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July 2012

July 01, 2012

Dr. Johnson’s Cat

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the literary giant behind Rasselas and the first truly great English dictionary,...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Readings on the Trinity (Class Outline)

This is the book list, with short annotations, for a class I teach on the...

June 10, 2012

A Noble Risk:
The Making of a Wheatstone Conference Theme

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of...

June 03, 2012

The Trinity: Yes, A Doctrine About God

Today was Trinity Sunday, as observed by churches who follow the western liturgical calendar....

June 02, 2012

When You Hear “Mystery”

When you hear the word "mystery" in a sermon or in the Bible, what do...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Sanctification: Two Meanings

First you're justified, then you become sanctified, and finally you'll be glorified. To make progress...

May 25, 2012

Prayer for the Class of 2012

(For Torrey graduation, May 25, 2012) Father God, we bring these seniors, this class of...

May 24, 2012

What John Mark Founded

Today Biola held a special farewell reception for John Mark Reynolds, who is becoming provost...

May 18, 2012

The Ascension: Christ’s Kind Absence

Preached at Redeemer Church on May 17, 2012. See a previous Ascension sermon here. John...

May 16, 2012

Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (1943-2012)

This past weekend (on May 13), the hispanic feminist liberation theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz died....

May 16, 2012

Imitating Jesus’ Dependence on the Father and the Spirit

Klaus Issler's new book Living into the Life of Jesus: The Formation of Christian Character...

May 14, 2012

The Ascension: Christ Among Us, Christ Above Us

My awesome little Baptist church follows the church calendar (Yes, that's right.), and this Thursday...

May 14, 2012

How to Teach Salvation: Three Mysteries

There are three great mysteries in Christian theology: the Trinity, the incarnation, and the atonement. These...

May 11, 2012

Metathon 2012 – Dante’s Inferno

Dr. Geier: “It’s interesting that Satan’s uninteresting.”

The Metathon ended Sunday night, complete with its traditional climactic cake. Lots of us stayed...

May 07, 2012

The Myth of Trinitarian Marginalization

It's a commonplace in contemporary theology to say that the doctrine of the Trinity was...

May 07, 2012

Proving the Resurrection

I’ll admit it. I’m skeptical about attempts to prove the existence of God or, indeed,...

May 04, 2012

Metathon 2012 – Dante’s Inferno

Photo credit: Shannon Leith. Check out her website. She's incredible. After about a decade of...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

It’s Been Said.

There was a sweet, confusing couple of years when the Inklings et al. suddenly spoke...

April 29, 2012

Catherine of Siena

Today (April 29) is the day Catherine of Siena died in 1380. Catherine was a...

April 28, 2012

Draco Haiku

Draco Haiku, by Freddy back when he was Freddy Age Ten: Cute Bearded dragon Or...

April 28, 2012

Farewell, O Travel’d Goat

On this day, April 28, in 1772, a goat died. But not just any goat....

April 27, 2012

Peter Böhler, who Witnessed to Wesley

Peter Böhler (b. 1712) died on this day (April 27) in 1775. Böhler was a...

April 26, 2012

Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation

Today (April 26) in 1518, Martin Luther engaged in a public debate now famous as...

April 26, 2012

Mapping Modern Theology

I'm glad to see that Baker Academic has released Kelly Kapic and Bruce McCormack's Mapping Modern...

April 25, 2012

Happy Birthday, Charles E. Fuller

Today (April 25) is the day when Charles E. Fuller was born in 1887. Fuller...

April 24, 2012

Ames’ Very Concise Theology

Puritan theologian William Ames (1576-1633) wrote the Medulla Theologiae, which is available in English as The...

April 23, 2012

Learning from William Ames

They called him by the Latin name Guilliamus Amesius, but if we talk about...

March 2012

March 07, 2012

Happy Birthday, Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889)

Today (March 7) is the birthday of Alfred Edersheim, the nineteenth-century Bible scholar who really...

March 06, 2012

Paul's Dramatic and Tragic List of Sins

In First Timothy 1:8-11, Paul gives a striking list of the kind of people that...

March 05, 2012

Lenten Asceticism

As most of you know, we are nearly two weeks into Lent, that forty day...