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biblical theology

Church Doctrine & the Bible: A Review

July 23, 2020 by Randal

David Instone-Brewer. Church Doctrine & the Bible. Scripture in Context. Lexham Press, 2020. The latest entry in the Lexham Press “Scripture in Context” series focuses on the relationship between Christian doctrines and the Bible. Throughout the book, David Instone-Brewer, a research fellow at Tyndale House and specialist in Judaism in the first century, takes his knowledge […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical theology, David Instone-Brewer, review, theology

Abraham, Isaac, and … Anselm? A Review of The Question of God’s Perfection

February 18, 2019 by Randal

Yoram Hazony and Dru Johnson, eds. The Question of God’s Perfection: Jewish and Christian Essays on the God of the Bible and Talmud. Philosophy of Religion. (Brill, 2019). The relationship between philosophical reason and biblical revelation has always been a fraught one. At times, warfare has broken out, as when scholars like Blaise Pascal and Martin […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical theology, book review, divine perfection, Dru Johnson, natural theology, Yoram Hazony

Why biblical theologians need philosophical theology

December 7, 2011 by Randal

I have enjoyed having a discussion with my colleague Jerry Shepherd. I think that the fact that we can have an irenic discussion of this type is very important and illustrates the need for more dialogue without enmity. As interesting as the convesation has been, even more interesting is discovering what the conversation is really […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Anselm, biblical theology, Jerry Shepherd, perfect being, philosophical theology, philosophy, theology

Fee-fi-foe-fum, I smell the blood of an Arminian!

December 3, 2011 by Randal

My article “Calvinism and the Contrast Effect” ( https://randalrauser.com/2011/11/calvinism-and-the-contrast-effect/ ) elicited some interesting comments. Among the most interesting was from my colleague at Taylor Seminary,  Jerry Shepherd. Things started out well: “Hello Randal, my good friend and colleague…” But alas, things quickly took a turn for the worse: “Let me point out here some real problems with […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, biblical theology, Calvinism, Reformed, systematic theology

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