Theology and the Bible
I The Medium, the Message, and the Meaning of God is God. One cannot communicate with God apart from the Spirit of God and the Word of God. The ultimate meaning of God is not outside of God. There is no-one and nothing beyond God that God points to. The meaning of God is God. […]
“Faith” is usually contrasted to “works” as if there were an antithesis, which is said to come from the second chapter of the Epistle of James. Someone works for something they don’t have but hope to gain. To work for something one cannot gain would be foolish. It would also be foolish to work for
Creeds began as a way for the Church to exclude heretics. A council of Bishops would meet and come to agreement on a creed. A creed affirmed propositions that a heretic would not affirm. A creed might also deny propositions that a heretic would affirm. But a creed was not a theology. It did not
First, for those who want an introduction to apologetics, I suggest this video by Dr. R.C. Sproul on Defending Your Faith, lecture 1: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/defending-your-faith/introduction-2/. Note in the second part he addresses Greek philosophy. One way to compare different approaches is to look at what they consider believers and unbelievers have in common and how to
At least from the time of Constantine to the Middle Ages, the Church was involved in the world – i.e., public affairs and endeavors such as philosophy. The Reformation was partly a reaction against this, refocusing the church on spiritual matters and leaving worldly matters to others, that is, to Christians outside the church’s official
I agree with those theological critics who say that the age of the earth or universe is not by itself a major issue for theology. It’s only when the age of the earth or universe are wedded to other ideas that major issues arise. Two minor issues can make a major issue. Before the rist
