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Theology (Proper)

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Camden M. Bucey/September 2, 2022

Bonus: Live Q&A with Lane Tipton on The Trinitarian Theology of Cornelius Van Til

Carlton Wynne and I were able to join Lane Tipton for a livestream as he fielded questions about his book, The Trinitarian Theology of Cornelius Van Til.

Lane Tipton/August 28, 2022

What Is God’s Voluntary Condescension?

Westminster Confession 7.1 enshrines some of the most beautiful covenant theology in the history of the church. And that text teaches that God made Adam in a natural religious relation …

Lane G. Tipton/May 26, 2022

What Is Mutualism or Correlativism?

Mutualism or correlativism are virtual synonyms. Cornelius Van Til, a prominent twentieth-century Reformed theologian, apologist, Orthodox Presbyterian, and founding member of Westminster Theological Seminary, taught that God and the creature …

Lane G. Tipton/May 26, 2022

What Is the Creator-Creature Distinction?

In biblical teaching summarized by Reformed theology, the creator-creature distinction brings into view the absolute ontological difference between the Triune God and the creature. The Triune God is infinite, eternal, …

Camden M. Bucey/January 15, 2020

The Two Popes, Rahner, and Divine Immutability

I recently watched The Two Popes, a film written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Fernando Meirelles available on Netflix. The movie recounts the relationship between Joseph Ratzinger and Jorge …

Jeffrey C. Waddington/July 14, 2019

Divine Simplicity: Don’t Think of God Without It

The doctrine of divine simplicity is a doctrine that some philosophers and theologians love to hate. The doctrine is accused of being confusing, incoherent, unbiblical, and just plain muddleheaded. One …