Paul R. Raabe 09-10-2024 Abstract: The reader of the Scriptures often comes across passages where the faithful put questions to God. These are typically rhetorical questions, such as “why?” and “how long?” These rhetorical questions are not to be misunderstood as complaints about God but as part of God-pleasing prayer to God. The pray-er was…Continue Reading Putting Questions to God
Joseph Miller 03-25-2024 Abstract: In times past, the dream of transcending the limited human form was shaped by mysticism and religious myth. In the twentieth century, the ancient belief that humans were, and are, masters of their own destiny became wedded to both naturalism and technological advances. This desire to transcend the limits of the…Continue Reading Christian Transhumanism and the Loss of Human Personhood
John Cheong 02-06-2024 Abstract: Everyone loves to eat and opine about food. The Bible has much to say about food, yet few conversations or theological reflections have focused on how this topic might function as a central part of the Christian life and identity. This essay sets forth the beginnings of a theology of food. …Continue Reading Food: What’s so Theologically and Missiologically Significant About It?
by Rich Holland 11-27-2023 Abstract: For much of the history of Christian theology, it has been assumed that God exists “outside of” time, in an eternity that contains no temporal sequence or passage of time. Many Christians today accept this traditional atemporal viewpoint without question. When pressed against the biblical descriptions of God, however, the traditional…Continue Reading Does God Experience the Unfolding of Time?
by Brian Koning 10-30-2023 Abstract: The prophet Moses expressed the core of Old Testament theology when he said, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deut. 6:4, ESV). Called the Shema, this is Israel’s fundamental theological view of God, but what does it mean? For Trinitarian Christians, does this oneness of God pose…Continue Reading What Does it Mean for God to be “One”?
by Daniel S. Diffey 10-03-2023 Abstract: The Bible opens with a picture of a good creation that quickly becomes marked by death and evil due to the actions of Adam and Eve. The first five books of the Bible, called the Pentateuch, represent these same themes of life and death—and good and evil—at important junctures. The…Continue Reading What are Matters of Life and Death, Good and Evil, in the Pentateuch?