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September 23, 2017
An Introduction to Philosophy
On today’s program, I introduced some of the basic concepts of philosophy. This included a discussion of the ideas proposed by the Pre-Socratic philosophers, as well as the metaphysics of Plato. I gave some biographical information about why I began studying philosophy, including an argument that such a study is important for anyone who is […]
September 22, 2017
You Can’t Do Theology Without Philosophy
“What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?” The old question attributed to Tertullian has been answered in several ways throughout the centuries as Christian thinkers have had to make decisions surrounding the usefulness of philosophy. Thinkers such as Origen and Clement of Alexandria tended to adopt such a strong adherence to Platonic ideas that Scripture […]
September 21, 2017
Apologetics in Confessing the Gospel
Continuing on the previous post addressing Concordia Publishing House’s new Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology, in this article, I will examine the short section on apologetics in John F. Johnson’s treatment of the doctrine of God (81-88). General Knowledge of God Like most systematic treatments of God, this volume addresses […]
September 18, 2017
Review of CPH’s New “So-Called Third Use of the Law” Book
Post by Nathan Rinne For non-Lutherans, CPH is “Concordia Publishing House”. For upset Lutherans, please consider taking 14 minutes to listen to one of my pastor’s sermons at the bottom of this page: “The law and love”, from Sept. 10. Faith comes by hearing the word! This should help you get a better handle […]
September 12, 2017
A Question and Answer Podcast
On today’s program, I answered listener questions. Some of the topics were: beneficial theologians from other Christian traditions, premilennialism, the church fathers, and my favorite bands (yeah…unrelated, but someone asked). Check out the discussion! Here is the program
Completely Impartial Book Review of Pastor Jordan Cooper’s Lex Aeterna
Yes, its not impartial. : ) I write for this blog for a reason. Anyway, as I said in a recent post, about the new book on Law and Gospel now being released by CPH….(see above): If someone in the Confessional Lutheran house spoke about the “so-called doctrine of justification,” you could bet that every […]
September 8, 2017
Confessing the Gospel: John F. Johnson on the Trinity
In this second part of my review of Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology, I explore the section on the doctrine of God. This is done in two parts: the Trinity, and the attributes of God, which are addressed in separate posts. This article was written by John F. Johnson, who is […]
September 7, 2017
A Review of Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology
Concordia Publishing House recently released a two volume systematic theology titled Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology. This is a much needed set, as there has been a severe lack of Lutheran systematic theological texts in recent years, aside from the Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics series from Luther Academy. I recently received both […]
September 6, 2017
In Memory of Robert Jenson
It should be of no surprise to my readers that I have profound areas of disagreement with Robert Jenson. He promoted a form of process Theism based upon a modified theology of hope, while I hold to a more Thomistic approach to the doctrine of God. Yet, despite whatever disagreements I have with him, I […]
August 31, 2017
Martin Luther Addresses the Nashville Statement: Does it Reveal or Cause Sin?
Post by Nathan Rinne Do you think that you can love God but not the Christians who penned the Nashville Statement? Maybe, like St. Augustine who was haunted by the knowledge that he had stolen pears just because they were behind a fence — not even eating them – you are experiencing the utter […]
