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Creedal Formulations as Ecclesial Fideism: Protestant Hermeneutics

While Evangelicals reject Roman Catholic ecclesiology—including magisterial authority and depositum fidei—their use of creedal terms like ὁμοούσιος (consubstantial) and hypostatic union risks conflating ecclesial interpretations with the apostolic teaching “once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Though Scripture’s narrative-doxological witness to Christ’s deity (John 1:1–18; Colossians 1:15–20) resists systematic retrojection, creeds impose metaphysical … Read more

Engaging Moslems

I offer an example of how to engage Moslems in a non-confrontational manner. Using the example of Dr. Anis Zaka, I present a format for 3.00 Friendship Dinners with Christian and Moslem speakers. The first dinner discussion was on ‘What is Islam’ and “What is Christianity.’ The second dinner discussion was on “Who is Mohammed’ … Read more

Sursum Corda: The Nicene Creed in Worship and Formation

This paper argues that the Nicene Creed functions not merely as a statement of belief, but as a performative act central to Christian worship and spiritual formation. Often relegated to a secondary liturgical role, the Creed’s original context reveals its “first-order” importance. It is not simply recited but proclaimed, embodying the church’s self-definition before God. … Read more

Luther on Predestination as Preparation for Grace

Luther famously stated that “the best and infallible preparation for grace and the sole disposition toward grace is the eternal … predestination of God” (Disputation against Scholastic Theology, Article 29). This was to combat the Ockhamist doctrine “that God does not deny his grace to the one who does what is in him.” Erasmus updated … Read more

G. K. Chesterton on the Creeds

G. K. Chesterton The Romance of the Creeds For this presentation we wish to reflect on the creeds, using comments from G. K. Chesterton. After briefly introducing Chesterton, and explaining some of the challenges of reading him, we will make general remarks about his commitment to the creeds. Toward the beginning of Orthodoxy: The Romance … Read more

Historicity of the Book of Daniel

Since Porphyry introduced his supposition in the third century that there is no predictive element in Daniel’s prophecy, majority of scholars appealing to higher criticism have denied its historicity and authentic unity. Treating it as vaticinia ex eventu (prophecy after the event), they have argued that the book was completed by a pseudonymous writer or … Read more