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The Unpreachability of Predestination
When was the last time you heard a sermon preached on election and predestination? In thirty-plus years of priestly ministry I think I may have preached on it once. Christian pastors simply do not preach on it; and it doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Preaching, Theology
Tagged Arminianism, calvinism, election, free will, gospel, preaching, predestination, synergism
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Why is Presdestination Missing in Action?
Something is wrong with traditional formulations of the doctrine of divine predestination. For over fifteen hundred years, the theologians of the Church—Origen, St Augustine of Hippo, St John of Damascus, St Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Luis de Molina, Domingo Báñez, … Continue reading
Posted in Preaching, Theology
Tagged Augustine, election, God, grace, gratitude, Pelagianism, predestination, thanksgiving
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The Meaning of Protestant Theology
by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. When Rodney Clapp, the editor to whom I pitched the idea of my new book, originally suggested the title The Meaning of Protestant Theology, I was a bit nonplussed. I knew the central concept of the … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged anxiety, Conditional promise, faith, gospel, Jesus Christ, justification by faith, Martin Luther, salvation, unconditional promise
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Against Asymmetrical Christology: A Critical Review of Rowan Williams’s ‘Christ the Heart of Creation’
by Jordan Daniel Wood, Ph.D. I When I first met him, he had just given a talk on St. Teresa of Avila, I think. I waver because I had brought along my 18-month old daughter and, well, she wasn’t as … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Theology
Tagged Chalcedon, Chalcedonian definition, Christology, God, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Rowan Williams, two natures
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