We can laud Luther’s defense of justification by faith alone & still find his sinful attitude toward Jew[s]…unbiblical. We can rely on Thomas’s Christology but reject his views on … women. We can value Jonathan Edwards’s contributions & still find fault w/ his views on slavery.
Are the words "sacrament" and "means of grace" only applicable in Roman Catholic circles concerning baptism and the Lord's Supper? Check out our most recent book review of Dr. Michael Haykin's Recovering the Sacrament in the Baptist Tradition, reviewed by Garrett Walden in the ledger.
https://t.co/hvhIdpuuqw
Continuing our Baptist Sacramentalism series, here is a great piece from Andrew Cole on viewing the present union with Christ in the Supper.
https://t.co/U2qEFIwunX
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By the 1750s, Jonathan Edwards was known as a theologian and ethical thinker. In a sermon of 1753, he reiterated an increasingly prominent focus in his corpus: God as the “fountain of all being & so of all Good, all [Beuty], & all Happiness.”
IMAX makes people overpay for dimly lit scenes and dialogue that’s hard to hear over practical/real splashes, clanks, crashes, and wind.
I don’t love the whole hearted embrace of CGI but I think this explains its popularity.
The Queen of Sheba to Solomon:
“Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!” 2 Chronicles 9:7
How much more happy those who listen to the wisdom of Christ.
OTD in 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached one of the most famous sermons ever given at the congregation of a pro-revival friend, Peter Reynolds (1700–1768), in Enfield, Connecticut. The church once stood at the rock pictured.
Safe to say this sermon has shaped the literary world.
Finally submitted revisions for my dissertation to @HanoverPressLL. Interesting story with this one. It's been 12 years. I was originally contracted with Fortress for their Emerging Scholars series. But it got discontinued (and my contract ran out). So it will finally have a home
The late Judge Antonin Scalia argued that the Supreme Court's 1947 Everson v. Board of Education (mentioned by Wilsey's article here) decision was wrongly decided. Scalia rejected the Court’s use of Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation" metaphor and the "incorporation" of the