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Nature And Grace In Bavinck, Jan Veenhof Jun 2006

Nature And Grace In Bavinck, Jan Veenhof

Pro Rege

This paper is Dr. Al Wolters’ “translation of twenty pages from Dr. Jan Veenhof’s dissertation on Bavinck, titled Revelatie en Inspiratie.” Dr. Veenhof succeeded G. C. Berkouwer in the chair for dogmatic theology at the Free University in Amsterdam, then went on to teach at the universities of Basel and Bern and for one semester at Calvin Theological Seminary. As emeritus, he is still involved in theological and pastoral work.


Temple Theology: An Introduction. By Margaret Barker, Dean W. Collinwood, James W. Mcconkie May 2006

Temple Theology: An Introduction. By Margaret Barker, Dean W. Collinwood, James W. Mcconkie

BYU Studies Quarterly

Margaret Barker. Temple Theology: An Introduction. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2004.


Are Christians Mormon?: Reassessing Joseph Smith's Theology In His Bicentennial, David L. Paulsen Jan 2006

Are Christians Mormon?: Reassessing Joseph Smith's Theology In His Bicentennial, David L. Paulsen

BYU Studies Quarterly

Harold Bloom, the self-proclaimed “unbelieving Jew” and distinguished scholar, recently characterized Joseph Smith as “a religious genius,” stating that the religion Smith founded “is truly a biblical religion.” More recently, Carl Mosser has written concerning the doctrine of that religion: “Mormonism’s heresies are legion; they are also very interesting and often unique in the history of heresy.” Biblical or heretical? Of these two reactions, the charge of heresy has been far more common, especially among conservative Christian critics, who consistently draw a circle that leaves Joseph’s Mormonism out.


Charles Wesley And The Language Of Evangelical Experience: The Poetical Hermeneutic Revisited, John R. Tyson Jan 2006

Charles Wesley And The Language Of Evangelical Experience: The Poetical Hermeneutic Revisited, John R. Tyson

The Asbury Journal

Charles Wesley is well remembered as the "poet laureate" of Methodism, whose rousing hymns continue to adorn Christian worship. This article suggests that he was also a significant theologian; a theologian of the experimental variety, who used religious experience as a means for translating theological doctrine into the realm of Christian life. Religious experience played an important role in Wesley's poetical approach to the Bible, and allowed him to unite human hearts and minds in biblical affirmations. In this sense, Charles's hymns were aptly described (by John Wesley) as "practical divinity." A close examination of Charles Wesley's vocabulary of religious …