Joel V. webb
PASTOR – WRITER – Podcaster – THEOLOGIAN
Recent Blog Posts
Book Recommendation: Kingdom Race Theology
There is a deep tension in our society right now when it comes to the issue of race and racial relations. Up until recently, I have found many of the methods to identify and answer these questions to be severely wanting. They would either deny there is a problem...
can I be plucked?
One of my favorite songs of all time is In Christ Alone written by the Getty’s. In its last verse comes a very rousing theme of being secure in Christ. No guilt in life, no fear in death— This is the pow’r of Christ in me; From life’s first cry to final...
How Does He Get Us?
A lot of buzz has been going around the Christian internet sphere about the recent ad campaign from “He Gets Us”. I have seen a lot of posts from people who are either for or against the campaign. For myself personally I think they both have valid points. For the...
Jeremiah, A Prophet for Today
I just finished watching The Bible Collection: Jeremiah which is a dramatization of the life and ministry of the weeping prophet Jeremiah. Following his life from a young age, up till just after the destruction of Jerusalem it shows the near impossible situation...
What is Orthodoxy, and other questions
What does it mean to be orthodox? I don’t really mean part of the Eastern Orthodox churches that came from the Great Schism many centuries ago. What does it mean to be inside of the big tent of acceptable Christian theology?As a start we know that to be inside of...
Position and Posture
We look at the world around us and wonder what is going on!? We see so much polarization, conflict and no matter what issue it seems there is either one side or the other.What do we do? What is our path forward?The question among most faithful Christians is "do we...
Book Recommendation: What Does God Want?
I'm sure most of us have read a lot of books about the gospel, discipleship, getting saved and the like. While a lot of them over the years have been good, more often than not they were either too long, or so short they didn't cover much in depth that needed to...
What is Biblical Justice?
What is Biblical Justice? This is often a hot button issue of discussion. Many Christians completely ignore issues of justice and don't involve themselves in transforming the world around them through the gospel. While others take concepts of justice with almost...
The Context of Scripture
The Context of Scripture “The proper context for interpreting the Bible is the context of the biblical writers—the context that produced the Bible. Every other context is alien or at least secondary.”― Michael S. Heiser, The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching...
Book Recommendation – Salvation by Allegiance Alone
So often in our western culture, the idea of 'faith' is spiritualized and almost taken to a point of feeling. What if it was more tangible? In this book, Bates posits that the better translation for the word pistis which is often rendered as faith, would be...
