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In Chronicles scholarship, Judean King Asa is generally evaluated as a religiously devout king at first, but in 2 Chronicles 16, there is a tendency to interpret his experienced a spiritual deterioration based on his lack of reliance on God, his reaction after the prophet’s rebuke, and his attitude after becoming ill. However, this paper … Read more
Many scholars interpret “the sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 as spiritual beings, fallen or otherwise, and “the Nephilim” as their half-human, colossal offspring, but such an interpretation stands completely opposed to exegeting the text with a literal, grammatical-historical hermeneutic. This study will carefully demonstrate through the surrounding context of Genesis, and the Pentateuch collectively, … Read more
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were two of the most consequential ministerial figures to serve the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. One can scarcely conceive of 18th-century America without considering the colossal impact of these two formidable theological minds. However, while Whitefield and Edwards shared the common attribute of being formidable preachers of enormous … Read more
The Council of Nicaea is a pivotal moment in Christian doctrinal formation. At a time of severe trinitarian and christological uncertainties, the council provided guidance to the early church in respect to the identity of Jesus and composition of the Godhead. There are, however, deficiencies both in the Nicene Creed and later conciliar pronouncements related … Read more
Like other literary communities in the Long Eighteenth Century, English Particular Baptists turned to the writings of the Congregationalist John Owen (1616–1683) to bolster their own doctrinal, exegetical, and polemical arguments. One of these Particular Baptists, Benjamin Keach (1640–1704), never wavered in his commitment to the memory and writings of Owen, quoting him over 200 … Read more
“From Nicaea Through the Reformation: Nicaea’s Impact on Protestant Thought,” seeks to contribute to recent movements in theological retrieval. Examining the biblical and theological themes evident in the Protestant retrieval of early Christian theology in the Pre-Nicene period through the Reformation, provides insight into and impacts contemporary theological thought. The need for theological retrieval addresses … Read more
In Acts 17:26, Luke, inspired by the Spirit of God, records Paul proclaiming to the people of Athens that God “made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.” This was part of a larger explanation … Read more
Being a Christian in the United States of America is a uniquely different task to that of historical Christianity. From the beginning, this country has placed such emphasis on Christian values and doctrines that it can be hard to determine if to behave in the publicly accepted way is to be a “good Christian” or … Read more
This paper compares the ancient and modern interpretations of three key texts that refer to the eternal Son: Psalm 2:7–8, John 17:5, and Romans 1:4. The difficulty each of these passages pose is the relationship between the eternal relation of the Son to the Father and the economy of redemption. They seem, if modern interpreters … Read more
This discussion addresses the need to develop and embrace an evangelical theology of liturgical confession of sin consistent with driving convictions and characteristics of evangelicalism. Melanie Ross, drawing from David Bebbington, offers the following hallmarks of evangelicalism: a group of self-identified Protestants who hold a high view of biblical authority and possess a cross-centered theology … Read more