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Stephen Godet argued in his dissertation that John Gill was a patristic scholar who used his scholarship to defend the doctrine of the trinity. However, countering Godet’s conclusion, Colton Strother thought that Godet had overstated his case that Gill was a patristic scholar, situating him as a Reformed Orthodox theologian, rather than a scholar of … Read more
The meaning of Psalm 8:6 has long exercised interpreters. Much attention has focused on the meaning of אלהים, with some rendering it as “God” (or “divine”) in reference to the creation of humanity in the imago Dei, and others taking it to mean “angels,” i.e., residents of the celestial realm. The ancient versions witness these … Read more
The nineteenth century’s “social purity” campaign against prostitution highlights the role of Christian theology in empowering women in social activism. This paper will tell the story of the nineteenth-century social purity movement by drawing on what has been called “Globalizing Historiography”: telling the story of five social purity movements in four countries during the years … Read more
Within the catena of Old Testament passages in Hebrews 1 cited by the author as Scriptural proof for the Son’s preeminence, Hebrews 1:10–12 (citing Ps 102:25–27) exemplifies some of the problems in dealing with the author’s hermeneutical approach in this chapter. Described by C. F. D. Moule as the “most perplexing of all” Old Testament … Read more
This paper proposes a doctrine of divine providence that can positively advance the Filipino cultural value of bahala na in the context of poverty and suffering. The paper combines this Filipino cultural value with a covenantal perspective that views God as Lord over all who communicatively cares for His people. Bahala na – translating roughly … Read more
Scholars generally assume that the first quire of John in Washingtonianus (032) replaced a lost or damaged quire of the fifth-century codex and itself dates to the seventh (Frederic Kenyon) or eighth (Kenneth Clark) century. However, the original editor of the manuscript, Henry Sanders, concluded from his very detailed examination that this quire predated the … Read more
In his Expositions of the Psalms, Augustine interpreted the psalter as the words of Christ and his church, speaking with one voice (See Cameron, “The Emergence of Totus Christus”). Jason Byasse (Praise Seeking Understanding) noted that, for Augustine, the psalms both expressed the emotional state of the church and provided the proper channels for those … Read more
Abstract The Father-Son Relationship within the Trinity is ontological or metaphysical rather than moral or mystical. After a critical examination of A. J. Appasamy, who develops his theology from John’s Gospel to formulate the moral/mystical unity view, the essay argues for the following thesis: a proper interpretation of John’s Gospel does not support a moral/mystical … Read more
Many Johannine scholars over the last several decades have noted the prominence of the theme of “witness” in both the Gospel of John and the book of Revelation. On the one hand, both the verb μαρτυρέω (33x) and the noun μαρτυρία (14x) are used more frequently in the Fourth Gospel than in any other book … Read more
This paper critiques the method and central argument of Richard Mouw’s new book, “Divine Generosity” (Eerdmans, 2024). Mouw uses the Westminster Confession and Presbyterian theologians (W. G. T. Shedd, Charles and A. A. Hodge, and Benjamin Warfield) to argue there is reason to believe that many more people will be saved than damned. Mouw argues … Read more