The purpose of this post is primarily to give me a place to add resources as I find them from time to time. Dictionaries & Lexicons lexilogos.com/english/latin_dictionary.ht This site has several links to dictionaries including Perseus. online-latin-dictionary.com This is an excellent dictionary. Not only will it find Latin forms, it will give you a link that allows you […]
A Model for Theological Method: Balancing the Sources and Norms of Theology (by Jesse Gentile) Clarifying one’s theological methodology instead of doing theology is like sharpening a knife without cutting into anything. ( Cited by Paul Allen)FOOTNOTE: Footnote A dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife. (Common warning from chefs) A motivating concern …
Theological Method and the Prioritization of Sources in Theological Work Read More »
[ As I prepare for comps, I am generating a few pages of notes on various topics. Here is one set of notes covering George Lindbeck’s The Nature of Doctrine. I have attempted to focus on many, but not all, key concepts in his work. I am posting them online because I have been helped by others …
Key Ideas from George Lindbeck’s The Nature of Doctrine. Read More »
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Recently I post, on social media, what I thought was a clever quip by Karl Barth. “There is a story of the astronomer who, after Karl Barth’s sermon, said: ‘I’m an astronomer, you know, and as far as I am concerned, the whole of Christianity can be summed up by saying: “Do unto others as …
Its seems that every week I come across an article about how unhealthy pursuing a PhD can be. I’m not talking about how “sitting is the new smoking” – that would be a problem for academics as well. Instead, I’m referring to the mounting evidence that PhD work leads to mental health problems for startling …
(“Peter and John running to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection”, by Eugene Bernand 1898) It is not uncommon to hear people say – to Jesus followers – that Easter is Pagan. Such talk is – vague. We would do well to ask people if they are referring to the origins of the …
Is your Easter pagan? Cheapened? Or beyond comprehension? Read More »
Last week I wrote a short piece the for the Fuller Analytic Theology blog. These are my thoughts on a recent talk that Dr. Hud Hudson gave during our weekly fuller Analytic Theology presentation. Hudson’s paper was titled “A Metaphysical Bridge.” It dealt with the interface that analytic philosophy can provide for dialogue between science and religion. …
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1966), by Marc Chagall There are likely several reasons, but let me share a Facebook post I wrote up today that may give us one reason that the testing of Abraham’s faith was important, if not necessary. (Facebook post begins below)… Among other things, the testing of Abrahams faith gives others epistemic …
The point of this post, in a nutshell, is to draw a link between an bit of church terminology from a past generation (i.e. legalism) and the same behavior manifesting itself in wider society (i.e. thought policing? political correctness? pick-a-better-name?) The solution in both cases is the same; grace. Legalism; an old complaint about the …
Mainstream America: secular “legalism” and the loss of civil “grace.” Read More »