Author & Theologian
A few weeks ago I finished reading Thomas Torrance’s book Reality and Evangelical Theology. In this book, renowned theologian Thomas Torrance deals with an important issue, especially in today’s church: the bible. How should we interpret the Scriptures? Is the bible inerrant (perfect)? […]
My attempt today is to summarize 800 pages of Karl Barth’s monumental work of theology on the election and command of God, which comes from book two of the volume entitled “The Doctrine of God” from the Church Dogmatics—all in eight […]
“One evening I read the following passage in Augustine’s Confessions: But what do I love when I love you? Not the beauty of any body or the rhythm of time in its movement; not the radiance of light, so dear to […]
Today I finished reading Karl Barth’s Evangelical Theology: An Introduction. There are several statements that were made in this book that I found worth repeating here. The following are all taken from this book, and include the page numbers at the end. Enjoy! […]
Imagine a man who has attained the ultimate goal of atheism. He is free from God and free from his law. He is free from all religious works and all religious working. And he is happy in that formless vacuum, alone […]
“If he [Jesus] is not able to meet us in person and share his own mind and heart and Spirit with us, the door of heaven remains locked before us. We are left outside with a book about God. It […]
“I am and I am not a universalist. “I am one if you are talking about what God in Christ has done to save the world. The Lamb of God has not taken away the sins of some — of […]
Many theologies engage in analytical debate against one another with the aim of “winning” when scriptures seem to present contradictions. Trinitarianism is more mystical – perhaps postmodern in that sense. Rather than debate, it lives in the dialectical tension of mystery. […]
I’ve been reading St. Hilary of Poitiers book On the Trinity this week (buy it here). St. Hilary has been called “the Athanasius of the west.” He beautifully presents a case for the Trinity, the divinity of the Son, and the incarnation. Here […]
The gospel typically preached by modern evangelicals begins with the statement that God is holy (holy in the legal sense). The human race has fallen into sin and is guilty before God. Since God is holy, He cannot allow sin […]