Category: religion
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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Read essay: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?Irenaeus, Augustine, Jonathan Edwards, and John Behr on the Gift and Goal of Creation Thesis: The world exists because the blessed God, who lacks…
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Jesus Our High Priest
Read essay: Jesus Our High PriestImagine standing outside the tabernacle on the Day of Atonement. The sacrifice has been offered, but the ceremony is not over. Thousands of Israelites…
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Christians and the Law of Moses: Jewish Believers, Gentile Believers, and Life under the Law of Christ
Read essay: Christians and the Law of Moses: Jewish Believers, Gentile Believers, and Life under the Law of ChristThe relationship between Christians and the Law of Moses is one of the most important and discussed questions in the New Testament. It lies…
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The God Who Cannot Be Overcome: A Scriptural, Dogmatic, and Historical Defense of Divine Impassibility
Read essay: The God Who Cannot Be Overcome: A Scriptural, Dogmatic, and Historical Defense of Divine ImpassibilityReader’s introduction: An extended scholarly essay on divine impassibility; begin with the shorter companion article if this doctrine is unfamiliar. Begin with the Divine…
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The Blessedness of God and the Triune Life of Love
Read essay: The Blessedness of God and the Triune Life of LoveReader’s introduction: Begin here for the relationship between divine blessedness and the eternal communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. For an introductory reading…
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Eternal Generation Without Emanation: Origen’s Distinction Between Nicene Sonship and Gnostic Procession
Read essay: Eternal Generation Without Emanation: Origen’s Distinction Between Nicene Sonship and Gnostic ProcessionWhat is the relationship between Origen’s theology of the Son’s eternal generation and the emanationist metaphysics that permeated the intellectual environment of the second…
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The Warm Comfort of the Unchanging Impassible God
Read essay: The Warm Comfort of the Unchanging Impassible GodReader’s introduction: A pastoral account of the comfort of God’s unchanging goodness amid human suffering. For an introductory reading sequence, consult the Divine Blessedness…
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How We Lost the Happy God: A History of the Doctrine’s Decline
Read essay: How We Lost the Happy God: A History of the Doctrine’s DeclineReader’s introduction: A historical account of how theological language about God’s blessedness has developed and changed. Begin with the Divine Blessedness reading pathway if…
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John Owen On The Blessed God Who Gives Himself to His People
Read essay: John Owen On The Blessed God Who Gives Himself to His PeopleReader’s introduction: An accessible introduction to John Owen’s account of God’s goodness and the grace of communion with him. For an introductory reading sequence,…
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The God Who Does Not Become Good
Read essay: The God Who Does Not Become GoodReader’s introduction: An accessible meditation on why divine goodness is not an acquired virtue or an excellence added to God. Begin with the Divine…
