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God Creates the World from the Cross
“Since he who saves already existed, it was necessary that he who would be saved should come into existence, that the One who saves should not exist in vain.” (Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.22.3) This quotation from the great second-century bishop and … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged beginning of time, cross of Christ, economic trinity, Irenaeus, Jesus Christ, John Behr, Robert Jenson, salvation history
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The Pre-post-modernity of John Behr
Earlier this week I started reading Fr John Behr’s book The Mystery of Christ. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf for many years. I’ve wanted to read it, as I have great respect for Fr John as theologian and scholar—his (unfortunately uncompleted) … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged David Congdon, history, Jesus Christ, John Behr, modernity, post-modernity
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Pascha and the Apokatastasis of Judas Iscariot
But what about the Iscariot‽ The fate of Judas is the challenge most often posed to anyone who dares to proclaim the greater hope. Christians have long debated whether few or many will be saved. St John Chrysostom appears to have been … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Eschatology, Preaching
Tagged apocatastasis, damnation, election, hell, Jesus Christ, Judas Iscariot, salvation, universal salvation, universalism
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Is God Properly Described as “Love” in the Theology of John Calvin?
by Thomas Talbott, Ph.D. When I first began to wonder how the Calvinists might interpret the Johannine declaration that God is love (see 1 John 4:8 and 16), I turned immediately to Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, large portions … Continue reading
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Tagged calvinism, divine attributes, God, Jerry Walls, Jesus Christ, John Calvin, limited atonement, love, Tom Talbott
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Vicarious Faith, Tom Torrance, and a Few Memories
It’s not often these days that Eclectic Orthodoxy gets noticed, but over at Reformissio, Jonathan Kleis mentioned me in his recent article “Athanasius, T. F. Torrance and the Vicarious Humanity of Christ,” and I would be remiss if I did not … Continue reading
Posted in T. F. Torrance
Tagged assurance, Athanasius, church fathers, faith, Jesus Christ, justification, salvation, Thomas Torrance, vicarious humanity
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St Symeon the New Theologian and the Quest of the Historical Jesus
by John Stamps You might ask yourself, what possibly could an 11th century Byzantine monk (949-1022) have to say that is the least bit relevant to the Quest of the Historical Jesus? In a nutshell, the Quest of the Historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Orthodoxy, God, Gotthold Lessing, historical Jesus, Jesus Christ, miracles, skepticism, symeon the new theologian
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