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  • Doubting 101

    Doubting 101

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    Janelle Aijian
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    This week Fred Sanders posted a link to a meditation on Barth and the experience of doubt in the life of a Christian, and especially of a theologian. The article deals with two forms of Christian doubt, one innocuous, one dangerous, but both negative. While this post rightly identifies two ways doubt can go wrong,…

  • Divine Education

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    Fred Sanders
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    One of our semesters at Torrey Honors Institute is called On Learning and Knowledge, and it is an excellent thematic investigation of epistemology, philosophy of education, and even pedagogy, among other things. Our juniors in this course read Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, Frederick Douglass and John Henry Newman, along with Descartes, Pascal, Locke,…

  • Whither Trinitarian Theology (Holmes pt. 3)

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    Matt Jenson
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    See the other essays in this three-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Fred Sanders and Matt Jenson finish their series of posts on Steve Holmes’ new Trinity book, with a discussion about his overall project and what it suggests for trinitarian theology. Jenson: Holmes steers awfully close to despair at the end of his…

  • A University Should Be a University

    A University Should Be a University

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    Greg Peters
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    I am fairly certain that John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University has been on the required reading list of the Torrey Honors Institute since I began working here eight years ago. Given how we teach in Torrey, however, I had never had the opportunity to lead sessions on the text. So, back in…

  • Heart Religion (Wesley on the Christian Life)

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    Fred Sanders
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    My book Wesley on the Christian Life: The Heart Renewed in Love is due out in just a few months (August 2013), and is already available for pre-order at Amazon. Crossway’s fine copy-editor has finalized the text with me, and I’ll be checking page proofs soon. I’m also gathering a few endorsements from generous theologians…

  • Traditional Trinitarianism (Holmes pt. 2)

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    Fred Sanders
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    See the other essays in this three-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Matt Jenson and Fred Sanders are discussing the recent book on the doctrine of the Trinity by Stephen R. Holmes, The Quest for the Trinity. In Part 1, we set up Holmes’ project and his approach. In this installment, we discuss…

  • Reminding God of the Brevity of Human Life

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    Joe Henderson
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    I’d like to suggest an alternative to the common understanding of a well-known verse. Verse 12 of Psalm 90 is translated: “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom” (ESV). The verse is usually taken as a prayer for God to give us the wisdom that comes from…

  • Trinitarian Theology for the Church (Review)

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    Fred Sanders
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    The Trinity was forgotten for a period of “centuries of doctrinal tragedy,” until suddenly in the middle of the twentieth century, theologians rediscovered it. Several decades after that ecumenical rediscovery, evangelical theologians are finally catching up. “So goes the standard story,” say Daniel Treier and David Lauber, the editors of Trinitarian Theology for the Church (IVP, 2009), but they…

  • "The Quintessential Catechizing Doctrine"

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    Fred Sanders
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    The Spring issue of Credo magazine has a great set of articles on the doctrine of the Trinity. The whole 75-page issue is free online, well designed, and brilliantly edited. Scott Swain on “the mystery of the Trinity,” Mike Reeves on “why a triune  God is better than any other,” and Robert Letham on “how…

  • Towards The Eternal City: St. Augustine's Theology of History

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    Robert Llizo
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    It is quite common to hear from various Christian circles on how we must influence Washington with Christian values, and that bringing our nation to a more Christian footing morally, cultural and politically must be a top priority.  But even if we did succeed in creating this optimum Christian society, what are the chances of…

  • A History of the Trinity (Holmes pt. 1)

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    Fred Sanders
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    See the other essays in this three-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. We had a blast talking through Tom McCall’s Forsaken a few months ago and thought we’d do the same with Stephen Holmes’ recent book on the Trinity, published in the US as The Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in…

  • Credo: Trinity Issue

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    Fred Sanders
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    Everybody knows about the magazine called Credo, right? It’s a newish (started 2011) quarterly that is made available for free online (via issuu or pdf). Each issue is elaborately designed and in full color, and the content so far has been excellent. Matthew Barrett of California Baptist University is the executive editor, and he and…