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March 2012

March 04, 2012

The Vision of the Bible Institute (Biola 1912)

In the summer of 1912, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles had been in business...

March 01, 2012

Three Kinds of Sin (Ask Dr. Doctrine)

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Sin Safari

A cartoon tour of the bestiary of sin, exploring the terrible fauna of hamartiology. In...

February 29, 2012

Biola’s Founders (104th Birthday)

Last week Biola celebrated its 104th birthday, and I got to speak in the Founder's...

February 28, 2012

5 Things I Learned at Torrey From John Mark Reynolds

In the previous post, John Mark announced that he was leaving the honors program he...

February 27, 2012

The Old Order Changes

Outside my family, Torrey Honors is the best thing to happen to me so far....

February 26, 2012

Lent’s Road to Eternity

Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get...

February 22, 2012

Tom Smail (1928-2012): "The Spirit is Given from the Cross"

Tom Smail, evangelical and charismatic British theologian of the Trinity, died last week (Feb 15)....

February 14, 2012

Foreword to Harrower’s Trinitarian Self and Salvation

Scott Harrower of the Melbourne School of Theology has just published a book called Trinitarian...

February 14, 2012

R. T. France (1938-2012), New Testament Scholar

Last week, R. T. France passed away. There are notices of his passing at several...

February 14, 2012

Notes for a Doctrine of Creation

Just a few thoughts here, brief notes on how a doctrine of creation ought to...

February 13, 2012

The Economic Trinity Communicates the Immanent Trinity

When Kevin Vanhoozer intervenes in the recent discussion of the doctrine of God, he does...

February 13, 2012

John Hick (1922-2012), Philosopher of Religion

John Hick, a major philosopher of religion, has died at age 90. Friends and students...

February 08, 2012

Sharing Our Solitude

A piece I wrote, "Sharing Our Solitude," is one of January's three main articles in The...

February 06, 2012

Stick Figure Theology: Annie Vallotton

Imagine being an artist commissioned to illustrate the entire Bible. From the epic stories to...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

The Conversion of St. Paul

Christmas was exactly one month ago, and now, we celebrate another birth, or should I...

January 25, 2012

Not Your Old New Trinitarianism, A New New Trinitarianism

"Remythologizing" is a mouthful of a word, and it may scare people a few away...

January 20, 2012

Close Attention to How God Says What He Says

Vanhoozer says “My wager is that this brief detour into the dispute over the meaning...

January 20, 2012

Whatever God Makes Humans FLIRSH

Reading in modern liberal theology, you begin to notice some recurring themes. Especially when liberal...

January 18, 2012

God who Writes Like Dostoevsky

English metaphysical poet Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) insisted that in spiritual matters, “the manner is always...

January 16, 2012

Communicative Theism

A short post here before plunging into the next major topic in Kevin Vanhoozer's 2010...

January 15, 2012

John 3:16

It's one of the most famous verses in the Bible, the hit single everybody knows...

January 12, 2012

A Couple of Christology Resources

Here are two books I recommended when I was talking Christology on the Frank Pastore...

January 11, 2012

Getting our Anthropomorphisms in Order

Does God speak? Does he have a mouth that words come out of? Does God...

January 09, 2012

Ephiphany and the Bible

On Friday, the Church celebrated the feast of Epiphany, reveling in Christ’s revelation to the...

January 05, 2012

Subverting that Theism, Conserving this Theism

Cultural critic Neil Postman wrote two books whose titles picked a fight with each other:...

January 03, 2012

More than Merely Method

Kevin Vanhoozer has developed a reputation for reflecting deeply and at length on theological and...

January 02, 2012

New Year’s Resolutions and Biblical Renewal

I stood in church and watched two baptisms on the first day of 2012. Just...

January 02, 2012

Honest to God, a Voice from Heaven! Vanhoozer's Remythologizing Theology

Kevin J. Vanhoozer published a very important book in 2010, entitled Remythologizing Theology. It's a...

January 02, 2012

Finishing Up With "On This Day" In This Year

Since 2009 I've been noodling away at the "On This Day" essays here at Scriptorium...