The foundation of all that we do must be the revelation that God has given us in his word. Deut 29:29 us a useful summary of the purposes of God's revelation.
topChristians recognize some, but not all, books as the Word of God. The study of the canon seeks to understand why we recognize the books that we do. There is now a blog entry that discusses this subject, and that links to two papers from some years ago that give further details. top
Over the years, many traditions have crept into the church that have no foundation in Scripture. These studies try to sort out human tradition from biblical teaching in several areas:
The Bible has much to say about how families should conduct their affairs. Here is a book-length study of divorce and remarriage in the Bible.
topIt is common, but completely inappropriate, to describe our Lord's sacrifice as an atonement. Here's why.
The Bible describes some aspects of salvation under the metaphor of God's library.
The gift of languages (or "tongues") described in Acts 2 and 1 Cor 12-14, among other places, has been the subject of much speculation. Here's a paper from 1974 that still contains some valuable insights on the subject. More recently, we studied this gift in the light of the prophecy from Isaiah 28 quoted in 1 Cor 14:21. You can find the notes here. They were presented in two messages: the first focuses on the instances of tongues in Acts, while the second discusses 1 Cor 12-14.
topThere's a lot of discussion these days about the rapture and the tribulation. I wrote this paper to sort out my thinking on the matter.
topHere are mp3 files of studies on special Jewish and Christian days, some with written notes.