Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection? Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son “This day have I begotten thee” appears to be applied to Christ’s resurrection.…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…Christ more truly. Suggested excerpt: Ambrose argued that Scripture says the Word “was,” not that “He was not.” But does eternal existence by itself prove that Jesus is God? Origen’s difficult position helps us distinguish what Scripture teaches from the language Christians grad…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
Isaac, Not Ishmael The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ Did God choose Isaac or Ishmael? This is not a tribal debate. It is a covenant question. The answer does not require host…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…m and Christianity both speak of divine mercy, forgiveness and love. A fair comparison cannot begin by pretending that the Qur'an presents Allah as merciless or that Muslims worship a deity who never loves. Nor can Christianity be reduced to the sentimental claim that God approve…
Read article →What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
…at was there for God to love? There were no angels, no human beings and no created order. Nothing outside God existed. Yet Scripture does not merely say that God became loving when creatures appeared. It declares: "God is love" (1 John 4:8). That statement raises a serious questi…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…ly Church A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension Supersessionism did not appear in one moment through one theologian. It developed as the Church became increasingly Gentile, separated socially from Jewish communities, interpreted the destruction of Jerusalem…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…hare a method: the surviving records are rarely quoted. That omission is revealing. We do not possess complete minutes of the council, and the eyewitnesses were not neutral modern reporters. Eusebius of Caesarea admired Constantine; Athanasius spent much of his life defending the…
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