Church Fathers
Elaine Pagels Lecture on the Gospel of Judas
I am about to head to hear Elaine Pagels lecture on a new book from her and Karen King on their interpretation of the Gospel of Judas. I’ll post the audio and other notes tomorrow.
New Perspective on Paul
I’m not sure how much the authors here at Theology for the Masses are with the New Perspective on Paul. Essentially, it is a denial of the imputation of Christ’s righteousness but rather an infusion of righteousness worked in us by Christ. It’s biggest name behind it is N.T. Wright. Now I have really simplified [...]
The Fundamental Mistake in the “Fundamental Mistake of Theistic Evolutionists”
In working on another post on the Emerging vs Emergent church, I came across Christian Ministries International (warning: flash-intensive, high-bandwidth site). As always, I took a glance at their articles section. I came across a few “the sky is falling” articles, the standard fare for conservative evangelical organization websites. One article in [...]
The Sovereignty of God
Here is how Jonathan Edwards defined the sovereignty of God in his sermon, God’s Sovereignty in the Salvation of Men.
The sovereignty of God is his absolute, independent right of disposing of all creatures according to his own pleasure.
Augustine and his changes
The Quick Change Artist: Was Augustine”s transition from a libertarian to a determinist?
This post is taken from a paper submitted for my class on the life and works of Augustine. It posits a forum where three people are invited to give their interpretations of Augustine”s works. The papers are then followed up by a discussion [...]
Puritan Wisdom and Sin
Here are two quotes from the great Puritan preacher and teacher, John Owen.
The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds of the flesh is the constant duty of believers.
The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life [...]
the incarnation is the counter-example
I was finding it too hard to keep my comments brief, so I will turn this into a entry. And it’s also a “Christmasy” post, since I would like to delve into the incarnation, the conception of Jesus, and the impeccability of Christ.
The early church considered the Incarnation to be one of the most [...]
Middle Augustine and Semi-Predestinationism.
While he later hardened his views, Augustine was at one time a semi-predestinationist. This post is a much more in-depth look at Augustine’s “Letter to Simplician,” a few weeks back, I took a glance at it and gave my first impressions. In a few days I will put of a synopsis on how his [...]