Archive for July 2019
What is Regeneration?
Four Views on the Historical Adam
The Grace of Godliness
Whomever He Wills
The Forgotten Attribute of God
The new issue of Credo Magazine focuses on The Aseity of God. The following is an excerpt from Glenn Butner’s feature article, The Forgotten Attribute of God: Why Modern Theology Abandoned Aseity and Why We Must Recover It Today. Glenn Butner, Jr. (M.Div., Duke Divinity School, Ph.D., Marquette University) is assistant professor of theology and Christian…
Read MoreWhy Pastors Should Engage John Gill
John Gill was a Baptist minister in London during the 18th Century. In 1719 he took up the mantle of pastor at Horselydown Baptist church. Gill ministered to his London congregation for over fifty-one years. Of the ministers at Horselydown Baptist church, Gill was the third. The church itself was founded by the venerable Benjamin…
Read MoreDoes the Son Eternally Submit to the Father? Systematic Considerations (Part 2)
In part one, I summarized portions of my recent book, The Son Who Learned Obedience: A Theological Case Against the Eternal Submission of the Son, by introducing several methodological concerns regarding recent evangelical debates over the eternal submission of the Son. Many have argued that the Son submits to the Father in eternity, and that…
Read MoreDoes the Son Eternally Submit to the Father? Methodological Considerations (Part 1)
In my new book, The Son Who Learned Obedience, I present a case against the position known as the Eternal Submission of the Son (EFS). EFS argues that the Son is eternally characterized in his person by a functional subordination and/or a relation of submission and obedience to the Father. In other words, the Son,…
Read MoreMy Life between God and the Devil
What were the early days at Harvard Divinity School like for Timothy George? How did Heiko Oberman and George Huntston Williams influence George? Why is it that the Reformers were the focus of George? What was at stake for the SBC while George was at Southern Seminary and how did it play out in his…
Read MoreMy Life between God and the Devil: New Credo Podcast with Timothy George
What were the early days at Harvard Divinity School like for Timothy George? How did Heiko Oberman and George Huntston Williams influence George? Why is it that the Reformers were the focus of George? What was at stake for the SBC while George was at Southern Seminary and how did it play out in his…
Read More“No One is Righteous”: How to Read with the Righteous in the Psalms
The Psalms are rich spiritual food for the Christian life. I have recently returned afresh to the wellspring of deep renewal found in the book of Psalms, and certainly numerous others have found the same sweet rewards in these Spirit-inspired poems of old. From the homilies of early church Fathers, to the intoned prayers of…
Read MoreWhy Pastors Should Engage Abraham Kuyper
Father Abraham” as he is affectionately known by his admirers had his shortcomings. He was to some extent a man of his era. Thus, his arguments on progress can at times sound Euro-centric and imperialistic, some of his views on South Africa border on racism, and he was occasionally tempted by an irrational kind of…
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