Posts by Spencer McCorkel
Like a Marriage
It seems like far too many people treat relationships of all sorts as being disposable. As soon as they hit a rough patch of any sort they decide to pull up stakes, move on, and find a new relationship. This is especially the case, I believe, when it comes to church membership. Rather than viewing…
Read MoreSimon J. Kistemaker 2024 Lecture “What Knowledge Should We Desire?” – Lewis Ayers
In this third lecture delivered during the Kistemaker Lectures at RTS Orlando, Lewis Ayers seeks to answer the question “What is it that we should seek to know?” Is there danger in the diversification of knowledge present in universities aimed at knowing too many things? Ayers claims that what we know and how we know are critically important for…
Read MoreNot a Cistern, but a Fountain
Tertullian’s famous quip, “What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?” is misleading. While he, like the apostle Paul before him, was right to raise concern over certain vain philosophies perpetuated by the Greeks, even he had to acknowledge the unavoidable task of interpreting the fundamental nature of reality. This quest for understanding has captivated the…
Read MoreAquinas and the Analogy of Being: Credo Colloquy with James Dolezal and Matthew Barrett
What is the analogy of being and why is it so essential to the Creator-creature distinction? In Part 2 of this Credo Colloquy, James Dolezal and Matthew Barrett continue their conversation on the importance of Thomas Aquinas but this time talk about why our language for God is analogical rather than univocal. As it turns…
Read MoreSimon J. Kistemaker 2024 Lecture “Renewing the Mind” – Lewis Ayers
How does being made in the image of God help us understand “knowing”? In this second lecture, Ayers begins with an Augustinian understanding of the image of God as the ability to know God and moves more broadly to general knowledge. The ability to know God must contain the ability to “know” foundational to understanding…
Read MoreEverything About God Matters
We live in an age of distraction, entertainment, and lasciviousness, all of which inoculate us against holy passion for the God who made and redeemed us. We can let the sociologists conduct surveys of culture and the psychologists ponder counselling feedback, but theologians know that a fresh sight of God is what revives the soul.…
Read MoreHow Classical Theism Has Shaped My Life
Isn’t it enough that we believe that God is good, that he created the world, that there is life after death, and that our actions garner for us divine punishments or rewards? C. S. Lewis wrote about mere Christianity; why isn’t mere theism enough? Why must Christians insist on those four theological distinctions—Trinity, incarnation, atonement,…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast! Whatever Happened to Contemplation? Zena Hitz
What is the meaning of intellectual life? In modern education, educators and students alike are often disillusioned by the attitude prevalent in educational institutions that emphasizes usefulness and practicality rather than contemplating the meaning and purpose of life. Zena Hitz shares her own disillusionment and frustrations as an educator, and how she found the true…
Read MoreDivine Simplicity and Trinitarian Action
One crucial aspect of storytelling is the concept of a “through line.” A through line connects themes and story structure throughout the story. In The Lord of The Rings, Frodo’s journey to destroy the Ring of Power in the fires of Mt. Doom serves to connect the many themes and subplots throughout the trilogy. Even…
Read MoreReformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction
Life in the present world waiting on the world to come raises questions for God’s people about how to relate to our God well. The covenant of grace’s substance in redemptive history’s every era is that God will be God to us in Christ, but we still need a way to experience those heavenly blessings…
Read MoreWhy I’m a Baptist – Gavin Ortlund
In this video, Gavin Ortlund shares three reasons why he is a Baptist Christian: credobaptism, congregationalism, and the separation of church and state.
Read MoreSimon J. Kistemaker 2024 Lecture “The University’s Embrace” – Lewis Ayres
Professor Lewis Ayres delivered this year’s Kistemaker Lectures at RTS Orlando entitled, “How Should We Think? On the Place of Christian Theology in Seminary and University.” Here is the first of these four lectures, where Ayres explores the differences between pre-modern and modern universities and their impact on seminaries and Christian Theology. Image: Pixelbay Tama66
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