Author: Bobby Killmon

What is “redaction criticism” and why should we know about it as Apostolics?   Redaction criticism is a liberal method that attempts to “investigate” Scriptures to make judgments about their authorship, historical trustworthiness, and date of writing. This method is mostly used to destroy the credibility of Scripture. The reason we need

A wide range of beliefs on creationism exist even in the evangelical world. This includes what are much more biblical options (such as young earth creationism or the pre-Adamic gap theory) to the admittedly most liberal (i.e. framework hypothesis or so called “theistic evolution”). So, how do we start to

How would you address the claim that “There are 'good people' who haven’t obeyed Acts 2:38 who might be saved…” or will perhaps be “…judged by the light they knew”?    First, I wouldn’t answer that personally but instead would let Scripture speak on that clearly. Scripture does not say people will

Is it clear Scripture does not leave ambiguous whether a woman’s hair is okay to trim if it’s still technically long?    This is one of our key biblical distinctions from the Apostle’s doctrine addressing the distinction in sexes. A fascinating thing is while some Apostolics are picking up “studied ambiguity” from non-Apostolic

I always hear from elders to “listen and read critically” to preachers and other commentaries. How can I do that well? (Part 2)   In my last column I was dealing with how liberal approaches start with assumptions that inform the whole task of theology that follows. If we believe the Bible

Does the Greek show that the references in the book of Acts do not actually give the name to be used in baptism, but rather only mean "in the authority of Jesus”? If so, does this make Mt. 28:19 the only biblical formula to use for baptism?   Short answer? No. Longer

If Jesus and the Father are not distinct Persons, why are there clear passages showing a subject-object relationship between them?  This argument is based on any distinction made between Father and Son whether of messianic prophesies in the OT or Father/Son statements in the NT such as, “I (subject) have glorified

As Apostolics do not believe in the trinity, what would be the point of three-type language in 2 Cor.13:14?    The clear language of this text is in harmony with Oneness or Apostolic belief. There are several points to consider when interpreting this passage, but I will address just a few due