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TULIP as Narrative
Read more: TULIP as NarrativeI want to say a few words about every theologian’s favorite acronym—TULIP. I don’t intend to say anything substantially new here. I also don’t mean to ostracize anyone who gets an allergic reaction when Calvinism is mentioned; if you think I’m one of those scary Calvinists who brews his own beer, has a big burly…
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Objections to the Trinity
Read more: Objections to the TrinityHere in Sydney I’m currently co-teaching a seminary class on the doctrine of the Trinity. We’ve spent the first few weeks of the course reading and discussing some sermons by Gregory of Nazianzus. The next section will focus on parts of Augustine’s De Trinitate. In the final third of the semester we’ll work through §59 of Karl…
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WHHTCUTB?
Read more: WHHTCUTB?“What Would Jesus Do?” Hopefully others in our readership can join me in confessing that they too at one point (or perhaps even still) wore a lanyard bracelet that bore this culture-crossing acronym for Christian living. And although in some circles he question get’s kick-back, in others it is still treated as a very applicable…
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I’m Happy for You (Really!)
Read more: I’m Happy for You (Really!)One night a few years ago, I was reading through Romans and stumbled upon an extraordinary command from Paul’s pen: Rejoice with those who rejoice (Romans 12:15). I’d read it before, even quoted it, but something stood out this time. Struck by its simplicity and its strangeness, I considered this verse a challenge—a serious, sin-killing…
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A Defense of Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Trinity: Part 2 (Guest Post)
Read more: A Defense of Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Trinity: Part 2 (Guest Post)Introduction In my last post I addressed Karl Barth’s use of the term “Seinsweise” or modes of being. In this post I will look at the other two aspects of Barth’s doctrine of the trinity; his use of logos asarkos to distinguish the second person of the Trinity, and his concept of God being in…
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A Defense of Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Trinity: Part 1 (Guest Post)
Read more: A Defense of Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Trinity: Part 1 (Guest Post)Introduction After the Enlightenment a major shift happened in western theology. New disciplines like anthropology and psychology were arising that made theologians and philosophers look at the world with a more horizontal than vertical gaze. Attention was moving away from God and moving to the world. As a result the doctrine of the Trinity had…