Reformed Covenant theology is often criticized as dis-integrating theology, e.g. the covenant of works allegedly conceptualizes God as a distant judge and the Christian life as similarly dispassionate conformity to legal requirements; the covenant of grace and its concurrent theology of pedobaptism allegedly marginalise the need for people to consciously exercise faith. This paper will … Read more
While translation technique is a popular topic within LXX studies, the Greek translation of Chronicles has seen little attention. There are only a small number of full studies on LXX Chronicles, most notably Gillis Gerleman’s Studies in the Septuagint II. Chronicles, Leslie Allen’s 2 volume The Greek Chronicles, and Roger Good’s The Septuagint’s Translation of … Read more
William Ward (1769-1823) printed the Bible into multiple Indian languages and kept the Serampore Mission organized between 1799-1823. Ward has been praised and maligned for his condemnation of sati (practice of widow burning in India) and his scathing comments on the perversion of motherhood in India evidenced by religiously motivated infanticide. No one has contextually … Read more
William Ward (1769-1823) printed the Bible into multiple Indian languages and kept the Serampore Mission organized between 1799-1823. Before becoming one of the pioneering personalities of the modern missions movement alongside William Carey, Ward used the medium of the English provincial press to voice evangelical values throughout the English Midlands and Yorkshire. One of his … Read more
The goal of this paper is to strengthen Rafael Bello’s argument from the metaphysics of the hypostatic union against Karl Barth’s fallen Christ. Bello’s book, Sinless Flesh: A Critique of Karl Barth’s Fallen Christ, is situated within a broader movement of contemporary scholarship that considers whether Christ assumed a fallen human nature. In Sinless Flesh, … Read more
There are two conversations in the studies of Jonathan Edwards that have not yet intersected. First is the conversation considering John Locke’s influence on Edwards. Few today maintain that Locke’s impact on Edwards was as thoroughgoing as Perry Miller’s portrayal: Edwards’s reading of Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was the “central and decisive event … Read more
The Protestant Reformed tradition lacks consensus on whether the body is part the imago Dei. Traditionally, the body has been rejected from the image based on the biblical understanding that God is Spirit. Its inclusion would necessarily imply that God has a body. This leaves the image of God to consist either solely in the … Read more
What led Richard Baxter (1615–1691) to formulate his unique soteriology, which the famous Kidderminster pastor promoted as a moderate “middle way” between Calvinism and Arminianism? While Timothy Cooper has rightly pointed toward Baxter’s disillusionment arising from the English Civil War as an inciting incident for this formulation, the uniqueness of Baxter’s education is just as … Read more
This paper asks whether the disputed Pauline letters in the New Testament should be used in forming a Pauline theology if they are truly pseudonymous. Increasingly, some evangelicals affirm that you can. However, this paper’s thesis is that you cannot form a Pauline theology from pseudo-Pauline letters. First, you cannot form a Pauline theology from … Read more
Traditional interpretations of Elijah face problems with the events of 1 Kings 19, where Elijah’s actions after Jezebel’s threat are viewed as depression (at best) or a major character flaw (at worst). When interpreted through the lens of depression, his actions are understandable to anyone who has experienced the highs and lows of ministry. But … Read more