christians celebrate and participate in Halloween? The question is more debated and nuanced than you might know. Some welcome the...
John Davis
- Sep 19, 2022
- 4 min
Jack Cottrell: Professor, Theologian, Mentor, Man of God (1938–2022)
This past Saturday I woke up to the news that my former seminary professor, Dr. Jack Cottrell, had passed away after a battle with...
John Davis
- Sep 13, 2022
- 6 min
Open Letter to a Young Person Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction
I don’t know what message you have heard from Christians or churches about homosexuality, but I want you to know that we have not always...
John Davis
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
Why You Should Read (and re-read) Lord of the Rings
The other day I finished reading through The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the fifth time. I enjoyed it this time just as much as the...
John Davis
- Jul 21, 2022
- 4 min
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
My 9-year-old daughter prayed for dinner the other night. She thanked God for being good and giving us some wonderful food and then she...
John Davis
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Beginning of the End for Abortion in America
My Dad had a tradition of buying and saving a copy of the local and national newspapers on the day his kids were born. Just yesterday we...
John Davis
- May 19, 2022
- 3 min
Does God Forget Our Sins?
“For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8:12, ESV) I received a question about...
John Davis
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Resurrection and the New Creation
The resurrection is not only an apologetics tool—a way to prove that Christianity is real and the teachings of Jesus have all been...
John Davis
- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
Are All Sins the Same in God's Eyes?
“A sin is a sin is a sin.” Have you ever heard that? Have you ever said that? The idea is, while we tend to think of some sins as really...
John Davis
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Selfish Ambition: The Sin We Do Not Name
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that...
John Davis
- Mar 18, 2022
- 4 min
How Do They Have So Much Time?
There’s a sentence in C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity that's been stuck in my brain for a few weeks now. At one point, Lewis begins to...
John Davis
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
Making a Name for Ourselves
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest...
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