Below are three lectures presented on February 6-7 for Southern Seminary’s 2025 Julius B. Gay Lectures. Each were presented under the theme The Divine Names: Biblical Foundations of the Christian Doctrine of God. Lecture 1: The Foundations of the Divine Names Lecture 2: The Frame of the Divine Names Lecture 3: The Focus of the […]
The Trinity & Work: How God’s Work Informs Our Work
How does the work of the triune God inform our work? In 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Paul provides an illuminating framework for addressing this question. In our various fields of labor, we are called to cooperate with God the Father in service to the Lord Jesus Christ by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Under God’s […]
How the Trinity Enriches our Biblical Theology of Salvation
The hope of Christian pilgrims is grounded in the truth that “salvation belongs to the Lord” (Ps. 3:8), who is “making all things new” (Rev. 21:5). In the first part of this two-part session, Scott Swain surveys how the doctrine of the Trinity can help enrich our understanding of our salvation and enlarge our affection […]
The Trinity and the Gospel of John
Brandon Smith’s most recent book, The Trinity in the Canon: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Proposal (B&H Academic), offers fifteen chapters on a variety of topics related to the Trinity and the Bible written by a gifted group of biblical scholars and theologians. I was delighted to contribute the chapter on the Gospel of John. […]
