C.S. Lewis’ thought life continues to amaze me. He was decades ahead of his time in many ways by addressing issues that are the center of the theologically competent mind today. In his letter “The Weight of Glory”, Lewis addresses the the specific issue of human desire situated in the Read more…
An Exegetical-Theological Analysis of Philippians 2:6-11[1] 6 who, although in the form of God existed, did not count equality with God something to be grasping at, 7 but emptied himself[2], taking the form of a servant, in becoming as the likeness of man, 8 and being found in the figure Read more…
An Exegetical-Theological Analysis of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Introduction Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is one of the most thoroughly treated texts of Old Testament studies. The text has received heightened consideration because it represents a unique Old Testament passage that speaks of a (seemingly) messianic figure who undergoes vicarious suffering for the atonement of Read more…
Walter H. Rose summarizes well in in stating that the Hebrew Bible understands the Messiah to be “a future royal figure sent by God who will bring salvation to God’s people and the world and establish a kingdom characterized by features like peace and justice.”[1] The long awaited Davidic King Read more…
In Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature, David M. Carr explores the ancient world of education and textuality as it was shaped by an orally dominant culture. Inspiring Carr’s exploration is the recognition that most scholarly approaches to Old Testament interpretation all presuppose a Read more…
This post comes from my working literature review for my PhD dissertation on syntactic parallelism as a literary device of structural cohesion. Literature Review Some of the more prominent and recent contributors to the domains of linguistic analysis of HP and stylistics of grammatical parallelism are Michael O’Connor,[1] T. Collins, Read more…
C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity, reflects on Jesus’s incarnation with this: Did you ever think, when you were a child, what fun it would be if your toys could come to life? Well suppose you could really have brought them to life. Imagine turning a tin soldier into a real Read more…
One of the more substantial works that casts tremendous light on adjusting our interpretive focus for OT understanding in light of orality in Ancient Near Eastern culture is Susan Niditch’s Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature. A quick synopsis of this work gives us a good starting Read more…
In the opening sections of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, there are several comments Lewis cleverly inserts with regard to the limits of human logic and its impact on faith. The simplest example is through the fact that Lewis has Lucy, the youngest of the Read more…
John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection is most-times misunderstood by its opponents. John Wesley never taught that Christians should be sinless or could achieve sinlessness in this life. John Wesley believed that sinless Christian perfection occurs at glorification, not in this life. Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection, on the contrary, Read more…