Christian theology is the doctrine and philosophy of the church as flowing from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It has developed its rigor over the past two thousand years as a result of various debates and councils. Theology explores a vast array of ideas such as the Trinity, the sacraments, and the problem of evil.
Forgiveness and the Remission of Sins
The phrase “remission of sins” shows up in most translations of the Bible in at least a few places. When John the Baptist is born, for example, his father Zechariah makes a prophecy about him that mentions the remission of sins...
Stanley Hauerwas: Virtue Ethicist & Postliberal Theologian
Stanley Hauerwas has been influential across many fields, but he is probably most famous for being a proponent of what philosophers call “virtue ethics.” Virtue ethics is one of the three schools of thought on ethics in modern ...
Who is Jürgen Moltmann and What Did He Believe?
Moltmann’s theological writing and thinking incorporated many different elements. He worked in several different areas and often overlapped with traditional groups like Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and even Judaism. As a res...
Jerry Bridges and The Navigators: A Protestant Order
The Navigators was originally founded in 1933 on a battleship stationed in Long Beach, on the coast of California. A civilian named Dawson Trotman mentored one of the sailors on the ship, teaching him how to pray and to read an...
Greg Bahnsen: Apologist and Presbyterian Minister
Greg Bahnsen was a Presbyterian minister. He earned both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology, and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1975. He is probably best known for being a disciple and close friend of Cor...
What color is God? By a Christian Scholar
Because some of the most well-known depictions of God in Western culture come from the Renaissance painters, it’s easy to get the idea that God is a fair-skinned, Northern or Central European, or what we refer to as “white.” Ho...
What is paedobaptism? A Christian scholar explains
Paedobaptism is the more technical or older way of referring to the baptism of infants. “Paedo” or “Pedo” come from the Greek pais (πάις), which means “child.” However, because “pedo” in modern slang has come to be a shorthand ...
What is wrong with reformed theology? By a Christian PhD
Reformed theology is a broad religious system with many different elements. Its theology is organized around the absolute sovereignty of God—the idea that God is in total, complete control of everything. In grappling with this ...