Pressing Words
Expanding Thought, Finding Meaning
…an online periodical devoted to truth and an unflinching theological clarity in an age of moral confusion. Like the noble Bereans, resisting distortion of God’s Word and Order—confronting deceptive narratives not with novelty, but with timeless truth.
Welcome to Pressing Words, where theology is not just studied—it’s lived, questioned, refined, and celebrated. This site is built on a set of topics that help you engage scripture with clarity, creativity, and conviction. →
Whether you’re here to explore music through a biblical lens, challenge your theological assumptions, or deepen your understanding of doctrine, each category of content offers a distinct path toward truth.
“65% of American adults identify as Christian, only 6% hold a biblical worldview”*
*Source: American Worldview Inventory 2023, Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University
New Feature!
Limited-Scope Collections of Articles
These are designed to walk readers through a focused path—whether it’s learning to pray through biblical examples or reflecting on the lives of key figures in Scripture. Occasionally we’ll produce a series of articles that deserve their own special focus.
Prayers of the Bible.
Old and New Testament prayers when studied can help inform our own prayer life. Each article walks through a single prayer examining its’ pattern looking for insights in context, structure, and principles; offering a way to personalize these inspired prayers as psudeo templates.
Therefore, in the Pauline Epistles.
This series isolates five of Paul’s most formative “therefore” passages. Each article walks through a single “therefore” hinge—what precedes it, what follows it, and how the believer is shaped by it. It asks and answers the critical question, “what is the therefore there for?”
Topics
Exegetical Sound
Testing the theology behind the songs
I PRESS ON
Working out our salvation.
I’m No Theologian
Lay-level examination of church practices and concepts.
Sound Doctrine
Foundational truths to combat the waves.
That’s What You Think?
Examining potential flaws in people’s theological thinking.
Words Have Meaning
Examining the Language of Christianity
Latest Articles
The Berean Writer
“How can we make the truth as interesting to others as it is to us?” asks William E. Blundell in The Art and Craft of Feature Writing.
This challenge resonates with us not only because Feature Article is our chosen style, but deeply with the Berean heart. Like those noble souls in Acts 17:11 who “received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so,” we are called not merely to possess God’s truth, but to present it with the same compelling clarity that first captivated our own hearts.
The gospel that transformed us should burn within us as it did for the disciples on the Emmaus road—urging us to open the Scriptures with such precision and passion that others cannot help but be drawn to search them for themselves.
In an age where only 6% hold a biblical worldview, our task is not to dilute truth’s potency, but to unveil its inherent beauty with such skill that fellow believers discover afresh why God’s Word is…
“more to be desired than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.”
Psalm 19:10