Andrew S. Ballitch

Sep 22, 2024 | booksataglance.com | Andrew S. Ballitch

by Andrew S. BallitchSummary and ReviewJames Edwards compares and contrasts the ministry of Jesus and the church of Ignatius’s day. Jesus’s ministry took place roughly 30 A.D. and the epistles of Ignatius date around 100 A.D. The two were separated by about one lifetime and in this period radical changes took place, if not in essence, at the very least in the form of Christianity. What emerged has endured for two-thousand years.

Jun 10, 2024 | cbmw.org | Andrew S. Ballitch

Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly in the home and the church? How do you view the relationship between the Bible’s teaching on the proper order of the home and the proper order of the church?

Sep 3, 2023 | crossway.org | Fred Sanders |John Owen |Andrew S. Ballitch |Kelly M. Kapic

This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. John 1:1–5In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Jul 10, 2023 | booksataglance.com | Andrew S. Ballitch

A Book Review from Books At a Glanceby Andrew BallitchSummary and ReviewIn her introduction, Rebecca McLaughlin makes the point that Christianity is anything but misogynistic. In fact, Christianity has been disproportionately attractive to women from the beginning and indisputably the best thing for women’s rights and equality. Here any kind of ideological agenda stops and McLaughlin surveys the New Testament evidence and lets it speak for itself.

Jul 7, 2023 | crossway.org | John Owen |Andrew S. Ballitch |Scott Swain |Fred Sanders

This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Acts 1:4–8The promise of the Father refers to the gift that was promised by the Father, namely, the new and greater empowering of the Holy Spirit that the disciples were to await in Jerusalem (see Luke 3:15–17; Luke 24:49). Baptized with the Holy Spirit looks forward to Pentecost (see Acts 2). John had contrasted his “repentance” baptism with Jesus’ “Holy Spirit” baptism (Mark 1:8).