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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>The Master's Seminary Blog</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu</link> <description>Sound articles from trusted faculty and friends of The Master's Seminary.</description> <language>en</language> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:32:52 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2025-10-17T23:32:52Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <item> <title>What Is an Evangelical Leader?</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/what-is-an-evangelical-leader</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/what-is-an-evangelical-leader" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_10.15.25.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary, &quot;What Is an Evangelical Leader?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Prized by John MacArthur is an old edition of John Foxe's <em>Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days</em> (1563), the book which first printed the story of William Tyndale, translator of the English Bible and martyred in 1536. Tyndale's enemy, Thomas More, complained of him that he was 'both nowhere and everywhere': 'nowhere' because few knew his actual location; 'everywhere' because his testimony was reaching all parts of the English-speaking nations. John MacArthur would never think of it, but the words suggest something of a parallel to me. Through hundreds of radio stations his voice is heard over a thousand times daily around the world; his books are to be found in thirty-five languages; yet the local scene where he spends the great part of his life is little known by most who read him or hear him broadcast. He is also 'nowhere and everywhere'.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/what-is-an-evangelical-leader" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_10.15.25.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary, &quot;What Is an Evangelical Leader?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Prized by John MacArthur is an old edition of John Foxe's <em>Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days</em> (1563), the book which first printed the story of William Tyndale, translator of the English Bible and martyred in 1536. Tyndale's enemy, Thomas More, complained of him that he was 'both nowhere and everywhere': 'nowhere' because few knew his actual location; 'everywhere' because his testimony was reaching all parts of the English-speaking nations. John MacArthur would never think of it, but the words suggest something of a parallel to me. Through hundreds of radio stations his voice is heard over a thousand times daily around the world; his books are to be found in thirty-five languages; yet the local scene where he spends the great part of his life is little known by most who read him or hear him broadcast. He is also 'nowhere and everywhere'.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fwhat-is-an-evangelical-leader&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:32:51 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/what-is-an-evangelical-leader</guid> <dc:date>2025-10-17T23:32:51Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Iain H. Murray</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>The Puritans' Passion for Doctrinal Purity</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/the-puritans-passion-for-doctrinal-purity</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-puritans-passion-for-doctrinal-purity" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/10.8.25_blog_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;The Puritans' Passion for Doctrinal Purity&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>A Nation at War</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #000000;">England in the late 1500s and early 1600s was not an easy place to live. For faithful believers, persecution crouched at the door, and as the century turned, forcibly beat the door down as the King’s soldiers were given approval to root out those who disagreed with the King’s religious policies. Puritans were imprisoned, forced to recant their beliefs, suffered their ears being severed, their livelihoods confiscated, the books they wrote publicly burned, and for some, their lives taken.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-puritans-passion-for-doctrinal-purity" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/10.8.25_blog_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;The Puritans' Passion for Doctrinal Purity&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>A Nation at War</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #000000;">England in the late 1500s and early 1600s was not an easy place to live. For faithful believers, persecution crouched at the door, and as the century turned, forcibly beat the door down as the King’s soldiers were given approval to root out those who disagreed with the King’s religious policies. Puritans were imprisoned, forced to recant their beliefs, suffered their ears being severed, their livelihoods confiscated, the books they wrote publicly burned, and for some, their lives taken.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fthe-puritans-passion-for-doctrinal-purity&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Church History</category> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:10:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/the-puritans-passion-for-doctrinal-purity</guid> <dc:date>2025-10-09T21:10:14Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Whitney Gamble</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Preserving the Legacy of the Puritans</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/preserving-the-legacy-of-the-puritans</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/preserving-the-legacy-of-the-puritans" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/10.3.25_blog__photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, John MacArthur's &quot;Preserving the Legacy of the Puritans&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The lasting legacy of the Puritans was their preaching, as captured in their books. Puritanism was, above all else, a Bible-centered movement. J. I. Packer described the Puritans as “premodern”—meaning they ignored the culture in interpretation, and they were absorbed with the context and with Scripture interpreting Scripture. They were competent exegetically with biblical languages. They were capable critical thinkers. They were literalists in interpretation, and they excelled in application. All of this rose out of their strong conviction of the inspiration, authority, perspicuity, and sufficiency of Scripture.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/preserving-the-legacy-of-the-puritans" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/10.3.25_blog__photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, John MacArthur's &quot;Preserving the Legacy of the Puritans&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The lasting legacy of the Puritans was their preaching, as captured in their books. Puritanism was, above all else, a Bible-centered movement. J. I. Packer described the Puritans as “premodern”—meaning they ignored the culture in interpretation, and they were absorbed with the context and with Scripture interpreting Scripture. They were competent exegetically with biblical languages. They were capable critical thinkers. They were literalists in interpretation, and they excelled in application. All of this rose out of their strong conviction of the inspiration, authority, perspicuity, and sufficiency of Scripture.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fpreserving-the-legacy-of-the-puritans&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Church History</category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:01:31 GMT</pubDate> <author>jmacarthur@tms.edu (John MacArthur)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/preserving-the-legacy-of-the-puritans</guid> <dc:date>2025-10-03T17:01:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Speaking into a Broken World</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/speaking-into-a-broken-world</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/speaking-into-a-broken-world" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_4_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Speaking into a Broken World&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In times of crisis or controversy, spiritual leadership is of paramount importance to both the church and the world. If in these moments the church is a beacon of light to a dark world, the church’s leaders are the lightkeepers faithfully lighting the lamps on the darkest of days. These spiritual leaders are to equip the saints for the work of ministry (Eph. 4:12), pay careful attention to themselves and to the flock (Acts 20:28), and set an example for the flock (1 Pet. 5:3; 1 Tim. 4:12).</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/speaking-into-a-broken-world" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_4_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Speaking into a Broken World&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In times of crisis or controversy, spiritual leadership is of paramount importance to both the church and the world. If in these moments the church is a beacon of light to a dark world, the church’s leaders are the lightkeepers faithfully lighting the lamps on the darkest of days. These spiritual leaders are to equip the saints for the work of ministry (Eph. 4:12), pay careful attention to themselves and to the flock (Acts 20:28), and set an example for the flock (1 Pet. 5:3; 1 Tim. 4:12).</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fspeaking-into-a-broken-world&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Ministry</category> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:54:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/speaking-into-a-broken-world</guid> <dc:date>2025-09-26T22:54:10Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Matt Ng</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>The Man of God: Faithful and Fighting</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/the-man-of-god-faithful-and-fighting</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-man-of-god-faithful-and-fighting" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_9.22.25.png" alt="By John MacArthur, &quot;The Man of God: Faithful and Fighting&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 20px; color: #000000;">“Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” —1 Timothy 6:12</span></em></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s essential to say that the man of God is a fighter. In the strongest sense of the term, he’s a battler, a warrior, and a soldier. Paul speaks with that kind of language in 2 Timothy 2:3: “Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-man-of-god-faithful-and-fighting" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_9.22.25.png" alt="By John MacArthur, &quot;The Man of God: Faithful and Fighting&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 20px; color: #000000;">“Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” —1 Timothy 6:12</span></em></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s essential to say that the man of God is a fighter. In the strongest sense of the term, he’s a battler, a warrior, and a soldier. Paul speaks with that kind of language in 2 Timothy 2:3: “Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fthe-man-of-god-faithful-and-fighting&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:29:08 GMT</pubDate> <author>jmacarthur@tms.edu (John MacArthur)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/the-man-of-god-faithful-and-fighting</guid> <dc:date>2025-09-22T21:29:08Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Friendship of John MacArthur</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/the-friendship-of-john-macarthur</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-friendship-of-john-macarthur" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_9.9.25.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;The Friendship of John MacArthur&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>We are grateful to have celebrated the life and ministry of our founder, longtime president, and chancellor, Dr. John MacArthur, on August 23, 2025. Below is an adapted transcript of&nbsp; Dr. John Piper's reflections&nbsp;from the memorial service.</em></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/the-friendship-of-john-macarthur" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_9.9.25.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;The Friendship of John MacArthur&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>We are grateful to have celebrated the life and ministry of our founder, longtime president, and chancellor, Dr. John MacArthur, on August 23, 2025. Below is an adapted transcript of&nbsp; Dr. John Piper's reflections&nbsp;from the memorial service.</em></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fthe-friendship-of-john-macarthur&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:16:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/the-friendship-of-john-macarthur</guid> <dc:date>2025-09-12T17:16:27Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>John Piper</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Our Gratitude for Dr. John MacArthur</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/our-gratitude-for-dr-john-macarthur</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/our-gratitude-for-dr-john-macarthur" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo-ferguson.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Our Gratitude for Dr. John MacArthur&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span><em>We are grateful to have celebrated the life and ministry of our founder, longtime president, and chancellor, Dr. John MacArthur, on August 23, 2025. Below is an adapted transcript of&nbsp; Dr. Sinclair Ferguson's message from the memorial service.</em></span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/our-gratitude-for-dr-john-macarthur" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo-ferguson.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Our Gratitude for Dr. John MacArthur&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span><em>We are grateful to have celebrated the life and ministry of our founder, longtime president, and chancellor, Dr. John MacArthur, on August 23, 2025. Below is an adapted transcript of&nbsp; Dr. Sinclair Ferguson's message from the memorial service.</em></span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Four-gratitude-for-dr-john-macarthur&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:11:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/our-gratitude-for-dr-john-macarthur</guid> <dc:date>2025-09-05T16:11:29Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Sinclair Ferguson</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>On Finishing Well</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/on-finishing-well</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/on-finishing-well" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_8.22.25.png" alt="An excerpt from On Finishing Well by John MacArthur" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Sometime before I entered my eighties, I began to realize that I am now in the final chapter of my life and ministry. I want to finish well. I have been thinking much about what that means and why it is so important. Scripture and church history are full of tragic examples of men who showed great promise but didn’t finish well.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/on-finishing-well" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_8.22.25.png" alt="An excerpt from On Finishing Well by John MacArthur" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Sometime before I entered my eighties, I began to realize that I am now in the final chapter of my life and ministry. I want to finish well. I have been thinking much about what that means and why it is so important. Scripture and church history are full of tragic examples of men who showed great promise but didn’t finish well.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fon-finishing-well&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Ministry</category> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:59:58 GMT</pubDate> <author>jmacarthur@tms.edu (John MacArthur)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/on-finishing-well</guid> <dc:date>2025-08-22T22:59:58Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Denomination or Deformation?</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/denomination-or-deformation</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/denomination-or-deformation" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_5_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary, &quot;Denomination or Deformation?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Baptists, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. All three claim to believe in Jesus. Yet, only one of these groups can be rightly classified as a denomination rather than a false religion.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/denomination-or-deformation" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_5_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary, &quot;Denomination or Deformation?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Baptists, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. All three claim to believe in Jesus. Yet, only one of these groups can be rightly classified as a denomination rather than a false religion.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fdenomination-or-deformation&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Apologetics</category> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:42:18 GMT</pubDate> <author>nbusenitz@tms.edu (Nathan Busenitz)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/denomination-or-deformation</guid> <dc:date>2025-07-25T20:42:18Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Handling the Hard Passages, Part 2</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/handling-the-hard-passages-2</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/handling-the-hard-passages-2" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_3_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Handling the Hard Passages, Part 2&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/blog/handling-hard-passages-part-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #b78b20;">Handling the Hard Passages, Part 1</span></a>, we looked at why dealing with difficult areas of Scripture matters. If you didn't get a chance to read that post yet, it would be beneficial for you to check it out as a foundation to understanding today’s topic. This week I want to take the time to look at some specific hard passages to show not only how to think through difficult questions but also why the answers to these questions are beautiful. We could look at a plethora of different issues, but we only have space for three. We’ll take a look at them in biblical order.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/handling-the-hard-passages-2" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_3_photo.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Handling the Hard Passages, Part 2&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/blog/handling-hard-passages-part-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #b78b20;">Handling the Hard Passages, Part 1</span></a>, we looked at why dealing with difficult areas of Scripture matters. If you didn't get a chance to read that post yet, it would be beneficial for you to check it out as a foundation to understanding today’s topic. This week I want to take the time to look at some specific hard passages to show not only how to think through difficult questions but also why the answers to these questions are beautiful. We could look at a plethora of different issues, but we only have space for three. We’ll take a look at them in biblical order.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fhandling-the-hard-passages-2&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Apologetics</category> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:45:25 GMT</pubDate> <author>abnerchou@example.com (Abner Chou)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/handling-the-hard-passages-2</guid> <dc:date>2025-07-02T04:45:25Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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