Dr. Poythress talked recently with Clay Sidebender of the Substack newsletter The Inerrant Word; used by permission. In October of 1978, a group of 334 evangelical christian leaders from many different denominations and churches came together to formulate the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (CSBI). The conference was put on by the International Council on ..read more

by Vern S. Poythress A presentation at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, at Fort Worth, TX, Nov. 16, 2021, 9:00am. Because of limitations on time, not all parts of this presentation were covered in the oral delivery. The basic ideas of the presentation are now incorporated into a book, Making Sense of the ..read more

Diane Poythress’ book My Child, His Child: Spiritual Blessings for Mothers and Families from the Ten Commandments is now available freely on the ebooks page. The book can also be purchased at Amazon or at WTS Books ..read more

Dr. Poythress recently appeared on the Gospel Simplicity YouTube channel to discuss biblical typology ..read more

Dr. Poythress recently spoke at Christ Church West Chester on Biblical Typology ..read more

Link to listen online: Biblical Typology Link to listen on Apple Podcasts: Biblical Typology Link to listen on Spotify: Biblical Typology ..read more

Dr. Poythress has a new article up at the Crossway blog: “5 Poor Ways to Approach the Old Testament ..read more

Vern S. Poythress, “A Further Defense of the Initiation View of Genesis 1:1: A Rejoinder to Dr. Bruce Waltke’s Revisit to Genesis 1” (PDF), Originally published in the Westminster Theological Journal 18 (2016–2017) 142–59. Used with permission ..read more

Are there analogies to the Trinity? If so, what?1 Sometimes when people talk about analogies for the Trinity, they are exploring analogies from within the world that might help them to better understand the Trinity, or at least to illustrate the truth of the Trinity. For example, can the Trinity be fruitfully compared to three faculties of the human person, such as memory, understanding, and will? Or can the Trinity be compared to a human society of three human persons who act jointly?2 But we can approach the topic of analogies from the reverse direction. Given the doctrine of the Trinity, ho ..read more

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