Tag: Links
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Francis Beckwith
Francis Beckwith, president of the Evangelical Theological Society, has returned to the Roman Catholic Church. The move is certainly a courageous and sincere one, although it has caused great sadness to many evangelical protestants. It is interesting that Beckwith’s study of the Early Church Fathers played an important role in his return to Rome. Click…
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In the Light of Grace
“How do I know whether I shall die easily or with difficulty? I only know that my dying, too is part of my life . . . And then – this is the destination, the limit and the goal for all of us – I shall no longer ‘be,’ but I shall be made manifest…
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Choose One Great Theologian
“When I was in seminary, a wise professor told me that, in addition to the Bible, I ought to choose one great theologian and apply myself throughout life to understanding and mastering his thought – to sink at least one shaft deep into reality rather than always dabbling on the surface of things. I might,…
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Vigen Guroian
Discovered a new theologian today: Vigen Guroian. I’m intrigued with his idea of using all our senses in loving and worshiping God. “Human beings are not simply oriented by one sense or two senses. They’re, they’re oriented by several senses. And so in order for the human being to be wholly engaged, all of those…
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Authentic Theology
“…to be authentic, theology must be written for the undivided church that the Spirit will surely someday grant.” — Robert W. Jenson, “A Theological Autobiography, to Date” (Dialog: A Journal of Theology, vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2007) p. 54
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New Book on Karl Barth
Over at Faith and Theology (my favorite theological blog) has posted a review of a new book on Karl Barth: Michael Menke-Peitzmeyer, Subjektivität und Selbstinterpretation des dreifaltigen Gottes: Eine Studie zur Genese und Explikation des Paradigmas “Selbstoffenbarung Gottes” in der Theologie Karl Barths (Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2002), 637 pp Click here to go there!
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Elect in Christ
My wife told me to be a bit careful about preaching on election and predestination. Meat is good for adults with strong teeth and a healthy digestive system; to give it to babies is in effect to choke them instead of to feed them. Whew! point well taken. Anyway, here a few more random thoughts…
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Torrance on Predestination
I spent the morning listening to an audio of a lecture by Thomas Torrance where he said Limited Atonement (and by implication the Calvinistic interpretation of election and predestination) was a heresy. When he said this I could hear people murmuring and reacting in the background. Anyway, he said some very interesting things, such as…
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Foreknowledge and Predestination
Yesterday, I preached to a group of college students and young professionals during one of the regular Thursday evening meetings of the Campus Bible Fellowship-Bacolod City. Here’s essentially what I shared last night: SOVEREIGN GRACE, SURE GLORY For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,…
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Grace and Gratitude (2)
“And if the essence of God as the God of man is His grace, then the essence of men as His people, that which is proper and demanded of them in covenant with God, is simply their thanks…. The grace of God calls for this modest but active return…. That he should be thankful is…
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 