Petrus van Mastricht begins his treatment of the doctrine of God by means of brief exegetical comments on Hebrews 11:6: “for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” According to Mastricht, this verse reveals three truths about God that are essential to saving […]
The humility of God
“Humility” might sound like a strange attribute to predicate of God. Two recent studies suggest otherwise. Grant Macaskill’s The New Testament and Intellectual Humility is not a study of divine humility per se. Its broad concern is the nature and cultivation of humility as an intellectual virtue. Because of his commitment to theological interpretation of […]
Catalyst Conference Lectures
I had the pleasure of participating in the International Presbyterian Church’s Catalyst conference last month in London. My task was to deliver three lectures on the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 2. The audio for those lectures are posted below. The first lecture is devoted to WCF, Chapter 2, paragraph 1 on the attributes of […]
“Let no one say” (James 1:13): the translation of divine names
“Bless his holy name” (Psalm 145:3): The nature, scope, and ends of divine naming
Learning to Hymn God’s Name
How is it that a transcendent God speaks truly of Himself, indeed genuinely of Himself, in our language? The answer is that biblical discourse[s] concerning God…are anthropomorphic in nature, and they operate according to a two-fold analogical grammar…God speaks of Himself in our language: sometimes He speaks literally, sometimes He speaks metaphorically, always He speaks […]
