Archive for the ‘Systematic Theology’ Category

 
 

Dying with Christ

It is becoming increasingly more common to see posts and tweets that promote a truncated gospel. This is most likely a function of short time spans and 140 character limits. … Read more→

Rob Bell and Scholasticism

Right about now I’m ready to go back to debating about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

Well, maybe not. Though I wonder … Read more→

Barth, Thomas, and the Analogia Entis

Why is it that the analogia entis inevitably destroys the notion of the antithesis? This is why. The analogia entis presumes that there is a common knowledge and … Read more→

Has the Covenant of Works Been Abrogated?

I’ve recently read a review by Dr. Cornelius Venema on this book in the recent Mid-America Journal of Theology. If I understand Dr. Venema correctly, he disagrees with the … Read more→

An Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar

Karen Kilby, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Nottingham, provides a great introduction to noted Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. Von Balthasar is all the … Read more→

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Who Wrote It? – Inerrancy

Comment if you think you can identify who wrote the following on inerrancy.  No cheating with searches, etc.
Therefore, since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be … Read more→

Rahner and Vorgrimler on Sanctifying Grace

While perusing a used bookshop in Philadelphia this week, I stumbled upon a theological dictionary compiled by Karl Rahner and Herbert Vorgrimler.  Titled Kleines Theologisches Wörterbuch in the original German, … Read more→

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The U.S. Mint and the Trinity

On our way home from Illinois, my wife and I passed through a tollway in Indiana with an abundance of dollar coins.  Having only a $20 bill, the machine promptly … Read more→

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Christ the Center at the 2010 Barth Conference

Can it be said that Christ is at the Center at the 2010 Barth Conference? In a way, yes.

This year’s conference is on the church and mission. And … Read more→

Calvin: Union is the Highest Degree of Importance

The Lutheran and Reformed conception of union are fundamentally different.  In the Lutheran scheme, justification happens outside of union.  For the Reformed, justification is within the scope of union with … Read more→