Crumbs from the Master's Table

There was a day when the impassibility of God was impassible. That is, it was assumed as something we simply knew about God's being. But...

The following quotation accurately describes my own experience and understanding both of Edwards and the current state of affairs in modern ...

"It is possible to hold a high view of biblical authority and sufficiency in theory while yielding a magisterial role in practice to so...

"It seems rather a waste of time to spend, say, five years working out a position, only to find that it has already been done by a Syri...

Spurgeon on Owen: It is unnecessary to say that he is the prince of divines. To master his works is to be a profound theologian. Owen is s...

"The theologian, far from having a faith based on wish fulfillment, is rather employed (at least part-time) in the role of dragon-slaye...

Here's my present attempt at a definition that embraces the whole enterprise of theologizing. It aims at making clear that doing...

"Although theology treats of the same things with metaphysics, physics and ethics, yet the mode of considering is far different. It tre...

What is "doctrine"?  And, specifically, what is Christian doctrine? What follows are some orienting definitions from two of the mo...

“It is the task of doctrine to direct disciples to fill empty spaces and empty moments with redemptive speech and action. At its bes...

“The subject matter of theology should determine the methodological manner in which we approach it” (Vanhoozer, Faith Speaking Und...

Here's an Edwardsian definition: Divinity is “the doctrine of living to God by Christ.” —Jonathan Edwards, Sermons and Discourses 1739–1...

Vanhoozer: According to Hans-Georg Gadamer, interpretation is like entering into the “play” of the text, which “always involves something ...

Douglas Sweeney: Edwards tried to interpret the Bible theologically. He handled it not as a collection of antiquarian artifacts, but as th...

In " Charity Contrary to an Angry Spirit ," preached in 1738, Edwards speaks of what God-centered anger looks like: If men's...

 Packer: The whole study of Christian theology, biblical, historical and systematic, is the exploring of a three tier hierarchy of models:...

"God is the Author of authors" (Kevin Vanhoozer, Is There a Meaning in This Text ? 47).

"It is the nature of love, or at least love to a superior as such [e.g., God], even to incline and dispose to imitation. A child's ...

"Mission is the mother of all theology" (M. Kahler, as cited in Michael F. Bird, Introducing Paul,  20).

There are some today who desire to purge the church of any notion of a covenant of grace (for a traditional description of this covenant, se...