Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
A study of Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33 and three Greek word-groups distinguishing Christ’s eternal Sonship from His resurrection, enthronement and supremacy as Firstborn.
Read article →R. V. Sellers · Theological biography and history of doctrine · 1928
A reconstruction of the life, conflicts, surviving writings, and Christology of Eustathius of Antioch, a prominent opponent of Arianism whose career illuminates both the Council of Nicaea and the unsettled theological and political struggles which followed it.
View recommendation →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…a created divine agent explain the whole pattern? What Arius actually maintained Historic Arianism should not be reduced to the claim that Jesus was merely an ordinary man. Arius placed the Son before the ages and attributed an exceptional dignity and creative role to Him. In his…
Read article →What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
…"thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world." The issue is no longer whether unitarianism can construct a logically possible account of divine love. The issue is whether it can receive Christ's testimony concerning the Father's pre-creation love for the Son. Possibility…
Read article →Why the Son assumed a complete human nature, not merely a body
Why Christ’s human mind, affections and will matter to the incarnation, His obedience and our redemption.
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
Why the eternal Son was not confined within Christ’s body, why His humanity was more than a passive instrument, and why imprecise pictures of the incarnation still matter.
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
Why eternal existence alone does not prove deity—and why John places the uncreated Son decisively on the Creator’s side of the Creator–creature distinction.
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
A source-led examination of what the Council of Nicaea debated, how it reached its conclusions, what Constantine did, and why the familiar conspiracy stories fail.
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…", American Political Science Review 113 (2019), 38–54. Eli Finkel et al., "Political sectarianism in America", Science 370 (2020), 533–536.
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