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→
Archive for the ‘Systematic Theology’ Category
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→
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→
Who Wrote It? – Inerrancy
Comment if you think you can identify who wrote the following on inerrancy. Â 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→
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. Â Having only a $20 bill, the machine promptly … Read more→
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. Â In the Lutheran scheme, justification happens outside of union. Â For the Reformed, justification is within the scope of union with … Read more→
