
The Goodness of Humanity
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In all my theological study, I’ve never come across a better summary of the paradox of fallen human nature than Francis Schaeffer’s phrase “glorious ruin”: We are glorious because we were created by God for the noble purpose of being His image bearers; yet we are ruins because sin has marred the divine image we […]
Although all of God’s revelation sparkles with truth, goodness, and beauty, I often find that certain doctrines give off a peculiar flash. From the beginning, Christians have wondered at the doctrine of glorification from the vantage point of our participation in the Truth and Goodness of Christ. We hear a lot today about “my truth […]
Poetry may be the sharpest tool of human self-awareness ever invented. Whether wielded as an ax or a scalpel, poetry carves with compact lucidity, revealing ourselves to ourselves like nothing else. This is biblical. Not just in the sense that fully one-third of the Bible is poetry, but in the sense that from the start, […]
"Christianity has always been a religion of “the book” because it is foundationally a religion of the Word: that is, the Word made manifest in the flesh..."
In this issue, we're asking "What hath evangelicalism to do with the evangel?"
Can Christians inhabit a different kind of posture for public engagement?
"...because God is, tragedy for the Christian is not. Indeed, the center cannot give way."
"The theological mind aims at that balance of learning and living, truth and love."
"...our contemplation of beauty manifest in art isn't simply our contemplation of a form of entertainment--there's something richly theological about it."
"Who we are can be answered only by reference to the one who is and who, from the fullness of his love, gives so that creatures may be."
"good stories always...reflect the pattern of the Biblical narrative..."
"God has given...the gift of the church worldwide."
"O God, from my youth thou hast taught me."
"Jesus [prayed]... that we would be sanctified in [the world] by the Word of God."
"How we act is in some way a reflection of what we believe."
"Being modern is really just a new way of being ancient."
You may ask yourself...how did we get here?"
How will his disciples engage him, what will he do with them, and what purpose does it all serve?
Jesus now lives and reigns at the right hand of the Father, still bearing...the marks of his suffering and death.
Jesus...faithfully fulfills his priestly ministry—right up until the moment he becomes the sacrifice.
"The wonder of John's Gospel is that this unknown and inaccessible deity has drawn near in the person and work of Jesus of Nazareth."
"Signs. Authority. Conflict. Each theme gives us an interesting angle to explore our own understanding of Jesus."
"John is so different from the other three gospels.... while the synoptic gospels can be studied together, John demands special attention."
"The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
"When we fix our eyes on Jesus, we see a variety of emotions that perfectly reflect his Father."
"Narrow reading makes the world itself narrow. Broad reading reminds us that the world is enormous."
"We can rediscover the Holy Spirit as he strides across the pages of the Bible."
"God saves" is the theme of the Bible.
Is it possible Orthodoxy has turned from the sufficiency of Christ to the shadows of the law?
This issue is intended to show us that there is truly nothing new under the sun and that the resources we need for our pilgrimage have already been given to us by Christ himself.
Our prayer with this issue is that you will have a clear-eyed vision of what really happened during the Reformation and what must happen in the years to come if we are to be faithful to the work of our forefathers in the faith.
In this issue of Modern Reformation, we assert that it is possible to know the truth: about God, about this world, even about yourself.
A creed or confession is more than a statement of faith. It goes into greater detail on key Christian doctrines, and it functions as a sort of constitution of the church.
Our original sin no longer drives us to madness but into the arms of our Savior, who invites us to come confidently before his throne, where we can receive mercy for our rebellion and grace to help us in time of need.
God has not only revealed himself in his word but also in history; not only does he speak to us, but he also acts for us in space and time, where we can see his mighty hand.
In Jesus, God has retold all of our stories: Jesus is the second Adam, the true Israel, the faithful Son, and in him our lives find meaning and fulfillment.
Just as Dante’s Inferno has shaped the popular imagination of hell, apart from the limited information available to us in the Bible about eternal suffering, so also popular culture has helped shape our conceptions of heaven.