Tag Archives: Robert Jenson

Preaching Gospel as Gospel: A Pentecost of Promises

Posted on 16 May 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The gospel is the story of Jesus Christ proclaimed in the performative mode of promise. What this means practically for the preacher is this: each week, through prayer, study, and meditation on the appointed biblical text, he or she must … Continue reading →

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Preaching Gospel as Gospel: Rightly Divide Law and Promise

Posted on 13 May 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Unconditional and Conditional Promises The language of unconditionality has become so commonplace when speaking of the love of God that it is very easy to mistake the statement “God is unconditional love” as an expression of gospel. Perhaps the speaker … Continue reading →

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Preaching Gospel as Gospel: The Good News of the Resurrection

Posted on 9 May 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Since my first encounter with Robert Jenson’s construal of justification as metalinguistic rule back in the late 70s, I have sought to proclaim the gospel in the mode of unconditional promise. I have often not been successful nor consistent—it’s harder … Continue reading →

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Preaching Gospel as Gospel, or Why the Churches Still Need the (Lutheran) Reformation

Posted on 7 May 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I presume we are all acquainted with the saying long-attributed to Martin Luther: “Justification by faith alone is the doctrine on which the Church stands or falls.” Although it does not appear in Luther’s extant writings, it accurately states his … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Fr James Dominic Rooney

Posted on 23 February 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Dear Fr Rooney, In response to my twenty-five premises article on uni­ver­salism and hell, you write: First, what you are listing are almost all con­clu­sions, with practically none of the relevant sup­porting premises for those conclusions. The issue then is … Continue reading →

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God Creates the World from the Cross

Posted on 17 November 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“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.”1 This quotation from the great second-century bishop and theologian St Irenaeus … Continue reading →

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Baptized into the Eschatological In-between

Posted on 8 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

For in Christ Jesus the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by … Continue reading →

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Preaching Good Good Very Good News: Proclamation, Liturgy, Kingdom

Posted on 1 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Preach the gospel in the performative mode of uncondi­tional promise—let’s call this the proclamatory rule of the gospel. It comes into play when the gospel-speaker is declaring the good news of Jesus Christ to one or more individuals, with the … Continue reading →

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