Category Archives: The Vossed World

“It stands to reason that, if the fall involved an epistemological disaster, then salvation must include epistemological redemption. Sinful thinking is ‘snake-think’, the kind of noetic rebellion proposed by the serpent in Eden. It is diametrically opposed to the mind … Continue reading →

The Derived Presuppositions of Christian Theism​God has revealed himself as rational, and as communicator, as well as sovereign Lord and CreatorHuman beings are rational receivers of God’s communication, because that is how he has made us.Sin consi Print email PDF … Continue reading →

“(The biblical) story tells of events from creation to new creation in a narrative that takes us throught the fall, the call of Abraham, the Redemption of Israel, the fortunes of the nation and the prophetic promises and expectations for … Continue reading →

Dr. Greg Beale provides an audio preview of his upcoming “New Testament Biblical Theology” to be published by Baker later this year. See 11-2-10 and 11-3-10 from the Sizemore Lectures at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.Midwestern Baptist The Print email PDF … Continue reading →

“…The beginning of our Theology consists in the appropriation of that supernatural process by which God has made Himself the object of our knowledge. We are not left to our own choice here, as to where we shall begin our … Continue reading →

“​…the communication of divine action (is) divinely authorized analogical discourse within the context of a covenant that plays itself out in a world-historical drama… the sensus plenior relates not only to the biblical writers, for whom the ul Print email … Continue reading →

“Theology is not merely distinguished from the other sciences by its object, but that it also sustains an altogether unique relation to this object, for which no strict analogy can be found elsewhere. In all the other sciences man is … Continue reading →

“In his sinful condition, while retaining some knowledge of God, man for all pure and adequate information in divine things is absolutely dependent on that new self-disclosure of God which we call supernatural revelation. 1. By the new birth and Print … Continue reading →

“Ours is a religion whose center of gravity lies beyond the grave in the world to come… the gospel is primarily intended to prepare man for a future life and that consequently neither its true nature can be understood nor … Continue reading →

“The movement from creation to new creation is inevitable. The incarnation as historical event is the focus of God’s rule in world history…the incarnate Word of God brings history to its goal and interprets it.” In the gospel, the “Incarnate … Continue reading →