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. […]
On tradition
“One generation shall commend your works to another” (Ps 145:4). I’ve just finished two recent but very different books (here and here) on the nature of “tradition,” the church’s process of transmitting the faith once for all delivered to the saints from one generation to the next (1 Cor 15:3; 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:2; Jude […]
Ten theses on the externally directed works of the Trinity
I posted the following theses last week on Twitter. I am reposting them here for the sake of ease in reading them. (1) Because the divine nature is one, there is one divine agency. (2) However, only persons, not natures act. (This is missing in some post-2016 discussions.) (3) In order to appreciate how divine […]
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 […]
Redemption Accomplished: Atonement: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 29 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Kevin Vanhoozer. Dr. Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has also held posts at Wheaton College Graduate School and at New College, the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. He […]
