Tag Archives: Jesus Christ

Hartian Illuminations: Pascha as Final Judgment

Posted on 1 February 2018 by

In this series of “illuminations,” I quote passages from David Bentley Hart’s collection of essays The Hidden and the Manifest that I have found particularly instructive. I hope they will generate good discussion. The heart of Christian preaching is the … Continue reading →

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Julian of Norwich and the God who Delights to Die

Posted on 20 November 2017 by

“Sin is befitting, but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well” (Revelations LT 27). On reading these words of Christ to Julian of Norwich we might be tempted to think that … Continue reading →

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To Preach the Gospel is to Justify the Ungodly

Posted on 18 September 2017 by

“What happened to the world with Jesus,” Robert W. Jenson avers, “was that at the end of the long history of Israel’s promises, a sheerly unconditional promise was said and became sayable in the world” (Story and Promise, p. 50). … Continue reading →

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Gospel the Paschal Hope

Posted on 13 September 2017 by

“Jesus is risen!” Here is the gospel in its most compact, succinct, and exhilarating expression. The gospel can be proclaimed in a multitude of ways, yet all ultimately distil to Easter. Apart from the resurrection, Jesus’ preaching of the coming … Continue reading →

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Robert W. Jenson and the Eschatological Christ

Posted on 11 September 2017 by

Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics—not only does the title well describe this collection of essays, but it also describes that which interests most theologians today about the theology of Robert W. Jenson. He is known as a thinker who sought to … Continue reading →

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Nicene Metaphysics: Apprehending the Transcendence

Posted on 14 August 2017 by

It’s not clear in my own mind precisely when I began to make the connection between creatio ex nihilo and the metaphysical revolution initiated by the first two ecumenical councils and the theologians we now identify as the Pro-Nicene Fathers (St … Continue reading →

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Ante-Nicene Subordinationism and the Unitarian Narrative

Posted on 6 August 2017 by

So how did we get from trinity to Trinity, from the one God with his Son and Holy Spirit to the tri-personal God in which each person is ontologically distinct and yet equally divine? As we saw in “Once Upon … Continue reading →

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