Archive for January 2020
Ten Baptists: A Recap
Over the last several weeks, Steve Weaver has written about ten baptist figures that everyone should know. In these posts, Weaver recounts a brief biography of each figure, noting their…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Four
Paul’s doctrine of God in 1 Timothy is profoundly high and profoundly deep. The Lord is high and lifted up, inhabiting eternity; yet also near, dwelling with the lowly and…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Three
In our previous post, we began considering Paul’s doctrine of God in his first letter to Timothy, a teaching that erupts in two great doxologies in 1 Tim. 1:17 and…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Two
When we approach Paul’s exalted doxologies of God, one feature of them immediately strikes us. Let’s read again 1 Tim. 1:17 and 6:15-16. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible,…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part One
What comes to mind when you think of Paul’s first letter to Timothy? I’m willing to bet that for many of us “a manual on church life” might summarize our…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: Edgar Young Mullins
Edgar Young Mullins may seem a strange choice to wrap up this “Ten Baptists Everyone Should Know” series. In order to get a sense of the significance of Mullins in…
Read MoreEavesdrop on a Theological Conversation: Recent Episodes of the Credo Podcast
Are you looking to deepen your understanding of theology? In the last several episodes of the Credo Podcast, a range of doctrinal issues have been covered, including hermeneutics, doctrine of…
Read MoreHow to Read Galatians Theologically
Reading Scripture through the lens of biblical theology is a necessary hermeneutic to grasp the meaning of Scripture. Paul’s letter to the Galatians is an apt illustration of this point,…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born on June 19, 1834, to Thomas and Eliza Spurgeon. He came into this world as both the son and grandson of preachers. At the age…
Read MoreHow to Read Nahum Theologically
In a previous article on reading Micah theologically, I outlined the foundational presuppositions involved in reading Scripture theologically. Namely, we hold that God is the author of Scripture, Christ is…
Read MoreShould We Use Analogies to Describe the Trinity?
Why do our human analogies fail to describe the mystery of the Trinity? How do God-given analogies like Word, Son, and Image describe the Trinity? How do these biblical images…
Read MoreGetting the Trinity Right Really Matters: A Review of Trinitarian Theology
In 2016, the theological landscape was set ablaze with debates surrounding the nature of the Trinity and its relation to human gender roles – debates which, to this day, have…
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