You can read Post 11 here, or find the series page here. In all things, God is pursuing the shining out and spreading forth His supreme end in creation: His glory. That one glory consists of His fullness as the Triune God, and the communication of Himself. This “fulness of God,” said Edwards,Continue reading “God’s Flaming Glory – Post 12 – God’s Glory in Creation, According to Jonathan Edwards”
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God’s Flaming Glory – God’s Triune Glory, According to Jonathan Edwards – Post 11
You can read Post 10 here, or find the series page here. Introduction Jonathan Edwards wrote and spoke of God as Triune and in Trinitarian terms – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Unlike Allah (see Post 2), this Triune God of Scripture of whom Edwards preached was not inward focused and negative,Continue reading “God’s Flaming Glory – God’s Triune Glory, According to Jonathan Edwards – Post 11”
God’s Flaming Glory – From Allah to Mohler to Calvin to Edwards – Overview
An overview of the series God’s Flaming Glory.
God’s Flaming Glory – God’s Glory in Creation, According to Albert Mohler, Part 1 – Post 7
This post explores John Calvin’s and Albert Mohler’s views on God’s glory. Mohler’s perspective is analyzed with the aim of critiquing and reforming his doctrine, notably the perception of God’s glory as theatrical rather than communicative. Mohler emphasizes the distinctiveness of the Christian God from Allah, and asserts that everything exists for God’s glory.
God’s Flaming Glory – God’s Glory in the Cross, According to Calvin – Post 5
John Calvin’s emphasis on the centrality of the cross is essential to his understanding of God’s glory. Calvin highlights how through Christ, God’s love and grace are manifested, transforming the sinners perception of God from one of fear and despair to one of love and mercy. Calvin explains a profound insight into the beauty and significance of the cross as a symbol of God’s redemptive love and grace, as well as its role in revealing the essence of God’s glory.
God’s Flaming Glory – Allah’s Glory, According to the Quran – Post 2
This post discusses Allah’s glory in the Qur’an, emphasizing his singular nature and the purpose of creation. It highlights that Allah’s glory is inward-focused and negative in nature. According to the Qur’an, the purpose of human existence is to glorify and serve Allah. This is in sharp contrast with the Triune God of Scripture.
Introducing… The Gospel!
Christmas 2022 I love the way the gospel of Mark begins. It is incredibly direct and full of content. Mark’s first line – the line that is meant to captivate his readers – is this: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Right there, dear friends, is likely the simplestContinue reading “Introducing… The Gospel!”
Cultural Disunity and the Triune God, Part 8–Conclusion
Read Part 1-Introduction, and Part 2-Racism, Hegemony, Critical Race Theory, and Intersectionality, and Part 3-The Influences of Hegemony, Critical Race Theory, and Intersectionality, and Part 4-Societal Events, and Part 5-The Trinity Creating, and Part 6-Created in the Image of God, and Part 7-New Life, Identity, and Purpose. No longer are people who are reconciled toContinue reading “Cultural Disunity and the Triune God, Part 8–Conclusion”
Cultural Disunity and the Triune God, Part 7–New Life, Identity, and Purpose
God graciously reconciles people to Himself and to each other through His Son, giving them a new life, identity, and a new pursuit in His Son. According to the Triune God, humanities problem of disunity ultimately comes down to individual people’s relationship with Him. “We were made for God—made to share intimately in His life and love—but Genesis 3 ends with Adam cut off from God, dying and driven out of His presence” (Scrivener 78). In Genesis 3, the representatives of the human race, the man who theologians call humanities’ first federal head, Adam (Evangelical Dictionary of Theology), adulterously rebelled against the God who loved them—which is what the Bible calls sin. And this historical event is why every human being has been and is born in alienation from God.
Cultural Disunity and the Triune God, Part 5–The Trinity in Creating
God has not made humanity to be divided and hostile, rejoicing in their divisions under the guise of rejoicing in their diversity. God responds to the idea of racism and the reality of racial prejudice at the very foundation of the ideologies which propound them. God did not make many races; He made one united human race. And that one race was meant to rejoice, not in their own diversity, but in the superabundant glory of one God—a God who is overflowingly abundant in His creation.
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 