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 [...]

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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 [...]

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WilderVoice

Sometimes the Church is on God’s side. The place to be is on the inside, reaching out to the unchurched, drawing them in.
Other times … for whole eras … the Church is offside with God. Better, then, to take your place outside. There, among the demon-possessed, the lepers, the tax collectors and [...]

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