For the past several years at Thanksgiving, it has been my custom to publish a piece on “Ten Things I am Thankful for.” This year, I am interrupting the pattern to reflect on one source of gratitude, the friendship of Laura Grace Alexander. Laura Grace Alexander was born and raised in Frostproof, Florida to one […]
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. […]
5 Truths about God’s Unity of Simplicity
The Oneness of God Christian praise of the Trinity is praise of the one God. The oneness of God is intrinsic to the first and greatest commandment of the Old and New Testaments. Moses proclaims God’s oneness and calls Israel to acknowledge God’s singular worth by loving him with all their heart, soul, and might […]
Notes on Book IV of the Psalter
One of my long-term research projects is a book on the divine attributes. The operating methodological thesis of the project is that learning to speak rightly of God (theology) requires learning to read the Bible rightly (hermeneutics). Related to that project, below are some notes, summarized under six headings, that I’ve put together on how […]
More thoughts on theological anthropology: man as male and female
A couple of months ago I posted an article outlining some thoughts about the renewal of theological anthropology. Therein I suggested a number of resources from which one might draw and a number of topics one might address in promoting such a renewal. Given my desire to reflect globally on the topic, I refrained from […]
How (not) to use the Bible to encourage people
The Gospel Coalition recently published my comments from a couple of weeks ago about how (not) to use the Bible to encourage folks during our present crisis. Here’s a selection from the introduction: I’ve been thinking about an approach to pastoral encouragement that I’ve witnessed over the past couple of months. It’s been somewhat prominent […]
