by Scott R. Swain & Michael Allen Systematic theology” is a label with admittedly clinical connotations. It conjures a picture of the theologian as someone who takes in hand the living Word of God only to dissect and dismember the body of biblical truth into various pieces so that he might label (often in Latin!) […]
The Importance of Theology
Is Infant Baptism Biblical?
When God made a covenant with Abraham, he promised to be a God not only to Abraham the believer, but also to Abraham’s children…Baptism is the sign and the seal of the covenant promises that belong to believers and that belong to the children of believers as well.” Source: RTS Orlando
Pro-Nicene Theology: Inseparable Operations
by Scott R. Swain The Living God The triune God is a living God and, as such, he is intrinsically active. The Trinity is active in knowledge, love, and beatitude. The Trinity is active in the production of creatures. And the Trinity is active in a care that extends, beyond bringing us into existence, to […]
Paul, the virtues, and theological conflict
I. Virtue: a brief introduction In my previous post, I briefly noted the threefold grace that Paul unfolds in Titus 2.11-14: (1) “saving grace,” which flows from God’s free mercy toward sinners in the redeeming death of Jesus Christ, (2) “training grace,” wherein the church becomes a school of virtue, and (3) “hope-inspiring grace,” which births in […]
His Only Son
by Scott R. Swain “What’s in a name?” Juliet muses. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The daughter Capulet’s sentiment is certainly true on some level. But the same cannot be said of the name applied to Jesus in John 3:16. Jesus’ identity as God’s “only Son” […]
