Webster on the Relationship between Exegesis and Dogmatics
I really like the way John Webster articulates this warning against overconfidence in the independent value of "retrieval" or dogm...
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Theology Always Needs To Be Written Again
Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead , on the importance of doing theology, and of not thinking you're the only one or the first one to ...
Christology From the Beginning: Exploring The Scope and Sequence of a Canonical Christology
The study of Christology is like climbing a towering mountain, or perhaps better, a long line of mountain ranges. To make a trek like this, ...
"The Gospel" as the Unifying Theme of Theology and the Rule of Faith for the Churches
Mike Bird ends his articulation and apology for the structure of his systematic theology ( Evangelical Theology ) by summarizing the reason ...
Obtaining the Minutest Portion of Sound Doctrine
If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is impossible...
Creation ≠ Throwaway Theology
God as creator is not throwaway theology. It isn’t just teaching for the kids. Yes, it’s critical Sunday school instruction, but the church...
Seeing His Face
"They shall see his face." —Rev 22:4 "Whom have I in heaven but you?" —Psalm 73:25 When we look into the face of our Lo...
The Holy Spirit is always already at work
Fred Sanders ends his excellent little book on the Holy Spirit with this summative statement: The Holy Spirit makes himself known to us in...
The Chastened Possibility of Theology
Systematic theology is indeed selective and limited in its scope. It does not say everything that can possibly be said about what has been ...
The Focus of Evangelical Theology
What the word 'evangelical' will objectively designate is that theology which treats the God of the Gospel. This is the God who r...
The Intrepid Lord
We have experienced the most frightful things, but man is not broken by the lords who are not the Lord. Intrepidly he passes through the ru...
The Touchstone of all Theology
Christology . . . is the touchstone of all knowledge of God in the Christian sense, the touchstone of all theology. "Tell me how it ...
Responsible Theologians Teach the Gospel
Responsible theologians ought to order their teaching by the gospel, and also to ensure that whatever else their theologies may contain, th...
An Unimaginably More Potent Witness
The best evangelical theological work emerges from the delight in the Christian gospel, for the gospel announces a reality which is in itse...
Theology as a Household Conversation
Theology is the conversation that takes place between family members in the household of faith about what it means to behold and believe in...
The Beguiling Spectacle of a Mountaineer who does not Believe in Mountains
A theologian who does not believe in God is like a mountaineer for whom it is an open question whether there are any mountains or a plumber...
Letting Your Theological Thoughts Breathe
On the relationship between theology and prayer in the life of a theologian: A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of ...
Theology Helps Us Sing the Song of Redemption
Christians are called to enter into the chorus of praise that is true worship, responding in the Spirit to the revelation of the saving God...
The Loneliness of Idolatry
One great danger of idols is that we try to fill our souls with what cannot satisfy, and then in our loneliness, questions and despair wonde...
Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets you Free, Book Review
Title: Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets you Free Author: Tullian Tchivdjian Publisher: David Cook, 2012 Price: $17.99 ( amz ) Bind...
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