Jordan B. Cooper's Blog, page 29
March 2, 2016
What Does the Rise of Trump have to do with Science and Christianity?
Post by Nathan Rinne (who, I re-iterate, is only speaking for himself on this blog) “Good God – absolutely nothing!” many will undoubtedly want to say. But wait. What is it that makes popular atheist scientist-philosophers like Michael Shermer strong Donald Trump supporters? You can listen to his own reasons, but part of it, I [Read More...]
March 1, 2016
The NKJV Journal Edition: A Review
I have never been one to write extensively in my Bibles, or to do any significant amount of highlighting. The reason I haven’t done so is primarily due to the fact that the pages in a normal Bible are simply too thin to take notes without bleeding through the other page. Recently, I have been [Read More...]
February 27, 2016
The Recent Joint LCMS-ACNA-LCC Statement
On today’s program, I discussed the recent joint statement of the ACNA, LCMS, and LCC which resulted from five years of ongoing theological dialogue. I discussed the similarities between Lutheranism and Anglicanism as well as the various ways in which these two traditions differ. Here is the program The full statement can be found here.
February 25, 2016
The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity and Contemporary Law-Gospel Debates
The doctrine of God does not tend to be a primary issue in contemporary Lutheran theological discussions. Apart from basic Trinitarian theology, Lutheran theological journals and publications tend not to emphasize Theology Proper, and specifically the attributes of God. I think there are a number of reasons for this. First, Lutherans tend to avoid overt [Read More...]
February 19, 2016
Is It Wrong for Christians to Watch Deadpool?
Within the last two weeks, it seems that my facebook news feed has consisted almost solely of posts about Deadpool and the appropriateness of this film for the Christian viewer. On the one hand, there are some who speak about Christian liberty as if one can simply watch whatever they desire for entertainment purposes. Many [Read More...]
February 18, 2016
Illumination (Ordo Salutis Study)
On today’s program, I went back to an old series of podcasts I was doing on the ordo salutis, and discussed the doctrine of illumination. The topics and content were different than those of the recent Jacobs’s study podcast on the same topic. Here is the program Here are the previous programs in this series: The [Read More...]
February 15, 2016
For Scalia, R.I.P. – Why Nature Must Be Stopped
Post by Nathan Rinne I dedicate this post to now deceased SCOTUS justice Antonin Scalia. May he rest in peace. “Not to resent offenses is the mark of a base and slavish man.” — Aristotle “I attack ideas, I don’t attack people – and some very good people have some very bad ideas.” — Antonin [Read More...]
February 13, 2016
A Review of Confessing the Impassible God
Despite the numerous debates between Lutheran, Reformed, and Roman Catholic theologians in the Post-Reformation scholastic era, there was a broad agreement, among all of these theologians, on the doctrine of God. With the rise of liberalism in the nineteenth century, this doctrinal consensus began to deteriorate. Liberal theologians argued against the supposed Hellenist imposition of [Read More...]
February 11, 2016
Divine Simplicity
On today’s program I discussed the doctrine of divine simplicity and the attributes of God. This led to a number of topics surrounding the doctrine of God, including the eternal generation of Christ, contemporary challenges to classical Theism, divine immutibility, the current debates surrounding impassibility, and many other important issues. Here is the program.
February 9, 2016
The First Table of the Commandments’ Relationship to the Third Use of the Law (Part II of II)
Post by Nathan Rinne I really don’t want anyone to feel like they should read this post. Truth. I would simply prefer that they read part I, say “Amen”, and “rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16) with me. I think the words I shared there cover the topic of this article well and are reliable and [Read More...]
