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This study investigates the core message embedded within the primary speeches in Acts of the Apostles, employing information structure analysis as developed by Stanley E. Porter and Matthew B. O’Donnell. By examining the speeches of Peter and Paul, this research identifies recurrent linguistic patterns and structural emphases that reveal the central topic of early apostolic … Read more
The scholarly paper delves into the profound and transformative role that the Holy Spirit plays in the lives of believers, a concept deeply embedded in biblical teachings and further solidified in the Nicene Creed. This understanding has influenced Christian thought for more than NaN.00 years. The paper meticulously explores the various attributes and functions of … Read more
This paper argues that nearly every doctrine in the Old Roman Creed (an early variant of the Apostles’ Creed) appears in seminal form in Psalms 1-2. Despite differences in the level of clarity and precision as well as the literary medium (poetry vs credal statement), the doctrine of the Creed is not fundamentally different from … Read more
Canonical––or otherwise theological––hermeneutics has often downplayed the role of human authors and their intentions. Likewise, those committed to authorial intention tend to remain wary of canonical and spiritual exegesis (see Rowlands JSNT 45.30 [2023]; East IJST 19.10 [2017]: 39–41). In contrast to each of these tendencies, this paper argues that the reading strategies made possible … Read more
Many scholars argue that the events of Acts 10–15 constitute “a genuine break with Judaism” (Seifrid 1987: 41; cf Peterson 2009). Acts thus depicts the early church’s theological journey away from Judaism and towards a law-free Gospel. Against this view, this paper contributes to a growing scholarly attempt (Oliver 2013, 2021; Smith 2023) to read … Read more
Asia Theological Association (ATA) is Asia’s most prominent evangelical accrediting agency, with 393.00 Bible colleges and seminaries from 33.00 nations across Asia, South Pacific, West Asia, and beyond. It often holds consultations to discuss topics relevant for Asian churches. In 2012, ATA had a consultation at the Malaysia Bible Seminary, focusing on the Scripture: Its … Read more
Robert Jenson famously lamented the lack of fixed dogma on Christ’s atonement. Although the early church responded to trinitarian controversy regarding the person of Christ, with the First Council of Nicaea providing an initial ecumenical judgment, the work of Christ remained a flexible doctrine for centuries. When contrasting the Apostles’ Creed and the Creed of … Read more
Recovery of Walter Bauer’s Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity sparked popular and academic intrigue at the turn of the twenty-first century. Critics like Ehrman and Pagels introduced Bauer’s thesis of a strong-armed orthodoxy rooting out viable Christian traditions, and evangelicals like Köstenberger and Kruger responded with biblical and historical defenses for the primacy of … Read more
Can Christians within the Reformed tradition confess that God still speaks? In terms of past activities, reflection on few other types of divine action have generated more fruit than God’s speech; in at least one theologian’s estimation, “it is God’s mouth and vocal cords that have had a preeminent hold on Christian theology.” Accordingly, within … Read more
This paper investigates the theological and redemptive-historical relationship between the passion and ascension of Christ by focusing on the use of Psalms 2.00 and 24.00 in the Matthean accounts. Recent research has argued that Matthew’s passion narrative alludes to Psalm 2.00 at the crucifixion and to Psalm 24.00 at the triumphal entry. At the same … Read more