The Two Wills of Christ (Part 1): Ideas to die for
What has this passion to do with the two wills of Christ?
This probably still sounds so like an abstract philosophical debate, and to be honest, it’s going to sound worse before it sounds better…
Month: November 2015
Interview with Matthew Bates on The Birth of the Trinity – Part 2
This is the second in a two-part interview with Matthew Bates on his recent book The Birth of the Trinity (find the first part HERE) Matt Bates [MB]: Matt, since you’ve read it, I’ll return the question to you? What surprised you most? Anything seem particularly significant to you in addition to what I’ve already […]
Interview with Matthew Bates on The Birth of the Trinity – Part 1
In this post, I interview Matthew W. Bates about his recent book, The Birth of the Trinity: Jesus, God, and Spirit in New Testament and Early Christian Interpretation of the Old Testament (Oxford University Press, 2015). Matt received his Ph.D. from Notre Dame, and has served for the past four years as Assistant Professor of […]
Schizophrenic Jesus?
Schizophrenic Jesus? Imagine you were facing an inquisition and, on pain of torture, mutilation, and exile, they asked you to answer the following question correctly: ‘How many ‘wills’ does Jesus have – one or two?’ Apart from thinking you’d stumbled into a Monty Python sketch, what else might go through your mind? Is that even […]
The Problem of Divine Mercy in the Bible
How can a just God keep extending mercy? At first blush, this may seem like an ideal problem to have. We all want more of God’s mercy, right?