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Could God save us from Annihilation without the Incarnation?8 comments

MG wrote 8 months ago: The following is a summary of a paper I wrote defending Athanasius’ view of the necessity of t … more →

Tags: Salvation, Christology, divine attributes, Atonement, Human Nature, Incarnation, Patristics

Natural Consequences (5): Athanasius on the Law of Death18 comments

MG wrote 11 months ago: This post is an argument that Athanasius’ understanding of “the law of death” in h … more →

Tags: Christology, Atonement, Human Nature, Incarnation, Patristics

Swinburne on Interpretation of the Old Testament11 comments

MG wrote 11 months ago: The modern world… has become very conscious of the fact that some passages of the Old Testamen … more →

Tags: Exegesis, Patristics, Scripture, theodicy

Romanides on Original (Ancestral) Sin3 comments

Solomon wrote 1 year ago: Romanides’ thesis is that the Fathers of the second and third centuries believed (contra Augus … more →

Tags: Augustine, Books, Human Nature, Patristics, Quotations, Sin, Total Depravity

Church Authority: Reply 19 comments

MG wrote 1 year ago: When engaging with a sophisticated and elaborate ancient worldview that has been held by thousands o … more →

Tags: Christology, Authority, Responses, Ecclesiology, Patristics

The Fathers and Theistic Arguments (3): St. John of Damascus1 comment

MG wrote 1 year ago: This is the third part in an ongoing series of posts on the use of arguments for God’s existen … more →

Tags: divine attributes, Natural Theology, western theology

Natural Consequences (3): Jeremiah on Suffering and Punishment1 comment

MG wrote 1 year ago: What is punishment, according to the teachings of the Old and New Testaments? Is it just God repayin … more →

Tags: divine attributes, Exegesis, Freewill, God and Moral Responsibility, hell, Sin, theodicy

St. Cyril of Alexandria on Justification as Deliverance23 comments

MG wrote 1 year ago: I remember me and Mark had a conversation at lunch back when he was still a Calvinist, but had rejec … more →

Tags: Theology, Salvation, Christology, Atonement, Human Nature, Faith and Works, Sin, western theology, Patristics

Natural Consequences (1): Jeremiah on Word, Fire, and Wrath16 comments

MG wrote 1 year ago: It seems like I’m always starting series of posts that I never finish. Oh well. Anyways, this … more →

Tags: divine attributes, Exegesis, Faith and Works, Freewill, God and Moral Responsibility, hell, Person, Salvation, Sin

Conditional Election in the Incarnation23 comments

MG wrote 1 year ago: Defenders of unconditional election will generally deny that there are any examples of God choosing … more →

Tags: Salvation, Exegesis, Freewill, Human Nature, Total Depravity, Faith and Works, Incarnation, mary

Mary as Intercessor in Scripture6 comments

MG wrote 1 year ago: There are two places where Mary acts as intercessor in Scripture: John 2:1-6And the third day there … more →

Tags: Christology, Ecclesiology, Exegesis, Incarnation, mary, Prayer

Saint Isaac the Syrian on Love and Hell1 comment

MG wrote 1 year ago: Few arguments against Christianity are stronger and more troubling than the problem of hell. The pro … more →

Tags: divine attributes, Freewill, hell, Human Nature, Person, Prayer, Quotations, Salvation, Sin

Inclusivism (2): Responsibility and Knowledge in the New Testament2 comments

MG wrote 2 years ago: A standard ethical principle is that we are can only be held fully responsible for the actions we do … more →

Tags: Christology, divine attributes, Ecclesiology, Epistemology, Exegesis, Faith and Works, Freewill, Human Nature, Salvation

A Response to Donald's "Liability Standards and Sin Before God"

MG wrote 2 years ago: On Coram Deo, Donald has recently attempted to argue that libertarian freedom is not part of the gro … more →

Tags: Salvation, Christology, Exegesis, divine attributes, Freewill, Atonement, Responses, Human Nature, Total Depravity

A Response to Donald on the Sacraments

MG wrote 2 years ago: I wrote this for a comment on Coram Deo in response to arguments against high sacramental theology. … more →

Tags: Salvation, Exegesis, divine attributes, Freewill, Sacraments, Responses, Human Nature, Ecclesiology

Response #2 to David Nilsen13 comments

MG wrote 2 years ago: Here’s a continuation of the discussion in the comments on the subject of Christ’s natur … more →

Tags: Salvation, Christology, metaphysics, Trinity, Freewill, Responses

3rd Response to Steve Hays

MG wrote 2 years ago: After about a month of not interacting with the Triablogers or Steve Hays, I have now actually finis … more →

Tags: Theology, Salvation, Authority, Exegesis, Freewill, Epistemology, Responses

Trinity, Incarnation, and Libertarian Freewill2 comments

MG wrote 2 years ago: In discussion at the Reformed Blog Coram Deo, Perry Robinson alluded to two arguments–one from … more →

Tags: Theology, Christology, metaphysics, divine attributes, Trinity, Freewill

2nd Response to Steve Hays

MG wrote 2 years ago: Here’s my second response to Hays“No one can be certain of what they believe.” i) I disagree. In fac … more →

Tags: Authority, Epistemology, Exegesis, Salvation, Scripture


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