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In Deuteronomy 18:15–22, Moses declares God would raise up a specific prophet in the future. This prophet would stand out for at least three reasons: (1) he would be like Moses, (2) God’s people would listen to this prophet, and (3) God would judge those who refused to listen to him. This prophet, as Deuteronomy … Read more
When one first positions the Great Commission in the framework of the Missio Trinitas, then one can accurately discuss the missional, ontological argument for the church. When the church neglects the Missio Trinitas when considering the Great Commission, it can lead to a lack of doxological motivation for the Great Commission, illiteracy of the Triune … Read more
This essay brings the theology of participation with Christ into contact with Paul’s first-century belief about the spirit-world, both fundamental components of Paul’s thought. By doing so, one can see that participation with Christ, who triumphed over the powers, entails similar spiritual warfare for believers. While Tannehill briefly recognizes this component of participation, and Gombis … Read more
This paper is co-authored with Drew Sparks. Many associate Reformed Protestantism with soft theological determinism and compatibilism. In other words, according to the Reformed, God determines all things, yet human creatures are truly free, moral agents. Richard Muller and the authors of Reformed Thought on Freedom, however, deny that the Reformed were compatibilists. Instead, they … Read more
In the rapidly evolving cultural landscape that followed on the heels of the sexual revolution, Protestants have struggled to sufficiently comprehend and respond to the subversion of gender and sexual norms in the West. Protestants have largely responded in the form of a textual apologetic grounded in biblical theology. The efficacy of this approach has … Read more
The political and religious developments of eighteenth-century New England are some of the most investigated artifacts of history. The First Great Awakening is a major feature of these developments, and several authors have revivified our interest in how best to understand this complex scene of historical events, characters, and interests. It is clear that democratization … Read more
While “religious trauma syndrome” and “spiritual abuse” are today readily arrayed to understand the impact of highly controlling socio-religious structures, the burgeoning scholarly category of theologized trauma has also made it clear that religious doctrine “lands” in concrete ways on embodied human life. In many eras, these somatic impacts of doctrinal discourse have had harmful … Read more
This study analyzed how Martin Luther interpreted the reforming kings in 1-2 Kings and 2 Chronicles and determined that his understanding of biblical reform aligned with the theological objective of the First council of Nicaea. This corresponded with the efforts of the reforming kings to eradicate idolatry, restore temple worship, and re-establish the law. Luther did not interpret the narratives of … Read more
Church discipline in the 20th century consisted of an array of practices among congregations. Like the present age, some congregations did not actively practice church discipline in any form, while other congregations engaged in extreme or even corrupted forms of church discipline, excommunicating members for practices such as “laughing,” “whispering,” or “playing the ‘fiddle.’” Were … Read more
The term “evangelical” can have different definitions depending on the context. As a theological phenomenon, it is typically categorized by four tenets: biblicism, conversionism, activism, and crucicentrism. Danish theologian and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is usually not considered an evangelical. In fact, many evangelical voices—such as Francis Schaeffer—paint Kierkegaard as an enemy to the evangelical movement. … Read more