Whatever the theological malady, Martin Luther prescribed the same remedy: the word of God. For Luther, the Word was central to the Christian life. As a lover, translator, and interpreter of Scripture, Luther believed the Bible was too important to be left to academics. God’s word has always been and must always be for God’s
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Theology for Preaching, Preaching for Theology
In this excerpt from Theology Is for Preaching, Chase R. Kuhn argues that the most biblical sound form of preaching is deliberately theological. There appears to be a growing hesitancy towards the discipline of systematic theology amongst some evangelical leaders. There is a concern that theological systems pollute a pure reading of the Bible, so
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Praise Upon Praise for Abraham Kuyper’s on Business and Economics
In his volume introduction to On Business and Economics, Peter S. Heslam notes that there is a distinct lack of engagement by theologians with enterprise. This disconnect between these two spheres makes this anthology of Abraham Kuyper’s writings on these subjects all the more important. This timeliness has certainly been recognized by prominent contemporary economists,
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Abraham Kuyper on the Positive Potential of Business
Common grace in business: putting these four words together implies a link between theology and enterprise, the existence of which is barely evident from the output of most theologians and business writers. The long-standing paucity of engagement between these groups reinforces the widespread perception that trying to mix commerce and religion is like trying to
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Exegesis Meets Biblical Theology in These New Commentaries
The Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary (EBTC) series reveals how every passage in the Bible fits into God’s drama of redemption—and the role you play in his story today. Scholarly exegesis, biblical theology, and life application come together in a new commentary series on every book of the Bible. The first four volumes in the EBTC
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Reinvigorating Theological Psychology
At some point, most of us will be faced with negative emotions such as fear, anger, anxiety, or despair. Then we will ask ourselves why we feel the way we do and whether we ought to feel this way. To answer these questions, we can adopt two culturally available but very different explanatory stories about
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Watch This New Interview with Rafael Bello
Did Christ assume a fallen human nature? In Sinless Flesh, Rafael Nogueira Bello argues that Karl Barth’s assertion that Christ assumed a fallen human nature is at odds with faithful theological and historical understandings of the incarnation. In this interview with Bello, we discuss the nature and extent of Christ’s work in assuming a human
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What Does a Biblical Theology Commentary Look Like?
The Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary (EBTC) series locates each biblical book within redemptive history and illuminates its unique theological contributions. The books, stories, poems, letters, and laws in Scripture have unique theological themes. As you examine those ideas with the EBTC, you’ll see how they all come together to form a unified mosaic of God’s
Read moreContending with Abraham Kuyper’s Legacy
Abraham Kuyper’s life and work remain relevant, perhaps due to the seemingly perpetual ferment regarding the proper role of Christians in public life. The child of a Dutch minister and himself a clergyman who rose to the office of prime minister 1901–5, Kuyper is an example of a “walking public theology.” “Public” theology can be
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How Do We Make Sense of the Sinlessness of Christ?
Karl Barth’s accounts of the assumption of the fallen human nature of Christ, his sinlessness, and the communication of graces are beautifully interwoven in several maneuvers that keep his dynamic reading of the Bible alive. The God who is for us without reservation is in solidarity so that “sinlessness was not therefore His condition.” To
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