Theology

Dispatch from Notre Dame's Creation out of Nothing: Origins and Contemporary Significance Conference (part 2)

Blair Smith
Sep 30, 2015
This is the second (and final) part to the report. One can read the first part here ~ the editor ...The 'nothingness' that enters into human experience through acts of sin is something of which Augustine was acutely aware when he meditated upon his own life in his Confessions . John Cavadini,...

Knowing Christ: Very God of Very God

Stephen Unthank
Sep 30, 2015
In the year 325, over 200 bishops met in the city of Nicea in order to settle what was then the most pressing issue of their day: who is Jesus Christ. What was astounding about this council of Christian theologians was that just thirty years earlier many of those same Bishops were in hiding, or if...

Knowing Christ

Jonathan Master
Sep 28, 2015
This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined once again by Dr. Mark Jones, who has been serving as Senior Minister at Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Vancouver, Canada since 2007. Dr. Jones has written and edited many books, including a brand new volume on Christology...

5 Reasons Why Systematic Theology is Indispensable to the Preacher

Jeffrey Stivason
Sep 26, 2015
Benjamin B. Warfield wrote a little article for the Homiletic Review in 1897 titled, "The Indispensableness of Systematic Theology to the Preacher." As anything written by Warfield, it is a thoughtful and edifying piece with a clear aim. According to the Lion of Old Princeton, it is through Gospel...

Writing the Sermon and the Use of Systematic Theology

Tim Bertolet
Sep 25, 2015
Not many of us will have the privilege and the opportunity in our lives to write out an entire systematic theology. However, because the Christian life is built on doctrine (starting with the confession that Jesus Christ is Lord), we all have need and use to understand the whole counsel of God, a...

Preaching Needs to be Exegetical & Systematic

Martin Blocki
Sep 23, 2015
Why do so many professing Christians think that following Christ is about their personal happiness and success? Perhaps ... these professors no longer endure sound teaching and have itching ears and so accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions (2 Tim 4:3) Why do professing...

We Distinguish: The Importance of Theological Distinctions

Mark Jones
Aug 18, 2015
If I had my way regarding theological training, I'd attempt to help students master the basic theological distinctions from the era of Protestant scholasticism. Those who think "scholastic" is a bad word probably don't know much about scholasticism. Truth be told, we all need a little - perhaps a...

Race and the American Church

Otis W. Pickett
May 23, 2015
My name is Otis Pickett. By the sound and reading of my name, you might think my parents were either huge Motown fans or fans of the 1978 film Animal House ("Otis.....my man!!!"). You might also assume, as do most people before they see me, that I am an African American male. I am actually a white...

Race and the American Church

Otis W. Pickett
May 23, 2015
My name is Otis Pickett. By the sound and reading of my name, you might think my parents were either huge Motown fans or fans of the 1978 film Animal House ("Otis.....my man!!!"). You might also assume, as do most people before they see me, that I am an African American male. I am actually a white...

More Spalled Concrete

Scott Oliphint
May 18, 2015
In our last two articles, we've been dealing with various objections that continue to be offered against a Covenantal approach to apologetics. The objection that we considered last time needs more explanation and discussion that we were able to give it in one article. We will continue that...