The Growing Christ
During the Christmas season, we rightly focus our attention on the marvel of the incarnation of the eternal Son of God; then, we lag into the final days of the year with regrets about the many ways we failed to…
Tag Biblical Theology
New Vos Biography
Our friends at the Reformed Forum have recently published a quality hardback biography of the father of Reformed biblical theology, Geerhardus Vos, by Danny Olinger. Danny is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and serves as general secretary for the OPC committee…
Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God Appearing
Vern S. Poythress, Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing, Crossway, 2018. 463pp. Paperback., $40.00 Introduction “Why read a four-hundred-page book about theophanies?” That question has come up more than once in conversation lately. Some inquirers are not quite so…
Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God Appearing
Vern S. Poythress, Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing, Crossway, 2018. 463pp. Paperback., $40.00 Introduction “Why read a four-hundred-page book about theophanies?” That question has come up more than once in conversation lately. Some inquirers are not quite so…
Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God Appearing
Vern S. Poythress, Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing, Crossway, 2018. 463pp. Paperback., $40.00 Introduction “Why read a four-hundred-page book about theophanies?” That question has come up more than once in conversation lately. Some inquirers are not quite so…
PCRT Reading Recommendations
This weekend we kickoff the 2018 Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, meeting April 13-15 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our theme this year is The Spirit of the Age: The Age of the Spirit. I am excited to welcome Conrad Mbewe…
Why We Love New Beginnings
We all love new beginnings. When we enter a new year, most of us tend to think back on the past year–we look back at the accomplishments and failures and wonder if the forthcoming year will yield more progress and…
A Better Jerusalem
On October 27, 1994, President Bill Clinton, while addressing the Knesset (i.e. the legislative assembly in Israel) cited one of his former pastors when he said, “If you abandon Israel, God will never forgive you…it is God’s will that Israel,…
Christ in Flesh and Spirit
Over the past 150 years or so, there has been a biblical theological development in our understanding of Paul’s use of the σαρκ/πνεύμα (i.e. flesh/Spirit) distinction–specifically in relation to the Person and work of Christ. The most significant passage in this regard…
The Climactic Word – Transfigured Hermeneutics 6
This is the sixth of a ten part treatment of the significance of the Transfiguration for Christian theology and biblical reflection. I am currently exploring the way in which the Transfiguration draws upon associations with the events of the Exodus…