The Need for Creeds & Confessions — 3 Reasons
In this article, I want to discuss three reasons why creeds and confessions, in principle, are necessary for churches. And why the above concerns originate from deep theological and historical misunderstandings of the nature and function of credal and confessional documents.
Were Our Baptist Ancestors “Landmarkers”?
Through a retrieval of Grantham, Crosby demonstrates a distinctly Baptist interest in the “universal catholick church of God” and in the “Protestant” way.
Cautioning Politics in Preaching: A Case Study
In volatile political climates, the church and her elders are ever pressured to use the pulpit as an opportunity to correct the ills of the state.
The One Only True & Living God
We live in a materialistic cultural rut that strives to remove any and all reference to the supernatural. Philosophical and scientific naturalism has stripped the world of its vibrant, spiritual excitement. But is this a good reason to adopt henotheism?
The City of God
If everything we knew faded into history, could we still be a church—constant, remaining, set upon the Rock, identified by that heavenly, unshaking city of God?
The Term “Reformed”: A Hill to Die On?
Whether Baptists are called “Reformed” or not isn’t something self-professing Reformed Baptists ought to be willing to die over.
My Bible vs. Our Bible
The only Bible you’ve ever seen is at your church. The pastor reads from it every Lord’s Day, and it was produced over the course of a year by a band of monks in a scriptorium a week’s ride from where you live.
Abraham Booth on the Incarnation of the Son
By affirming this orthodox article of the hypostatic union, Booth lays the foundation for avoiding just about every variety of kenotic Christology…
The Theological Psychology of Gregory the Great
In discussing pastoral qualifications, Gregory glosses the psychology of curiosity, earthly cares, and shame. Below, I will look at what he has to say concerning each of these.
Hilary of Poitiers, Incarnation, & Partitive Exegesis
“Being, then, in the form of a servant, Jesus Christ, Who before was in the form of God, said as a man, I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.”
Shall We Worship Love? The Dilemma of Denying Divine Simplicity
The denial of classical DDS seems to encounter a dilemma — worship love or not.
The Cosmic Meaning of the Church
The church is an organism with a divinely bestowed identity and a heaven-entranced trajectory.
Divine Self-Existence & Holy Jealousy
What God is only God is. This is why God, in Scripture, is said to be “jealous.” He doesn’t share what only He is — that which belongs to Him and Him alone.
Descent & Ascent in Matthew 8
But I would like to submit to my readers that there are microcosmic pictures of redemption that occur throughout our Lord’s earthly ministry.
Understanding Confessional Retrieval (Part 2)
There are many things we observe in history that we wouldn’t necessarily want to appropriate into the present.
Understanding Confessional Retrieval (Part 1)
The church is not a biological, chemical, or mechanical laboratory. We’re not looking for the latest developments in “Christian theology.” Our science is very old.
The Analogy of Scripture
When we say “Scripture interprets Scripture,” we are talking about the analogy of Scripture.
What Is the Gospel?
We should be careful not to insert ourselves, or what we do into the gospel equation. If we do this, we essentially become co-mediators and co-redeemers with Christ.
An Account of Credobaptism From Matthew 8
It’s a microcosm of the overall redemptive arc of our Lord’s incarnate ministry. From Capernaum, through the trial of storm, landing in the nether regions on the other side of Galilee (and Jordan).
A Simple Definition of Virtue
According to Thomas Aquinas, the Augustinian definition “comprises perfectly the whole essential notion of virtue.”
Nehemiah Coxe & Paedobaptist Inconsistency
But paedobaptists generally limited covenant interest only to immediate offspring.
What Is Theoretical Theology?
When we speak of theology as “theoretical” we are not speaking about something uncertain or non-factual.
Which Way Western Man? Curiosity, Or Studiousness?
Very few people speak to one another. Knecks angled down, eyes overshadowed by hair or brow, most people stare at their phones.
Sola Scriptura & Biblicism: What’s the Difference?
Sola Scriptura and biblicism are entirely different from one another in form and matter. Sola Scriptura is a principle, biblicism is a mode or manner of biblical interaction.
Of the Human Nature of the Son
What does it mean to say, “Christ assumed human nature?”
Persons or Subsistences? Trinity In Theological Perspective
The term subsistence tends to avoid the confusion caused by the word person…
Is the Kenotic Heresy a ‘Wondrous Story’?
It occurred to me last night that ‘I Will Sing the Wondrous Story’, by Francis Rowley (1886), is explicitly kenotic in its Christology.
Reading God’s Sovereignty Non-Fatalistically
If we are not careful to understand the meaning of Scripture within the context of the whole counsel of God, our sin nature will take over, and we will use texts like this petition to justify our laziness.
Does Scripture Teach Divine Simplicity?
The question is whether or not the concept of divine simplicity is necessarily contained within the text. And to this question we are able to answer with a clear affirmation.
Two Reasons In Favor Of Subordinate Authorities (Norma Normata)
The doctrine of sola Scriptura is a declaration of Scriptural sufficiency. But as of late, one would think it also serves as a statement on man’s sufficiency.