Combatting Self-Salvation: An Insight into the Early Creeds
When theological questions regarding the trinity and the deity of Christ arose in the early church, they responded with written creeds, and it was these statements of orthodoxy which guarded the gospel of grace.
Machen on Missions: Missionaries of the Cross or Missionaries of Liberalism?
What happens when liberalism meets missions? Doctrinal ambiguity and social work take the lead, and the gospel eventually gets left behind.
Machen’s Orthodoxy and Progressive Christianity”: Reflections on Chapter 5 of Christianity and Liberalism (Part 2)
Just as Machen fought the wolves of liberalism in the 20th century, so the church must fend off those who espouse “progressive” Christianity today through religious pluralism, feminism, and expressive individualism.
No Mere Exemplar: Christ as the Object of Christian Faith in Chapter 5 of Christianity and Liberalism (Part 1)
Who is Jesus? That simple question is essential to the Christian faith, and Machen knew liberal theology did not provide a right response.
The December Intermission: From Christology to Celebrating Roe’s Demise to 2023
A recap of the sixteen Christology-focused articles we published this December, a preview of January, and a larger forecast of our slated topics for 2023, Lord willing.
10 Truths Everyone Must Know about the Incarnation
If everyone could know ten things about Christology, what should they be? Dr. Stephen Wellum distills the core truths to one of the most important Christian doctrines.
Give Diamonds, Not Coal: Why Prosopological Exegesis is Not the Gift You Are Looking For
Prosopological Exegesis capitalizes on ambiguity in certain biblical texts and seeks to put a “face” (Greek; prosopon—thus the terminology) or “person” to these alleged ambiguous speakers behind the writings of the inspired authors. Should Christians use this method to understand the Bible?
Christmas, Incarnation, and Particularity
Do you have to be of a particular nationality, ethnicity, sex, or marital status to understand something about someone in those same categories? And how does the second member of the Trinity thread this needle on this question of universality versus particularity?
O Come, O Come Emmanuel: Echoes of Incarnation in the Old Testament
Did the incarnation—God taking on human flesh—come from nowhere? Or were there Old Testament pointers that hinted at a human being who was also divine?
Jesus Understands: How the Sympathy of Christ Sustains the Church
What is Jesus’s disposition towards those who deem themselves to be past all hope? See how the sympathy of Christ is one of the greatest Christmas blessings.
Let Us Worship God the Son Incarnate: A Christmas Meditation on Philippians 2:5–11
How can the unchangeable God bear the vicissitudes of life, take our suffering unto himself, and receive the kiss of death? Only through a human nature.
A Chalcedonian Christmas
How do you celebrate Christmas? Would you be willing to consider a new tradition to help slow things down a bit and focus on the moment when the divine Son became a man for us and our salvation?
