The Importance of Being More Than Earnest

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING MORE THAN EARNESTOriginally published in Modern Reformation (Sep/Oct 1996) Doctrine. Theology. For many evangelicals these words are as pleasant as the phrase, “impacted tooth!” That theology is irrelevant to Christian life has essentially become a received dogma. Nevertheless, . . . Continue reading →

Substance and Accidents

[This essay was published in the Christian Renewal, April 30, 2001] One of the great needs of the hour in our churches is that we should learn to set theological priorities, to recover an old and very useful distinction between what is . . . Continue reading →

Theses Theologicæ (Theological Propositions)

Introduction Since the medieval period, theologians have stated theology in the form of brief, sometimes provocative, propositions to be discussed. 1. Prolegomena Theology requires proper distinctions. The Protestant scholastics distinguished properly between archetypal (theology as God knows it in himself) and ectypal . . . Continue reading →

Theses Theologicae (Theological Propositions)

Introduction Since the medieval period, theologians have stated theology in the form of brief, sometimes provocative, propositions to be discussed. 1. Prolegomena Theology requires proper distinctions. The Protestant scholastics distinguished properly between archetypal (theology as God knows it in himself) and ectypal . . . Continue reading →

The Importance of Being More Than Earnest

Originally published in Modern Reformation (Sep/Oct 1996) Doctrine. Theology. For many evangelicals these words are as pleasant as the phrase, “impacted tooth!” That theology is irrelevant to Christian life has essentially become a received dogma. Nevertheless, as much as indifference about Christian . . . Continue reading →