Headship in Ephesians 5: A Deeper Dive
This is a guest post by Christy Hemphill on how complementarians misuse Ephesians 5 and utilize/sexualize the household code. Ephesians 5 is a hot topic at the moment, thanks to the controversy over a book excerpt posted and then removed from The Gospel Coalition website on March 1. As a woman whoRead More
Adonis Vidu on God as Creator, the Trinity, and the Family
This is just wonderful! After reading Vidu’s The Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology, I quickly became a fan. His insights and depth of study on the doctrine of God are unparalleled as he is breaking new ground in philosophical and dogmatic theology. Adonis ViduRead More
Trinitarian Dogmatics
Of all the books and journal articles I’ve read on the Trinity, Trinitarian Dogmatics: Exploring the Grammar of the Christian Doctrine of God has helped my understanding the most. It covers a great deal of ground and fills many gaps that I’ve had when thinking critically about the triunity ofRead More
Women and the Gender of God
A few months back I listened to a podcast hosted by Lynn Cohick featuring Amy Peeler about the release of Women and the Gender of God. I found her thesis compelling, so I ordered the book and read it when it became available. Numerous curiosities were raised for me as I listened to the podcast. InRead More
God’s Provision, Humanity’s Need
God’s Provision, Humanity’s Need: The Gift of Our Dependence offers a fresh and insightful proposal for what it means to be human. With the tools of analytic theology and philosophy, Christa McKirland establishes and unpacks the thesis that all humans have a fundamental need for a second-personal relationship with God. While the notion of “need”Read More
“I” or “We”
Each Sunday after church we gather in the narthex to socialize a bit. A congregant turned to our rector and asked, “Why the change in the Apostles’ Creed from the ‘I’ believe to the ‘We’ believe?” It was a really good question and I could not help but recall BenRead More
Complementarity?
Another fine, FINE, article on Ian Paul’s site as he teams up with Andrew Bartlett showing that complementarianism and “complementarity” (yep; that’s a thing) fail. Here’s the conclusion: Men and women are the same as each other (human beings, made in God’s image) and are also different from each otherRead More
Message of Hope (Amos 9:11-15)
These last few lines of the book are about hope (Amos 9:11-15). But hope is vacuous if not rooted in something else. We may have the tenacity to hope against hope, but we do not put our hope in hope. What Amos offers is a hope that is grounded in somethingRead More
Why Is the Imago Dei Important?
Lucy Peppiatt’s The Imago Dei: Humanity Made in the Image of God is my go-to text for an introduction to this mysterious but important doctrine. I’ve greatly admired her previous work, so it is no surprise to find this contribution so helpful. She carefully categorizes and clearly summarizes the vast andRead More
Visions of Amos (chapters 7-9:10)
Whereas chapters 1-2 begin with God’s judgment of the nations surrounding Israel, chapters 3-6 focus on Israel and a warning of impending judgment. The language in these chapters becomes more threatening as God’s judgment on Israel is immanent. Beware the fury of a patient God (Amos 7:1-9) As I’ve said previously,Read More
Message to Israel and Its Leaders (Amos 3-6)
Turning from God’s judgment of the surrounding nations (Amos 1-2; see here for remarks), the prophet’s message now focuses on God’s people Israel. Chapters 3-6 constitute the largest section of Amos and contains sharp criticisms. These warnings are applicable, not only to Israel then, but to the Church today. WeRead More
