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The Nicene Creed’s place in the Mass has contributed to its vast cultural legacy, as the creed has been recited in worship around the world for centuries. The creed is also recited whenever Masses by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and other composers are performed in concert halls. In this music, today’s most secularized audiences continue to … Read more
I plan to answer the following questions: 1. What is a covenant? 2. What is the marriage covenant? 3. What responsibility does a husband and father have for his wife and children? 4. Does God promise that for a household with at least one Christian parent all the children are Christians? 5. How is a … Read more
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul begins his teaching on the resurrection with a creedal reminder of the gospel (vv1-11). Paul’s framing of the brief, creedal statements in verses 3b-5 is quite remarkable. In 15:1-3, he intersperses three repetitions of εὐαγγέλιον (gospel) and its cognates with four metaphors that describe embodied engagement with the gospel: standing … Read more
Isaiah 6 illuminates the dynamics of divine-human dialogue consisting of revelation and response while concurrently reflecting a “gospel-shape” within such dialogue. Thus, liturgical scholars often cite Isaiah 6 as a paradigm for worship wherein its narrative sequence provides a model for Christian liturgy. Informed by the events of the text, the so-called “Isaiah 6” model … Read more
This paper demonstrates that the covenant of redemption, or pactum salutis, is consistent with classical Trinitarianism. In order to do so, the paper presents four contemporary evangelical theological challenges to the covenant of redemption with respect to what has been called classical trinitarianism. Whereas some, such as Paul Williamson, have challenged the exegetical foundation, and … Read more
Dorothy L. Sayers wrote a seminal essay—“Creed or Chaos?”—that later become a lead chapter in her book with the same title (1949). A subsequent edition (1995) carries the subtitle: “Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster; Or, Why It Really Does Matter What You Believe.” While appreciating Sayers’s basic concern for preserving historic Christian … Read more
Proverbs 29:18 highlights the critical importance of prophetic vision (ḥazon), meaning divine revelation or clarity from God. Solomon warns that without this vision, people “cast off restraint” or run wild, becoming ungoverned. This verse is closely tied to Proverbs 29:17, which emphasizes the value of discipline, particularly in parenting. Without a clear, God-given vision for … Read more
Evangelicals have responded to logical positivist historiography in various ways. Thus, an exploration of these several different evangelical approaches to historiography needs to be done. Considering these positions, it will be argued that an evangelical historiography for use inside the church should look different from an evangelical historiography for use outside the church. That is, … Read more
Frédéric Manns affirms that Justin Martyr’s conception of the nature of the Old Testament differed from that of the Jewish community. Jewish groups held to a three-level hierarchy of decreasing authority: Law, Prophets, and Writings. In contrast, Justin Martyr held to the entire OT as equally authoritative with all of it prophetically pointing to Christ. … Read more
In most translations of Galatians 6.1, Paul directs the “spiritual” (οἱ πνευματικοί) among the Christ-followers in Galatia to restore transgressors in their midst “in a spirit of gentleness” (ἐν πνεύματι πραΰτητος). Such translations, and those like it, have often led interpreters to think that Paul is here being sarcastic or polemical with the designation “spiritual.” … Read more