In the latest installment in our series, “Getting to know the RTS Orlando Faculty,” we have the opportunity to hear from the Orlando faculty’s newest addition, Dr. Zachary Cole. Beginning June 1, 2021, Dr. Cole will serve as Associate Professor of New Testament. (For an introduction to the series as a whole, see here.) 1. Tell […]
Divine agency in Nicene perspective
God acts. God is known by his acts. Few theological propositions are more foundational to Christian theology and theological method than these two. The modern “revival” of trinitarian theology relied on a version of these two propositions in its quest to discover the so-called “immanent Trinity” by means of the “economic Trinity.” That quest has […]
A model of retrieval for biblical exegesis
Holy Scripture is the cognitive principle of theology, the supreme source from which the treasures of divine wisdom are drawn and the supreme norm by which our grasp of those treasures is measured. To borrow a metaphor from Matthew 13:44, Holy Scripture is the “field” in which the “treasures” that theology seeks to acquire are […]
“Bearing with one another in love”: Robert Rollock on Ephesians 4:3
We owe a debt of gratitude to Reformation Heritage Books and General Editors, R. Scott Clark and Casey Carmichael, for the latest publication in their “Classic Reformed Theology” series, Robert Rollock’s Commentary on Ephesians. In reviewing Rollock’s comments on Ephesians 4:1-3 for teaching I am to do next week, I was struck by the profundity […]
Redemption Applied: Union with Christ: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 30 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Todd Billings. Dr. Billings is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He is the author of several books, including Union with Christ, and The End of the Christian Life. Classical Reformed Formulations […]
Ten things I am thankful for in 2020
“In the days of famine they have abundance” (Ps 37:19). This verse has come to mind several times over the past year. During a season of extraordinary trial, the Lord has repeatedly demonstrated his abundant kindness to RTS Orlando. Covid-19 has robbed us of many good things in 2020. In addition to the enormous losses […]
