Along with a steady diet of expository Bible preaching and teaching, the central features of Christian catechesis include teaching on the Apostles’ Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer. The Apostles’ Creed outlines the main elements of Christian faith, the Lord’s Prayer the main elements of Christian hope, and the Ten Commandments the main […]
John Webster on the culture of theology
Students of theology have reason to thank Baker Academic, along with editors Ivor Davidson and Alden McCray, for the recent publication of John Webster’s book, The Culture of Theology. The publication of the present volume makes available to a wider audience six lectures originally delivered by Professor Webster at the University of Otago in August […]
Herman Bavinck on confessing the faith: a new English translation
I am excited to see a new English edition of Herman Bavinck’s, The Sacrifice of Praise. Cameron Clausing and Gregory Parker Jr. have done a wonderful job of editing and translating Bavinck for a wider audience, in addition to penning a helpful introduction to the work. You can purchase the book here or here. I […]
Toward a Liturgical Anthropology: Helps from James K. A. Smith
Book Review: Cultural Liturgies Series by James K. A. Smith Introduction: a philosophical handmaiden to liturgical anthropology How might theological anthropology benefit from James K. A. Smith’s Cultural Liturgies series? I suggest that Smith’s project offers theology a philosophical handmaiden to the liturgical anthropology of Romans 6:17: “Thanks be to God that you who were once slaves […]
Engaging with Kate Sonderegger: On Divine Invisibility
Book Review: Systematic Theology Vol. 1 by Katherine Sonderegger “The Lord’s style of language” One of the theologian’s primary tasks is to assist the church in better understanding what Augustine once called, “the Lord’s style of language.” This task is challenging, not because the Lord employs an esoteric angelic language when he speaks to us, but because […]
Geerhardus Vos on the doctrine of God
Book Review: Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 1, by Geerhardus Vos Over the weekend I had the opportunity to work through the first volume of Geerhardus Vos’s Reformed Dogmatics, which is devoted to theology proper (i.e., God’s being, attributes, and triunity; God’s decrees; and God’s “natural works” [naturae opera] of creation and providence). I confess to being a […]
