4.28 Kyle Claunch • Reading • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood”

Episode 168
49 Min
June 25, 2025
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What of the divine name Father? Is father a proper divine name, so that human fatherhood is an analogical participation in what is originally true of God? Or is it a metaphorical name derived from human fatherhood and applied to God as a figure of speech?
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Author

  • Kyle D. Claunch has been Associate Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2017. He is the author of numerous scholarly chapters and articles in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS), the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT), Criswell Theological Review (CTR), and Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology. He is also a contributing writer for Christ Over All and Desiring God. Kyle has more than twenty years of experience serving in pastoral ministry in the local church. He is currently an Elder at Kenwood Baptist Church where he also serves as an instructor for the newly formed Kenwood Institute. He and his wife Ashley live in Louisville, KY with their six children.

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