It is right that wrestle with things that are difficult, especially when such things are important. The “problem of evil” is one of those things. Anyone is stretched to reconcile a Christian view of God–sovereign, infinite, eternal–and the reality of murder, treason, adultery, child abuse, war, divorce, jealousy, racism, and the million variations on all [...]
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The Sovereignty of God and the Reality of Evil
Posted in Bible, Books, Evil, Peter Rollins, Scott Oliphint, Sovereignty, Theology on March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The God who stoops…to us
Posted in Bible, Books, Revelation, Scott Oliphint, Theology on February 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“This certainly is an inestimable pledge of special love, that God should so greatly condescend for our sake.” — John Calvin
Scott Oliphint wrestles with this term, “condescension,” in his book, Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology, in a chapter he titles, “Christian Covenantal Condescension.” The syllable count is daunting, but the truth delightful. [...]
“I am that I am” (Exo 3:14): God unknowable and yet known
Posted in Bible, Emerging Church, Revelation, Scott Oliphint, Sin, Theology on February 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Oliphint’s Reasons for Faith explores the nature of God in his chapter called, “Being and Essence–Take Two.” He had some great description of what this mysterious and cryptic phrase means, “I am that I am”:
“There is no reason to read more, philosophically, into this ascription of God, by God, than is warranted in Scripture. [...]
Words, language, and God
Posted in Bible, Emerging Church, Peter Rollins, Revelation, Scott Oliphint, Theology on January 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A quick break from the Rollins examination. Scott Oliphint’s Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology, has a great reflection on a “philosophy of language” that seems to directly oppose some of what is being said in the emerging church thinkers:
“First and foremost, the vehicles or modes through which and by which God [...]
