Archive for January 2019
Can We Trust the Gospels? Yes, We Can.
For the last 30 years, I’ve been researching and teaching ancient languages and the Bible. I’ve tended to write abstruse things and to be pleased if I could get double-figure numbers of readers. I’ve also tended to advise budding scholars not to write too much. After all, it takes rather a long time to learn…
Read MoreHave we misunderstood the Lord’s Supper? New podcast episode with Todd Billings
Have we left out important facets of the Lord’s Supper, like its present and future components? How is Christ’s presence manifested in the Lord’s Table? What is the role of faith in receiving the Lord’s Supper as a means of grace? How does the Lord’s Supper communicate our Pneumatology as well as Christology? Why is…
Read MoreHave we misunderstood the Lord’s Supper?
Have we left out important facets of the Lord’s Supper, like its present and future components? How is Christ’s presence manifested in the Lord’s Table? What is the role of faith in receiving the Lord’s Supper as a means of grace? How does the Lord’s Supper communicate our Pneumatology as well as Christology? Why is…
Read MoreWhy God’s Love is an Immutable Love
The new issue of Credo Magazine is titled The Immutability of God. The following is an excerpt from Paul Smalley’s article, Why God’s Love is an Immutable Love. Paul M. Smalley (ThM, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary) is faculty teaching assistant to Joel Beeke at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He is the co-author of Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 1: Revelation and God. God has…
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