Category: Theology
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Quotes From Intro to Systematic Theology by Cornelius Van Til
On Monday, I mentioned how helpful I’ve found Cornelius Van Til’s Introduction to Systematic Theology. I first read it during my first year in seminary. Recently, I’ve been re-reading it in Logos and taking advantage of digital highlighting. It’ll be interesting to compare what I highlighted then and now. In the meantime, I thought I’d…
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Doctrine: Revelation
In case you missed last night’s Doctrine class, here are the slides we went through: Revelation. Since this chapter really focused more on the doctrine of Scripture, we focused primarily on revelation itself, and put off things like inspiration and inerrancy until next week. In my own understanding of revelation, I’ve found the thought of Cornelius…
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Doctrine: More on The Trinity
Like last week, we talked about the Trinity in Doctrine class last night (before the Super Bowl of course). Also like last week, I’ve got a list of links and resources for further study. If you happened to miss last night, the big attribute of God I hammered on was aseity, and luckily for you…
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Read Through Calvin’s Institutes: January Quotes
At the beginning of the year, I started re-reading through Calvin’s Institutes. I saw that Bliss Spillar had put together an online reading group, but wanted to see how a month of keeping up with the reading went. I previously told you about my intention to read the church fathers, and of course there are…
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Doctrine: What Is The Trinity?
Last night we entered the wide world of trinitarian studies in our Doctrine class at CrossPointe Waterford Lakes. Just like I did last Monday, I’m posting the lecture slides. In addition, this time I’ve got some additional resources that might be helpful and/or interesting for any of you all who want to read further. First…
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10 Attributes of God in Natural Revelation
As promised, you’re getting some insights from my “plodding.” Actually, that’s twice this week! Anyway, as I was plunging into Joel Beeke & Mark Jones’ A Puritan Theology, I ran across Stephen Charnock’s list of 10 attributes of God that “can be recognized by the light of nature” (17): The power of God in creating…
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Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe
Last night we kicked off our Doctrine class at CrossPointe Waterford Lakes. We had a pretty good turnout, even Voldemort was there judging by the signup sheet (although I distinctly do not remember seeing him). This post is mainly for people in the class, but if that’s not you, feel free to eavesdrop. We’re using…
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6 Big Books I’m Plodding Through This Year
I learned my lesson from last year. Instead of 13 books I’m planning to read through, here are 6 books on the larger side that I’m “plodding” through: Foundations of Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal by Eric L. Johnson A Puritan Theology and Meet the Puritans Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith…
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The Quest For The Trinity
Stephen Holmes, The Quest For The Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History, & Modernity. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, November, 2012. 300 pp. Paperback, $26.00. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Stephen R. Holmes is senior lecturer in systematic theology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. I was recently able to read…
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Reading Theology Together: The Holy Trinity
If you remember this time last year, we started reading John Frame’s Doctrine of The Knowledge of God in my trial run of a Marturo Reading Group. Now that the New Year is upon us, it’s time to start a new book and this time we’re reading Robert Letham’s The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History,…