“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever” (Ps 136:1). Christians have many reasons to be thankful because the goodness of the Lord is abundant and enduring. We at RTS Orlando have many things to be thankful for in 2023. 1. 35 years of RTS Orlando: In 2024, […]
The three ways
In its pilgrim state, theology lacks an immediate grasp of God’s nature, which is infinite, incomprehensible, and ineffable. For this reason, theology also lacks the capacity for deriving God’s attributes from God’s nature. The ways of causation, negation, and eminence provide an alternative path for identifying God that is suitable to theology’s pilgrim state. This […]
The Trinity and the Gospel of John
Brandon Smith’s most recent book, The Trinity in the Canon: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Proposal (B&H Academic), offers fifteen chapters on a variety of topics related to the Trinity and the Bible written by a gifted group of biblical scholars and theologians. I was delighted to contribute the chapter on the Gospel of John. […]
Ten things I’m thankful for in 2022
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever” (Ps 136:1). According to Psalm 136, we have many reasons to give God thanks. God is by nature good and, because God is eternal, his goodness towards his people endures forever. Psalm 136 identifies the good God as the supreme […]
Seven theses on the divine name(s) (drawn chiefly from the Pentateuch)
One of the central themes of the Pentateuch is the revelation of God’s proper name, YHWH. Below are seven summary theses drawn therefrom. (1) The revelation of the divine name is an act of divine condescension in which the high God stoops down and self-proclaims his name to us in our language (Exod 34:5; cf. […]
A biblical argument for divine simplicity: the analogy of Scripture
The doctrine of divine simplicity teaches that God is “without parts” (WCF 2.1), i.e., that there is no real distinction between God’s being (that he is) and essence (what he is), or between God’s being (that he is) and the various attributes we use to describe his essence (he is this and this and this). […]
