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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
The Chalcedonian Creed (451) has been considered the most authoritative and most ecumenical creed of the Christian movement throughout the world. For this very reason, theologians, especially evangelical theologians, have been reluctant to deal critically with the Chalcedonian Creed. However, this is not the right attitude for evangelicals who are committed to the principle of … Read more
The Nicene Creed has been considered the most authoritative and most ecumenical creed within the global Christian movement. For this very reason, theologians, especially evangelical theologians, have been reluctant to deal critically with the Nicene Creed. However, this is not the right attitude for evangelicals who are committed to the principle of sola scriptura. We … Read more
Creedal Christianity through Hindu Eyes Timothy C. Tennent, PhD Professor and Chair of Methodist Divinity, Missions and World Christianity, Beeson Divinity School Why this paper submission fits into the ETS 2025 Theme of Creedal Christianity In The Story of Creeds and Confessions Donald Fairbairn and Ryan Reeves have made a convincing case that there is … Read more
Andrew Abernethy, in Eating in Isaiah, argues that food plays a vital role “in Isaiah’s aim of establishing YHWH’s kingly supremacy, envisioning Zion’s judgment and restoration, and creating a community of obedience” (185). Expanding on Abernethy’s insight, I explore in this paper how food informs covenant and sacrifice in Scripture, thus yielding a deeper understanding … Read more
In this paper, I argue that retrieving a patristic model of “Scripture as food” can greatly nourish the church’s doctrine of Scripture today. I first trace the biblical text in both the OT and NT to demonstrate Scripture’s affinity for describing God’s Word, both spoken and written, as food. I then develop this food model … Read more
From the cosmic trees in the garden of Eden, to the cursed tree of the cross of Christ, to the tree of life in the Revelation, trees stand as silent witnesses to God’s unfolding plan of salvation within the storyline of the biblical narrative. In this paper I seek to demonstrate how tree imagery is … 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