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 […]
Christ: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 28 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Ivor Davidson. Dr. Davidson is Honorary Research Professor in Divinity at King’s College, University of Aberdeen. He previously held chairs in Systematic and Historical Theology at the University of Otago and the University of St Andrews. The munus triplex It was […]
“That he may be universally recognized as Lord”: Witsius on Christ’s ascension
I have mentioned Herman Witsius before on this website (see here and here). Having recently celebrated Jesus’ ascension to the right hand of the Father, I thought it would be worth sharing how Witsius addresses an important question for Christology, namely, the significance of the ascension for the kingly glory of Jesus Christ. Witsius addresses […]
The high and humble God (Psalm 113): a homily for Holy Week
This semester our chapel theme at RTS Orlando is the incomparability of God. This week I was to preach on this theme from Psalm 113, but present circumstances have precluded that possibility. Below instead is a homily on Psalm 113, adapted to our present circumstances. Introduction I have encouraged you over the past several weeks […]
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 […]
“Jesus Christ is the light of the world”: rightly relating the church’s ministry, mission, and worship
“Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and […]
