A couple of weeks ago, I posted a short review of The God Who Is Triune: Revisioning the Christian Doctrine of God by Alan Coppedge, you can read it here. In that review, I suggested that systematic theology tends not to do full justice to the Trinity. Onesimus has taken up the same theme with […]
This is the last of my holiday reading ‘reviews’ for this break. I don’t know if you are the sort of person who reads Systematic theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine either for work, devotions or amusement. If not, then you can safely skip the rest of this post. However, if you are a reader […]
Discussion about the Trinity amongst Western Christians of all stripes tends to focus on the metaphysical issues raised by the oneness and threeness of God. Such speculation is of interest mainly to systematic theologians, with most other Christians content to accept the idea because that’s what Christians are supposed to believe (however irrational it may […]
The British press have, rightly, been full of reports about the death of 10 Aid workers, including one British doctor, in Afghanistan over the weekend. The ten who died worked for a Christian Charity, the International Assistance Mission. IAM is a humanitarian organisation which has worked inside Afghanistan for forty years providing healthcare to people […]
I always find Gary’s Rather Sad Blog to be thoughtful, and not at all sad. His latest post is a fascinating reflection on the Trinity and Social Media. I thoroughly recommend that you give it a read, but here is a short sample to give you an idea of what he is saying. We are […]
I’ve been ploughing through Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity by Paul Fiddes for some time now. In common with many books on Trinitarian theology (even those which call themselves pastoral) it is pretty hard going. It does, however, make very rewarding reading. There is much about this book that I thoroughly […]
Normally when I go running, I listen to seventies rock music. It takes something with a good driving beat to keep my feet moving. However, over the last week or so my exertions have been accompanied by a series of lectures from a conference at Wheaton College called: Jesus, Paul and the People of God: […]
Onesimus has transcribed an amazing conversation between a group of (mainly African) post-grad students discussing the issue of African theology. It is rather long, but it is well worth a read and there are lots of great insights: When the gospel came to Africa, it was foreign to the way of life of the people. […]
Please, do me (and yourself) a favour and read this piece by Onesimus Online. It is a superb article which eloquently expresses many things that I have as half-formed thoughts in my mind. It’s a longish article and it isn’t particularly easy, but it really is fantastic. Archimandrite Innocentios Byatunga began his homily last Sunday […]
One evening last week I was chatting with some friends at a conference centre where we were meeting. During the conversation, one fellow blogger raised the question of why Jesus didn’t write a Gospel. At the time, none of us came up with an answer that really satisfied. I’ve thought about it over the past […]