Peter Leithart’s article today at First Things prompted (provoked?) me to jot down some thoughts regarding the ends of retrieval. Here are five theses. To what end retrieval? 1. Retrieval rests on a twofold judgment: (1) that all is not well in contemporary theology and biblical studies and (2) that the help we need might […]
Ten things I’m thankful for in 2021
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God” (Ps 90:1-2). The stability of God’s eternal and unchanging being is one of the architectonic themes of the divine kingship psalms found […]
Retrieving the “royal metaphor”: reflections on Psalm 93
Theology is discourse concerning God: God in his being, attributes, persons, and works; God and all things in relation to God, from whom and through whom and to whom are all things (Rom 11:36). The principal subject matter of Christian theology has a proper name, “Yhwh,” which is the name of the Father and of […]
Prayer for studies
It’s the first day of the fall semester and, as is my custom, I plan to conclude my first lecture with a prayer penned by Andreas Hyperius (translated by Eric Hutchinson): Thou, most wise heavenly Father, art the fount and origin of all knowledge and wisdom: thou pourest into the minds of all men knowledge […]
Getting to know the RTS Orlando faculty: Zachary Cole
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 […]
