I just installed the new Moulton-Howard-Turner Greek Grammar Collection from Logos. It comes with the four volumes of A Grammar of New Testament Greek: Vol. 1: Prolegomena by James H. Moulton Vol. 2: Accidence and Word-Formation by James H. Moulton and Wilbert F. Howard Vol. 3: Syntax by Nigel Turner Vol. 4: Style by Nigel […]
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Is There Regret in Heaven?
John Piper is one of my favorite living theologians. His writings and preaching have had a profound impact on my thinking, and he is regularly a means of great encouragement and motivation. I rarely find myself disagreeing with him. I recently picked up the 24-volume John Piper Collection from Logos and have been enjoying working […]
John Frame on 1 Corinthians 15:28 and Eternal Subordination
In his section on the Trinity in The Doctrine of God,1 Frame gives four lines of explanation for texts that teach that the Son is in some sense less than or subject to the Father. He is commenting specifically on John 14:28; and 1 Corinthians 11:3; and 15:28. In his first comment, Frame offers what […]
Hierarchy Does Not Necessitate Opposition
I’m baffled when I read egalitarians who think that functional hierarchy presupposes disunity or the prospect of it. Take, for example, this statement by Gilbert Bilezikian: One of the weirdest heresies that has been generated in the last century pertains to the postulation of a hierarchical order within the members of the Trinity—as if there […]
Intratrinitarian Reconciliation?
Jenson, Robert W. “Reconciliation in God.” In The Theology of Reconciliation, edited by Colin E. Gunton, 158–66. London: T&T Clark, 2003.1 Jenson’s opening lines set the stage for his main thesis: When I am invited to speak at a conference, I know I am supposed to indulge in the sort of trinitarian and christological speculation […]
“Savior” in Titus
In my Bible reading a couple of days ago, I was struck by Paul’s use of Savior (σωτήρ) in Titus. Several things stood out to me. First, it occurs 6 times in the small letter of only 46 verses—twice per chapter. It occurs only 24 times in the whole NT. So it’s significant that 25% […]
“Christian” Piracy and the Blinding Effects of Sin
A friend notified me today about a “Christian” website where “Christians” illegally share a variety of forms of digital Christian content—from Christian music to Christian movies to Christian software. Scores of people, many of whom are in seminary training for pastoral ministry, post pirated Bible software on the web and invite others to download it, […]
Essential Equality and Functional Subordination: A Complementarian Novelty?
Did complementarians invent the notion that beings can be equal in essence and yet one be subordinate to the other in terms of function or role? That’s what many egalitarians claim. Here’s an interesting selection from Ambrosiaster: The subjection of Christ to the Father means that every creature will learn that he is subject to […]