This is part 6 of a series on the book The Logic of the Body by Matthew La Pine. For the others, see the top of Part 1. Consider these posts lightly polished reading notes. Chapters 6-9 of The Logic of the Body are constructive work that attempt to demonstrate how the Thomist theological psychology provides a consistent framework that can explain theologically what we find in the book … Continue reading Logic of the Body Part 6
Having considered the nature of theology, Grudem’s second chapter begins to consider the doctrine of Scripture, the source of theology. This will be the focus of the next six chapters as well, which complete his Part 1 (corresponding to traditional prolegomena). Grudem starts here by treating the concept of the Word of God and the different senses this is used in Scripture. In choosing this … Continue reading The Trials of Grudem 2 – How is Scripture clear?
I’m thankful for Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology. Like many Christians of my generation, I acquired the hefty gold and blue tome as a student, and gratefully searched it for answers to that avalanche of questions that is part and parcel of suddenly rubbing shoulders with a much wider cross-section of the church. Amongst those spiritual growing pains, I’m thankful that I had an easy to … Continue reading The Trials of Grudem
This is part 5 of a series on the book The Logic of the Body by Matthew La Pine. For the others, see the top of Part 1. Consider these posts as lightly polished reading notes! Where did it all go wrong? The title is somewhat tongue-in-cheek. The Logic of the Body is too nuanced to present a simplistic decline-and-fall narrative, from the lofty clarity … Continue reading The Logic of the Body – part 5
Inspired by this challenge, I am squeezing some classics into my reading this year. Some are re-reads, but while reading these works I will particularly particularly have my eye on atonement themes. I was intrigued but not wholly convinced by Ben Myer’s summary of the patristic doctrine of the atonement in his chapter in the volume Locating Atonement and would like to road test it … Continue reading On the Incarnation, Athanasius – notes
Lament for a Son is a raw expression of the grief and anguish of losing a child. Nicholas Wolterstorff wrote these reflections in the aftermath of his son’s death in a climbing accident, wrestling with the ongoing pain and loss in the context of his Christian faith. Wolterstorff’s experience and gifting as a philosopher and author is well in evidence in the clarity and poignancy … Continue reading Lament for a Son – notes
When a theologian undertakes a law degree in order to better apply legal theories to their understanding of the atonement, it demonstrates them to be aiming a very high level of care and precision in that which they produce. Those characteristics will already be recognisable to those familiar with Oliver Crisp’s previous work (particularly on the person of Christ). This small book is just a … Continue reading Crisp, Approaching the Atonement – notes
Carl Trueman’s magnificent volume has been my first read of 2021. I found it spellbinding, though it would be hard to say in a pleasant way. The tale Trueman tells of how we arrived at our present cultural and political moment is encapsulated in his simple summary: first the self is psychologised, then the psychological is sexualised, and finally the sexual is politicised. To tell … Continue reading The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self – notes
