Selected Reading

I read  these this week and recommend them to you.

Theology

Does Jesus Have One or Two Wills?
This question came up in a Twitter poll this week. I can’t find the poll anymore, but the last time I checked, the results were fairly evenly divided. Here’s why the correct answer is “two.”

How God’s Wrath Equals and Reveals God’s Worth
Probably the best thing I’ve read online recently: “To say that Adam’s sin should not have resulted in death; to say that our sins do not result in God’s wrath; to shy away from mentioning God’s wrath in private or public; to say that penal substitution is overly obsessed with legal categories or overemphasizes the role of God’s law; to say that the significance of Christ’s death is diminished by bringing it into the realm of the law court; to say that the demands of God’s law do not have to be satisfied; to declare a forensic declaration of ‘righteous’merely a ‘legal fiction’; to caricature the Son’s propitiation of the Father’s wrath as ‘divine child abuse’—all this is to miss the role of God’s law in protecting and declaring the worthiness of God; and therefore it is to belittle his ineffable worthiness and glory, like trampling on a precious flower times infinity.” 

Christian Theology: A Working Definition
Luke Stamps give us his definition of “theology.” He packed a lot in there!

I quite like it. What do you think?

Bible

The Servant Songs of Isaiah
A bird’s-eye view of Isaiah’s Servant Songs. 

Biographical Sketches

Women Every Christian Should Know: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatly died young, and there’s a lot we don’t know about her very difficult life. But we do know she loved Jesus. 

Ten Baptists Everyone Should Know: Andrew Fuller
Andrew Fuller was, it seems, on the right side of several debates.