Perhaps You Have Not Met with a Bishop
Who has not heard of the prefect of those days, who, for his own part, treated us with such excessive arrogance, having himself been admitted, or perhaps committed, to baptism by the other party; and...
View ArticleTwo Thoughts on Gregory of Nazianzus
Just finished Dr. Christopher A. Beeley’s book Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God: In Your Light We Shall See Light (an excellent introduction to Gregory’s theology), hence...
View ArticleOne More Thought Prompted by Gregory of Nazianzus
As the title of Beeley’s book reveals, Gregory placed much emphasis on the knowledge of God. While I read through it, I began wondering how it was the knowledge could effect salvation in the way that...
View ArticleCampatibilists Not Off the Hook
Alexander Pruss has an interesting post (of which I understood very little, but I get the gist), arguing that the commonly used argument from randomness against Libertarian free will applies to the...
View ArticleThe Early Stages
Fortunately, I think I’m still in the early (i.e., naïve) stages – somewhere between studying whatever I want and realizing that no one cares so I probably should listen to my advisor.
View ArticlePolitics and Equivocation: Or, Why Nothing Gets Done in Congress
I recevied an official petition (my very first, huzzah!) in the mail to reverse Roe v. Wade. On it is listed several premises which are supposed to support their conclusion. If it is supposed to be an...
View ArticleHealth for Your Mind
It is, I would contend, nearly impossible to be ignorant of the implications of one’s diet. Everyone knows what food is unhealthy and what food is not and it could be said that the modern sin is not...
View ArticleWhat Natural Law Is Not
It appears that there is a great misconception about what natural law is, so let me try to clear this up. Natural law does not mean that whatever happens in “nature” is morally good. Such assertions...
View ArticleGenesis, Justice, and Biblical Authority
Genesis, and by extension the Pentateuch, views justice as right order. This is seen by two dominant features that not only occur in Genesis but in the Pentateuch as a whole. First, besides creating...
View ArticleI Am Now a Master…of Arts
I passed my French Language Exam and so have fulfilled all of the requirements for my Master of Arts in Historical Theology degree from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Huzzah! As such, I am making...
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