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Violence and consistency1 comment

Ben Nasmith wrote 5 days ago: I take pacifism to be the view that violence is never justified.[1] Previously I argued that Jesus’ … more →

Tags: Justice and Love, Christianity, definition of violence, Donald Burt, ethics, Evil, Jesus, Justice, Love

Heavenly Participation: A Review10 comments

jhillebert wrote 1 year ago: An evangelical defense of the recovery of a Platonist-Christian synthesis is a decidedly ambitious t … more →

Tags: Church Fathers, Theology, Philosophy, Book Review, Plato

Behold: an evangelical theologian who wishes to medievalize evangelicalism--as I do!1 comment

Chris Armstrong wrote 1 year ago: A fascinating evangelical proposal to return to a medieval "sacramental ontology" A week o … more →

Tags: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Protestants, Evangelicalism, Henri de Lubac, Middle Ages, Ressourcement, Roman Catholicism, sacramentalism, sacramentality, Sacraments

Sacramental Ontology? Reflections on Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology, by Hans Boersma2 comments

Jon Hoglund wrote 1 year ago: Hans Boersma presents a grand tour of the Roman-Catholic nouvelle théologie movement in his book, No … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Nouvélle Theologie, Sacramental Ontology

Hans Boersma on tradition, sacramental time, and evangelicals

Curious Presbyterian wrote 2 years ago: ‘While disagreements remain, the overall Catholic approach to tradition is largely evangelical … more →

Tags: Presbyterian, Reformed, Theology, Quote Of The Day, Reformed, Presbyterian, church tradition, 'Heavenly Participation'

Is there a species called "the Catholic evangelical"? Hans Boersma says "Yes, there is"

Curious Presbyterian wrote 2 years ago: ‘Can we consider Catholics — at least some Catholics — to be evangelicals?  In oth … more →

Tags: Christian churches, Presbyterian, Reformed, Quote Of The Day, Theology, Reformed, Presbyterian, 'Heavenly Participation'

A Philosophical Aside

Harrison wrote 2 years ago: I have been giving a lot of thought to the realm of ontology as of late, especially with regards to … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ontology, John Deely, conceptualism, kant, William of Ockham

Summer under the green roof

brettdavidpotter wrote 2 years ago:   There are lots of good things in life. Regent College Spring/Summer School is one of those th … more →

Tags: Theological Aesthetics, Art and Theology, Evangelicalism, Regent College, mars hill graduate school, Regent College Summer School, Summer/Spring School, Roger Lundin, Scott Cairns

On Therapeutic (Non)Christianity

viaemmaus wrote 2 years ago: Bryan College professor, J. Daryl Charles, provides a good critique of the therapeutic turn in moder … more →

Tags: Quotes, Psychology, Daryl Charles, Therapeutic, moralistic, Deism

Theology and Evangelism: the Great Divorce?3 comments

Mark McConnell wrote 4 years ago: Today I attended a “round table discussion” as part of the Regent College Spring School. … more →

Tags: Theology and Mission, Theology, mission, Evangelism, theology and evangelism, Regent College, rikk watts, krish kandiah

Avoiding Idolatrous Claims of Knowledge17 comments

Christian Beyer wrote 4 years ago: I ran across this quote by Hans Boersma (J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College)in a … more →

Tags: Theology, Religion, Christianity, spirituality, Bible, Metaphors, Idolatry, Scot McKnight

Quote - Theology and Metaphor

Ken Brown wrote 5 years ago: I was reminded of this while reading some of James McGrath’s recent discussions of theology and meta … more →

Tags: Human Nature, Theology, Notable Quotations, God, knowledge, Rationalism, Truth, Metaphor

The Necessity of Penal Substitution2 comments

Eric M. Parker wrote 5 years ago: Gerald O’Collins and many other modern scholars hate the idea of Christ’s death as Penal … more →

Tags: Atonement, Doctrine of God, anselm, Theology, Medieval Authors, 20th Cent. Theologians, Contemp Theologians, Gustaf Aulén, Gerald O'Collins

Salvation and Metaphor

Eric M. Parker wrote 5 years ago:   According to Gordon Fee Paul’s language of redemption, propitiation, reconciliation, etc. is … more →

Tags: Atonement, Metaphor, Theology, Philosophy/Theology, Contemp Theologians, N.T. Wright, Salvation


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