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The teaching that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, sometimes called double procession, is known as the filioque. As A. Edward Siecienski lays out in his history of the filioque controversy, it dates back at least to Augustine in the fifth century. It was added to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed by the … Read more
While Baptists are unambiguously part of the catholic tradition, their understanding of catholicity has not always been clear. What exactly does catholicity mean? And what are its implications for those who confess it? This paper will argue that catholicity is both a doctrine and posture—a doctrine of wholeness and universality which leads to a posture … Read more
This paper will explore the topics of how and why Jesus responds to individuals in the way that he does throughout Luke’s Gospel (which is the focus of my PhD research). This will be accomplished by examining a key passage on the topic of Jesus’ interactions with others – Jesus’ rejection and subsequent response to … 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
The present research aims to analyze the relationship between the Christological principles of Luke 4:18-19 and their ecclesiological and social implications in the Latin American context. This passage, in which Jesus identifies himself by proclaiming his mission to bring the good news to the poor and set the oppressed free, has been key to theological … Read more
THE IMPACT OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA: “ALREADY/NOT YET” James R. Payton, Jr. From the vantage point of 1700 years, we can recognize the impact the 325 Council of Nicaea had on the development of the Christian church: it became the first ecumenical council and propounded what would become the first “fixed formula” creed of … 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
In 1807, William Ward (1769–1823) and the Serampore Press published a Persian pamphlet to share the gospel with Muslims. This short pamphlet almost derailed the developing Baptist mission. In the aftermath of the revolt of Muslim and Hindu soldiers in the Vellore Mutiny (1806), the East India Company (EIC) sought to maintain religious peace. When … Read more
This paper examines the proto-Trinitarian assumptions embedded within Paul’s argument in Galatians 3:15-4:8. In this passage, Paul identifies Christ’s followers as the rightful heirs of the Abrahamic promises. By employing a creative interpretation of the designation σπερμα Αβραάμ, alongside a oneness motif and parallel structures, he establishes the basis for inheritance through affiliation with Christ. … Read more