A God of love divorced from justice and wrath towards transgression is lunacy. It does not provide for the protection of his people, nor the absolution of the their transgressions of his law. But as well, he would cease to be a God worthy of worship, for he himself [...]
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God? Justice?
Posted in Christianity, Philosophy, theological debate on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The knowledge of God
Posted in Christianity, Theology on March 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
God, however, has not only told his name, but in various instances has actually appeared to chosen people or groups. The presence of God in these theophanies is no exhibition of his essence, it is rather a further illustration that his essence is not only unknowable but also deadly to [...]
A Day of Reckoning
Posted in Christianity on February 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yet another example as to why ecclessiology is so important. Check the story out in Christianity Today here.
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger has an excellent response to this issue of a malformed or altogether absent ecclessiology here.
Late night ramblings
Posted in Christianity, Epistemology, Theology on February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yet we must insist that the Divine speech both heralds and provides the necessary interpretive framework for redemption. Apart from his speech as the referent of his actions, the purpose of God in history would be unintelligible, supervised by the autonomous subjectivism of the creature rather than a unified, objective construct provided by the [...]
