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Clear searchOrigen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
Does Eternal Mean Divine? Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation Why this is useful to know: On your walk through life, you will encounter challenges to the deity of Christ from…
Read article →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. Did Jesus become the Son of God when He rose—or does Scripture dis…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…stence from the Son’s derived existence. The Son existed by the Father’s will; before His generation or creation He did not exist. Arius could describe Him as an unparalleled creature rather than one creature among others.[^25] The decisive issue was consequently not whether Jesu…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…anifested in history. The patriarchs received the covenant largely as promise. The Exodus generation would experience Yahweh bringing Abraham’s family out of bondage as a nation, judging its oppressor, dwelling among it and leading it towards the promised inheritance. They would…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…was always spiritual as well as national. Jesus later promised the Twelve that in "the regeneration" they would sit upon twelve thrones, "judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Matthew 19:28). The symbolism joins the Messiah's future rule, the twelve apostles, and the twelve trib…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…raised God because not one word of the promised blessing had failed (1 Kings 8:56); later generations discovered that not one word of the threatened judgement was empty either. The same covenantal faithfulness which sent Israel into exile prevented that exile from becoming annihi…
Read article →Does John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
…aining away the plain words of Jesus? Has he mistaken an indispensable means of receiving eternal life for a metaphor? Those are fair questions, and they deserve something better than a reflexive Protestant answer. But they also require us to do what the presentation itself often…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…the Creator Romans 1 provides the necessary starting point. The created world reveals the eternal power and Godhead of its Maker, leaving man without excuse. Yet fallen humanity refuses the response creation ought to produce: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him n…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…tention. “Everlasting burnings” should not automatically be extracted as a proof-text for eternal conscious torment. The immediate question concerns sinners in Zion, confronted by the consuming holiness of the LORD. Isaiah then supplies an answer: “He that walketh righteously, an…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…as its cause. This does not oppose mercy to transformation. The passage continues with regeneration and renewal by the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5-6). The same love which receives the undeserving refuses to leave them enslaved to hatred. Christian love moves in a recognisable order: G…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…sense within the biblical account of who He is and what He came to accomplish. He is the eternal Son who became truly human. He came to represent sinners and bring them to God. His death has saving significance because of His identity, His willing obedience, and God’s purpose in…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…could use the word God of Him. The dispute concerned what those words meant. Was the Son eternally from the Father's own being, or was He the first and greatest creature, brought into existence by the Father's will and then used to create everything else? Arius's own letter to A…
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