Godhead

Does God Need Me?: Aseity

Megan Taylor
Sep 25, 2020
The answer to Hamlet’s famous question “To be or not to be?” is simple for God. God can only “be.” He is “I am,” meaning He exists infinitely and independent of anything, without beginning or end, as the source and sustainer of all things. There has never been a time where God has not existed in...

Sanctification: Glorification

Martin Blocki
Aug 17, 2020
Romans 8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified...

The Eternal Subordination of the Son: The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2)

Alastair Roberts
Aug 22, 2016
In the previous post in this series, we began to consider some of the theological concerns that surface in the teaching of those who hold to a form of the ERAS/ESS position. In this post, we wish to consider these concerns in more detail. In particular, the ERAS/ESS position seems to demand that...

God the Son--at once eternally God with His Father, and eternally Son of the Father

Bruce Ware
Jun 9, 2016
Editorial Note: Our friends, Carl Trueman and Liam Goligher, have raised concerns about the Trinitarian theology employed by some scholars who support gender complementarianism (see this , this and this posting). Ref21 is pleased to publish a response from Dr. Bruce Ware. While letting Dr. Ware...