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• August 21, 2009

  Piper and Wright as Ecclesial Theologians

  I read John Piper’s book, The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright a number of months back, and am now finally reading Tom Wright’s book length response, Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision.

  There’s a lot that could be said here (and I may say some of it later), but I’ll say this much now: both Wright and Piper have produced fine examples of ecclesial theology. I don’t agree fully with either theologian’s treatment of Paul, but it’s clear that both men are writing as …

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  Categories: Ecclesial Theology | John Piper | Resurrection | Tom Wright

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• August 14, 2009

  Reformation 21 Article

  The kind folks over at Reformation 21 have posted my article, “Ecclesial Theology and Academic Theology: Why We Need More of the Former.”

  The article briefly recounts the founding of the SAET, and is my latest attempt to flesh out a distinction between academic theology and ecclesial theology. If you read it and have thoughts, I’m interested to hear them.

  Categories: Academic Theology | Articles | Ecclesial Theology | Resurrection | Uncategorized

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• June 26, 2009

  The Necessity of Ontological Renewal for Christ’s Humanity

  As I was finishing revising my 2008 symposium paper on Athanasius’ soteriology I was also reading through Romans. Verse ten of chapter six brought me up short, “the death he died he died to sin…” What a remarkable thing to say about “he who knew no sin.” In what way did Christ die to sin? Paul seems to have in mind “the body of death” mentioned a few verses earlier. I was immediately reminded of …

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  Categories: Resurrection | Soteriology

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