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 […]
Matthew Barrett’s Simply Trinity
Matthew Barrett’s latest book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit, releases today. I’m delighted to see it in print and consider it a nice complement to my recent introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity. I had the privilege of writing the foreword to Matthew’s book, which I’ve posted below. Matthew Barrett wants […]
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 […]
Redemption Accomplished: Atonement: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 29 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Kevin Vanhoozer. Dr. Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has also held posts at Wheaton College Graduate School and at New College, the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. He […]
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 […]