Archive for November 2023
Should Evangelicals Call Mary the “Mother of God”?
The question of what to do with Mary the mother of Jesus is not one Evangelicals consider very often. It is easy to simply dismiss the notion that any careful consideration of Mary should be made. Isn’t honoring Mary a Roman Catholic thing? This general ethos can cause Evangelicals to get particularly squeamish around the…
Read MorePodcast Throwback: Modern Trinity or Classical Trinity?
Many moderns constructed their doctrine of the Trinity according to Rahner’s rule, which says the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity and the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity. But should Christians even frame the Trinity in these terms? Are we conflating the Trinity with history itself by affirming this principle? But more broader still,…
Read MoreNatural Theology in the Reformed Tradition
Arm yourself with evident proofs that there is a God. —Henry Scudder, 1627 “Natural theology” is a broad term referring to all religious knowledge that is accessible through reason, independently of supernatural revelation. It is therefore not limited to what can be known about God from contemplating the natural world, and it may also include…
Read MoreAmong the Vesper Spires
Felix and Dante moved on to stand in front of a tall red granite column. Four stone lions stood vigil at its base, like sentinels of Aslan. To the east, the west face of Westminster Abbey rose into the night—uplit and golden against the night. Felix nodded toward the top of the column. “There’s the…
Read MoreWhy Reformation Was Needed
The Reformation was not just a doctrinal corrective, but a spiritual corrective as well. This video by Credo Fellow Gavin Ortlund shows two areas reformation was needed in the late medieval Western church: (1) indulgences, and (2) persecution. See his previous videon on the historical development of indulgences here: Indulgences: Patristic to Medieval. Read…
Read MoreIntroducing The Biblical Theology Podcast
This is the first episode in the brand new Biblical Theology podcast! We all use a theological key to interpret Scripture. The question is, is it a good one? John Calvin wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion, a summary of Christian doctrine, to give us a “key” to better read and understand the Scriptures. Drs. Bierig…
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