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How to Teach the Doctrine of the Blessedness of God [Part 4]

Fred Sanders
Jan 27, 2015
Divine blessedness is fruitful. Of course the divine blessedness itself, the beatitude of God, is fruitful, as the source of everything that has come into being. But my point here, as in the earlier articles in this series, is that the theological doctrine of God's blessedness is also fruitful, and...

How to Teach the Doctrine of the Blessedness of God [Part 4]

Fred Sanders
Jan 27, 2015
Divine blessedness is fruitful. Of course the divine blessedness itself, the beatitude of God, is fruitful, as the source of everything that has come into being. But my point here, as in the earlier articles in this series, is that the theological doctrine of God's blessedness is also fruitful, and...

Modern Opposition to Divine Blessedness [Part 3]

Fred Sanders
Jan 20, 2015
The doctrine of divine impassibility has been much discussed, and it deserves to be: it is crucial for the Christian church to be able to confess the right thing about the omnipotent God precisely at this point, at the foot of the cross where the rulers of this age crucified the Lord of Glory (1...

Divine Blessedness in Non-Christian Theologies [Part 2]

Fred Sanders
Jan 12, 2015
Blessedness and Hellenization Christians ascribe blessedness to our God, but we were not the first to call a God blessed. Other worshippers in other religions, and other thinkers in other theological systems, have also considered beatitude to be an attribute of divinity. In fact, even the key...

Divine Blessedness in Non-Christian Theologies [Part 2]

Fred Sanders
Jan 12, 2015
Blessedness and Hellenization Christians ascribe blessedness to our God, but we were not the first to call a God blessed. Other worshippers in other religions, and other thinkers in other theological systems, have also considered beatitude to be an attribute of divinity. In fact, even the key...

The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God

Fred Sanders
Jan 2, 2015
In 1 Timothy 1:11, Paul says that he has been entrusted with "the gospel of the glory of the blessed God." It is a weighty phrase in every way, but Paul's use of the word "blessed" is especially striking. In only a handful of instances in the New Testament is God explicitly said to be "blessed."...

The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God

Fred Sanders
Jan 2, 2015
In 1 Timothy 1:11, Paul says that he has been entrusted with "the gospel of the glory of the blessed God." It is a weighty phrase in every way, but Paul's use of the word "blessed" is especially striking. In only a handful of instances in the New Testament is God explicitly said to be "blessed."...