Category Archives: Doctrine of God
God is with us
Four mistakes we make when thinking about God’s presence. 1. We think it’s a romantic thing. Having God with me is like going out for a picnic with my best fwend. Cue worships songs that seem to imply that being … Continue reading
Salvation for the unevangelised (4)
I reckon the most common suggestion put forward for how the unevangelised might come to salvation is that God will somehow use general revelation to reach them. Texts often used to outline the concept of general revelation include Romans 1:20, … Continue reading
Salvation for the unevangelised? (3)
First two here and here. In arguing for the possibility of salvation for the unevangelised it is common to put forward an argument that goes something like this: “Surely it’s possible that, moved by God’s grace, a member of another … Continue reading
Salvation for the unevangelised? (2)
First post here. The article continues by arguing for how someone from another religion might come to faith: ‘If anyone of another religion or belief system is saved, it is not because of their beliefs but in spite of those … Continue reading
Salvation for the unevangelised? (1)
Whilst preparing for this lecture I came across all sorts of views for how it might be argued that the unevangelised can be saved. This article in particular states some of the more popular reasons for such a position. I … Continue reading
Colossians 1:15 and everything
One of the implications of Colossians 1:15 (my text this sunday) is that we need to co-ordinate our knowledge of everything with our knowledge of Christ. More than that, in fact, we need to come to Christ if we want … Continue reading
‘Balance’ is tritheistic
This is just a thought at the moment… We often hear that things are a matter of ‘balance.’ So, for example, when it comes to the question of how to hold a belief in both the sovereignty of God and … Continue reading
Advanced-level christian hedonism
I’m linking to this post by Doug Wilson because, after one quick read, I know I’ll want to return to it at a later date.
Dark as well as light
Below is an illustration I used with our students on sunday morning. It came at the end of a seminar on God’s control (sovereignty) of all things. We touched on questions of human freedom, the ‘problem’ of evil, and our … Continue reading
Dawkins on Christians on Haiti
This article, or rather, vitriolic rant by Richard Dawkins about Christians in relation to the Haiti disaster has a point. Of course, it’s full of the half-truths, distortions and inconsistencies that we’ve come to fondly expect from everyone’s favourite fundamentalist … Continue reading
God is really who he appears to be
Robert Jensen’s article in this volume was fun reading. Here’s a couple of quotes I took from it in preparation for this. “… the function which trinitarian theology [as as part of the church's address to the world]… is to … Continue reading
More God quotes
I’m sticking these quotes up on here because I found them during my reading for a recent course our church went through (more details HERE or HERE). This set come from this unpublished essay on the Trinity by Jonathan Edwards … Continue reading
Doctrine of God quotes
We recently did a mid-week course looking at some basics of the doctrine of God, with a particular focus on covering the elemental features of the doctrine of the Trinity (see HERE for links to the mp3s). I read a … Continue reading
God the only Sovereign Saviour
Isaiah 45:20-22: 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. 21 Declare and present your … Continue reading
