OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren’t-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the…
The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio. We might translate this as `testing’ or even `temptation,’ but, within the context of Luther’s thought, where, when he writes in German, he…
The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio. We might translate this as `testing’ or even `temptation,’ but, within the context of Luther’s thought, where, when he writes in German, he…
The first thing that makes a theologian, according to Luther, is the grace of the Spirit. This is the foundation on which all else rests, as it is this which defines the theologian as a human being. I noted yesterday…
The first thing that makes a theologian, according to Luther, is the grace of the Spirit. This is the foundation on which all else rests, as it is this which defines the theologian as a human being. I noted yesterday…
I want to start a short series of posts today on Martin Luther’s understanding of what makes a theologian. The sources for reflection are primarily two: a passage from his Table Talk (no. 3425; not as far as I know…
I want to start a short series of posts today on Martin Luther’s understanding of what makes a theologian. The sources for reflection are primarily two: a passage from his Table Talk (no. 3425; not as far as I know…
While the judicial overturning of the gay marriage ban in California was hardly unexpected, it has raised a number of points of interest for discussion. Perhaps the most significant comment I have heard over the last few days was on…
While the judicial overturning of the gay marriage ban in California was hardly unexpected, it has raised a number of points of interest for discussion. Perhaps the most significant comment I have heard over the last few days was on…
Having just agreed to write a short introductory text on the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas for a Protestant audience, I have spent the last few days pulling various primary and secondary texts off my shelves to refresh my…
