Category: Theology
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Fall: God Judges
[This post is part of the Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe series] In some ways, this chapter of Doctrine picks up where Creation: God Makes left off, and rounds out a set of three chapters that mainly center on exposition from Genesis 1-3. This one of course, covers chapter 3 which is the narrative description of the…
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The Overlap of Ages in The Kingdom
[This post is part of the Eschatology series] Venn Diagram Eschatology By the New Creation starting while the old is still present, a significant overlap occurs. This presents a kind of already, though not yet kind of scenario, and is the same issue with the Kingdom of God, which is already inaugurated and a present…
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Old Creation
[This post is part of the Eschatology series] Having talked about an overall kind of philosophy of eschatology, here is a brief (very!) overview of the drama of redemption. It essentially breaks out into this section on old creation, or creation and fall, followed by a discussion of new creation and redemption. What is then…
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Image: God Loves
[This post is part of the Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe series] n this chapter of Doctrine, several interesting and vital concepts are introduced. Before even starting to answers questions, there is a brief discussion of mankind’s desires for autonomy. The discussion is framed in terms of our modern conception of man as an autonomous individual rather…
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Dispensationalism
[This post is part of the Eschatology series] If you remember where we left off, it was an exploration of the millennial options. It is unfortunate to say the least, that one’s eschatology is basically categorized by how you interpret Revelation 20. My study of the topic over the course of this semester has helped…
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Revelation: God Speaks
[This post is part of the Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe series] This chapter, much like the last one, and all the ones I’ve read so far, really deserves a much fuller treatment. But again, Doctrine sets out to be concise as it can, and so this chapter probably could not be any shorter without losing something…
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Trinity: God Is
[This post is part of the Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe series] I like that Doctrine starts with the Trinity, as usually systematic theologies will begin with Bibliology, or worldview issues. As I understand, this is covered at a later section in the book, specifically, in the next chapter. This chapter is a pretty good overview, especially…
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Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe
[This is the first post in the Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe series] Recently, I’ve been working through Mark Driscoll’s Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe. I thought it might be helpful to offer a bit of play-by-play, for a couple of reasons at least. One is that the book itself claims to be what Christians should believe,…
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Millennium
[This post is part of the Eschatology series] I realize not only has this blog been somewhat neglected, but this eschatology series has been as well. Some of that, to be honest, is due to lack of interest on my part. The other part of it is the cognitive dissonance that I experienced in trying…
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Atonement: Redemption
[This post is part of the Atonement series] Tomorrow is Good Friday, and of course Sunday is Easter. This then may turn out to be the last post explicitly dealing with the atonement. Not because I’m finished studying it (especially with respect to the issue brought up here) but my original commitment was in lieu of Lent,…