Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, Doctrine of God, Epistemology, Ethics, Ex Pacto, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, John Calvin, John Frame, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion, covenant, Islam, trinity on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Abstract
My papers evaluate Dr. Miroslav Volf’s publications and lectures related to A Common Word. In the epistemology paper I examine Volf’s arguments for a shared monotheism between Christianity and Islam, asking, “By what norm can one determine whether Muslims believe in the same monotheistic God as Christians?” In the ethics paper I explore Volf’s love [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Eschatology, Ethics, Hermeneutics, Pilgrim Praxis, Richard Gaffin, Sola Ecclesia, Soteriology, Worship, tagged Sabbath on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In a world full of hurt we need to be reminded often of our hope. Such is the purpose of the weekly Sabbath rest lived by God’s people. Professor Gaffin explains:
We obscure the meaning of the Lord’s Day if we detach it from the other six days of the week. The weekly cycle—which structures human [...]
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Posted in Justification, N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Semper Reformanda, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Soteriology, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Overview: My personal statement on justification
For last semester’s systematics 3 course I was required to write a very brief (no more than 5 pp.) “personal statement” on the doctrine of justification. Furthermore, the professor asked us to read Richard Gaffin’s By Faith, Not By Sight and a couple of chapters from N. T. Wright’s What [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Eschatology, Ex Pacto, John, John 11, Meredith Kline, New Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Revelation, Revelation 20, Richard Gaffin, Sacra Scriptura, Soteriology, Systematic Theology, tagged amillennialism, covenant, death, resurrection on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Overview: What hope does a Christian have in death?
My paper seeks to answer that question from two angles: exegesis and covenant theology. First, exegetically, I attempt to build upon the work of Meredith Kline’s two articles on Revelation 20:1-6 (”The First Resurrection” and “The First Resurrection: A Reaffirmation“) by asking a question Kline did not [...]
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