What is true of Christian agency in general is true of Christian interpretive agency in particular: faith works through love (Gal 5:6). “Love asks; love seeks; love knocks; love reveals; love, finally, remains in what has been revealed.”[1] Love’s quest for understanding is fulfilled by giving attention to Holy Scripture: “Hear, O Israel” (Deut 6:4). […]
Matthew Barrett’s Simply Trinity
Matthew Barrett’s latest book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit, releases today. I’m delighted to see it in print and consider it a nice complement to my recent introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity. I had the privilege of writing the foreword to Matthew’s book, which I’ve posted below. Matthew Barrett wants […]
The burning bush and the being of God: reflections on Exodus 3
I’m looking forward to delivering the Day-Higginbotham Lectures next week at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. (For more details, see here.) The theme of the two lectures is “God, the Bible, and Being.” By way of preview, below is an excerpt from the second lecture. The excerpt focuses on the ways God’s […]
An Advent prayer
A while back, Eric Hutchinson recommended to me a nineteenth century liturgy produced by the German Reformed Church (for more details, see Eric’s posts here and here). Below is its prayer for Advent for your encouragement and edification. Almighty and everlasting God, who by the mouths of Thy prophets and holy men of old, didst […]
On Christian hope: an Advent meditation on Psalms 42 & 43
Hope is an ordinary part of human agency. When we judge that the circumstances are right, and that we have sufficient resources of strength to act, we embark on a specific course of action in hope of completing it. We go to the grocery store, expecting that it will have the ingredients we need to […]
Ten things I am thankful for in 2020
“In the days of famine they have abundance” (Ps 37:19). This verse has come to mind several times over the past year. During a season of extraordinary trial, the Lord has repeatedly demonstrated his abundant kindness to RTS Orlando. Covid-19 has robbed us of many good things in 2020. In addition to the enormous losses […]
