Preface: This is the first part of a series on the limits of human logic in Christian faith. There will be more to come. I’ve always had a keen interest in the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible. Even before receiving the gift of faith, my...
So, I had an interesting debate today with a potential adjunct professor. Knowing that he was of the Calvinist tradition, I probed a bit. I asked him first if he embraced 5-Point Calvinism. As he looked a bit baffled and confused (assumingly because...
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...
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...
Walter H. Rose summarizes well in in stating that the Old Testament 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...
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...
Christological heresies seem to be unending. People seem to have more problems in dealing with the nature of the person of Jesus Christ more than most other Christian doctrines. Is Jesus God? Is Jesus human? Is he both? If he is both God and man...