Rethinking Law and Gospel in the Way We Do Preaching [PDF]
This paper evaluates the impact of C. F. W. Walther’s Law and Gospel and Richard Caemmerer’s goal, malady, means approach to homiletics, also discussing the potential trap of law-gospel reductionism.
Berteau, Benjamin
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The Axiological Basis for the Legal Protection of Life of a Conceived Child
In the issue of abortion throughout the history, philosophers have spoken about trying to answer the fundamental questions when life begins and what is the moment, it is necessary to protect it.
Agata Jończyk
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Calvins theologisches Leitmotiv "cognitio Dei et nostri" in der Institutio von 1536
The first sentence and fundamental notion of Calvin’s 1536 Institutes „cognitio Dei et nostri“ has, except for Gerhard Ebeling, not been a key feature investigation.
W. H. Neuser
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Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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God's two words ::law and gospel in the Lutheran and Reformed traditions /
The distinction between God's law and God's gospel lies at the core of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions--and has long been a point of controversy between them.
Linebaugh, Jonathan A.,
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Heeding the great commission: The significance of Matthew's gospel for Baptismal theology and practice in a post-Christian age. [PDF]
This thesis represents a worked example in the application of Scripture to a contemporary theological situation. The Scripture applied is Matthew's Gospel and the theological situation is the ongoing practice of Christian baptism by paedo-baptising ...
Ramsden, Martin Francis
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth:An Introduction to the Distinction between Law and Gospel [PDF]
The Hermeneutical Significance of the Law/Gospel Distinction For Luther, the distinction between Law and Gospel was of such a fundamental nature that the ability to draw the distinction between them determined whether or not one was a “theologian,” i.e.,
Seifrid, Mark
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The Theological Poetics of Pauline κένωσις in Patristic Authors: A Dialogue with Michael C. Magree☆
Abstract This review engages in dialogue with Magree's methodological assumptions (literary, rhetorical, philosophical and theological) and approach to the history of reception of this critically important Pauline passage (Philippians 2:7) and then provides a critical assessment of the textual evidence for his contention that Origen of Alexandria ...
Margaret M. Mitchell
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