You can still be a slave experientially, even when you are no longer a slave legally…Whatever you may feel, whatever your experience may be, God tell us here, through his word, that if we are in Christ we are no longer in Adam, we are no longer under the reign and rule of sin… AndContinue reading “No Longer Slaves!”
Category Archives: Religion
Bad Trinity Analogies
The Trinity is a hard doctrine to understand – and there are some pretty bad explanations out there:
Fundamentalists and the “Stupid Sumbitch”
Alvin Plantinga on the pejorative use of the term “Fundamentalist”(via Michael Bird): We must first look into the use of this term ‘fundamentalist’. On the most common contemporary academic use of the term, it is a term of abuse or disapprobation, rather like ‘son of a bitch’, more exactly ‘sonovabitch’, or perhaps still more exactlyContinue reading “Fundamentalists and the “Stupid Sumbitch””
Renew Your Life!
This book, written by Pastor Mark Kai Nilsen, is birthed out of a story that has become so familiar among churches. The Pastor feels tired, trained burned out. He winters around with his spirit diminished and his relationships drained. Even though he appears to have it all together, on the inside his energy has beenContinue reading “Renew Your Life!”
What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century?
What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century? Only time will tell (we are only 15 years in!), but Oliver Crisp has given his opinion on what book it is: “I tell my students that Warranted Christian Belief is the most important work of theology that has been written soContinue reading “What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century?”
Calls for Contributions to the Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia
See below: We are pleased to inform you that the Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia project is progressing well. Over the last 18 months we have edited hundreds of entries, which will be returned in the coming months to the contributor for review. However, there are still a number of entries to be written for which weContinue reading “Calls for Contributions to the Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia”
George Hunsinger’s Lecture on Barth & the Trinity
Last week in our Trinity Seminar George Hunsinger led a discussion about Church Dogmatics 1.1 Sections 8-12. Here are some notes that you might find helpful/interesting: Reading for the Outline Barth has a very detailed outline by which he structures Church dogmatics. “Every paragraph is written around a central mainpoint” if you read each mainpointContinue reading “George Hunsinger’s Lecture on Barth & the Trinity”
A Commentary on the Manuscripts and Text of the New Testament
Comfort’s A Commentary on the Manuscripts and Text of the New Testament is “an up-to-date commentary on all the significant manuscripts and textual variants of the New Testament.” It feels and looks very similar to Bruce Metzger’s A Textual Commentary on the New Testament. One key difference between these two texts is that Metzger onlyContinue reading “A Commentary on the Manuscripts and Text of the New Testament”
George Hunsinger and Reading Barth with Charity
Today George Hunsinger will be presenting at our Trinity Seminar – and I’m assuming he is going to talk quite a bit about Reading Barth With Charity. In this book he lays out what it looks like to read another theologian in a charitable way. Austin Reed at Reformed Forum gives an excellent summary ofContinue reading “George Hunsinger and Reading Barth with Charity”
George Hunsinger’s Top 5 Theology Books of the Last 25 Years
Tomorrow morning George Hunsinger is presenting on Barth’s discussion on the Trinity in CD 1.1 in our Trinity seminar. Its exciting to kick off the seminar with such a distinguished Barth scholar. Over the semester we will have him, Veli Matti Karkkainen, and Fred Sanders presenting as well. In honor of George Hunsinger here areContinue reading “George Hunsinger’s Top 5 Theology Books of the Last 25 Years”
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 