The Scriptorium Daily

Category: Theology

  • The Difficulty of Ecumenism

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    Matt Jenson
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    Every Christian must be ecumenical. That is, every Christian must devote herself to the unity of Christ’s church–a unity that witnesses in the world to the love of the Father for the Son and to their love for those sealed by the Spirit of adoption. Ecumenism is part and parcel of the church’s mission, and…

  • God's Conduct

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    Fred Sanders
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    Romans 12, at first glance, can seem like a sudden change of subject from the high theologizing of the first 11 chapters. As Paul turns from explaining the gospel, to exhorting his Roman readers, even his writing style shifts from longer sentences and complex arguments to brief commands in a more straightforward diction. But he…

  • The Trinity in Gender Debates

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    Fred Sanders
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    Trinity and Gender Roles: A Nice and Hot Dispute The evangelical debate about gender roles may seem like an unlikely venue for hashing out trinitarian theology, but that is what has been going on in the last few years. Everybody knows that evangelical complementarians and evangelical egalitarians have competing views of the relationship between men…

  • Not Forsaken: McCall Responds

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    Fred Sanders
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    For the past week and a half, Fred Sanders and Matt Jenson have been discussing Thomas H. McCall’s new book Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why it Matters. See parts 1, 2, 3, & 4 if you missed our little cartoon theology-heads talking back and forth about this commendable book. As our discussion…

  • Does It Make a Difference? (Forsaken pt. 4)

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    Matt Jenson
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    See the other essays in this four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. In our final installment talking through Tom McCall’s Forsaken, we consider McCall’s fourth chapter and conclusion, in which he takes two looks at the question of “why it matters”. Jenson: Continuing on from the last post, where Fred pointed out…

  • Victory, not Tragedy (Forsaken pt 3)

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    Fred Sanders
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    See the other essays in this four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Further reflections on Tom McCall’s Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why it Matters, as Sanders and Jenson do a conversational review-but-not-a-review type blog thing. Our offices are right down the hall from each other, so you’d think…

  • Wrath of the Trinity (Forsaken pt. 2)

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    Fred Sanders
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    See the other essays in this four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. More discussion of Tom McCall’s book Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why it Matters, from Fred Sanders and Matt Jenson of Biola’s Torrey Honors Institute. In his second chapter, McCall considers the question, “Did the death of…

  • The Broken Trinity (Forsaken pt. 1)

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    Fred Sanders
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    See the other essays in this four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Tom McCall’s recent Forsaken:  The Trinity and the Cross, and Why it Matters (IVP, 2012—thanks to IVP for a copy!) is a very stimulating little book. Its four short chapters (just 165 pages total) are a series of focused…

  • Call for Papers: Christology at Los Angeles Theology Conference

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    Fred Sanders
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    This Friday October 12 is the deadline for submitting a paper proposal for the inaugural year of the Los Angeles Theology Conference. Since we announced this new annual event one month ago, there’s been quite a bit of excitement about it, mainly because of the great group of theologians who will be doing the plenary…

  • The Best Bible Institute in Los Angeles

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    Fred Sanders
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    I teach classes at the best Bible Institute in Los Angeles. I also work at Biola University, but that’s different. Biola was founded as a Bible Institute, way back in 1908. The founders of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles knew all about colleges (Lyman Stewart supported many colleges financially) and seminaries (R.A. Torrey was…

  • McClymond & McDermott: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards

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    Matt Jenson
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    Michael J. McClymond and Gerald R. McDermott, The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 2012), 757 pp. (review copy courtesy of OUP) “Imagine a Christian dialogue today that included adherents of ancient churches–Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Coptic–with various modern church bodies–Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Disciples of Christ–as well as an ample representation from…

  • Theology for the Great City: Los Angeles Theology Conference

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    Fred Sanders
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    I’ve lived in California for more than fifteen years now, working as a professional theologian and flying off every year to academic conferences here and there. But mostly there: we west coast theologians have to head east to tap into any significant academic theological culture. Much as I enjoy travelling, I have often wondered why…