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The Trinity And The Freedom Of God, Paul D. Molnar
The Trinity And The Freedom Of God, Paul D. Molnar
Journal for Christian Theological Research
One of the most serious problems facing contemporary Trinitarian theology concerns the extent to which terms we use in ordinary parlance can be used to describe God and God's relations with us in history. This article argues that a contemporary doctrine of the immanent Trinity should help theologians recognize and respect the freedom of the triune God as the basis of human freedom. By allowing our concept of God to be shaped by who God is in Christ and the Spirit we would exclude any agnosticism with respect to the eternal Trinity and would not define God by our experiences …
He Takes Back The Ticket . . . For Us: Providence, Evil, Suffering, And The Vicarious Humanity Of Christ, Christian Kettler
He Takes Back The Ticket . . . For Us: Providence, Evil, Suffering, And The Vicarious Humanity Of Christ, Christian Kettler
Journal for Christian Theological Research
The existence of evil and suffering is one of the great challenges to belief in a good and all-powerful God. How can we believe in all honesty? Building upon Karl Barth's argument that providence should proceed from Christology, this article considers the biblical emphasis of what T.F. Torrance has called the vicarious humanity of Christ. This means that Christ in his humanity believes when we find it difficult, if not impossible, to believe, especially when it comes to facing human suffering. Jesus lived a life of perfect faith in, worship of, and service to the Father, even at the cross, …
Claiming Jesus As Savior In A Religiously Plural World, Gabriel Fackre
Claiming Jesus As Savior In A Religiously Plural World, Gabriel Fackre
Journal for Christian Theological Research
Taking up the bold claim for the universal significance of christological particularity, this essay begins with a brief description of a range of contemporary perspectives on the relation of Jesus Christ to religious pluralism, using a ten-fold taxonomy rather than the popular but inadequate pluralism/inclusivism/exclusivism formula. Current perspectives are identified as: common core, common quest, common community, common pool, common range (all variations on a pluralist approach); anonymous particularity, revelatory particularity, imperial particularity, pluralist particularity and narrative particularity as types giving pride of place to Christian singularity. The heart of the paper is an exposition of the tenth perspective, a …
Liturgical Hospitality: Theological Refl Ections On Sharing In Grace, Hans Boersma
Liturgical Hospitality: Theological Refl Ections On Sharing In Grace, Hans Boersma
Journal for Christian Theological Research
This essay looks at the Church's liturgy using the metaphor of hospitality. The following assumptions will guide its development: (1) that the Church's practice of hospitality is both a reflection and an extension of God's own hospitality (Reinhard Huetter); (2) that there is a participatory identity between Christ and the Church, with this connection implying that liturgical hospitality forms the primary shape of God's gracious hospitality in our world, specifically as that hospitality is mediated by the Church through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments; (3) that liturgical hospitality cannot function properly without regard for …