The true significance of Chalcedon

Via Michael Bird at Euangelion, I ended up reading a learned, impressively clear essay on Chalcedonian christology.
The author, Dr. Bruce McCormack, is the professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is responding to a controversy concerning a professor at Westminster Seminary which led to the preparation of a Historical and Theological Field [...]

Read Full Post »

Quoteworthy: human consciousness

How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of the Djinn, when Aladdin rubbed his lamp.
Thomas Huxley

Read Full Post »

Clues that God exists

In a post at Jesus Creed, RJS summarizes six clues for the existence of God, expounded in a book by Tim Kellers. I’d like to add one point of my own, and then respond to one of RJS’s points.
The “clue” I’d like to add is human consciousness. I see the following marvels as [...]

Read Full Post »

Core convictions re abortion

Doug at Metacatholic has written a provocative post on abortion. The background information is supplied by Michael at Euangelion:
Sadly, the proposed bill in the British parliament to lower the time limit for abortions (down to 12, 14, or 22 weeks from 24 weeks) was soundly defeated.
Coincidentally, Doug was carrying out a funeral:
This morning I [...]

Read Full Post »

Where the women aren’t

In a good post, Danny Zacharias shines a spotlight on the Gospel Coalition (a "fellowship of evangelical churches"). The Coalition stakes out a complementarian position in its confessional statement:
 
Adam and Eve were made to complement each other …. In God’s wise purposes, men and women are not simply interchangeable, but rather they complement each [...]

Read Full Post »

The end justifies the means?

I’m not sure what to make of the telelogical exegetical principle. The application Greg makes comes awfully near to “the end justifies the means.” Regardless, I completely agree with Greg’s conclusion:
 
Divinely sanctioned nationalistic violence [in the Old Testament era] initially looked like it could establish the Kingdom of God, but it failed. The nation [...]

Read Full Post »