Theology

A New Public Theology for Our Times

The December 2008 issue of Comment (published by Cardus) contains an important article. At first glance, it looks like one people might skip. It’s called “Can We Hope for a Neocalvinist-Neopuritan Dialogue?

Imagination and Theology

I’ve really appreciated John Frame’s insights into creativity and theology. So often we think that theology can only be expressed in linear and propositional forms. Frame challenges this view in The

A Theologian’s Job

J.I. Packer in A Quest for Godliness: Theologians are called to be the church’s water engineers and sewage officers; it is their job to see that God’s pure truth flows

A Narrative Statement of Faith

Good discussion yesterday about statements of faith. Maybe there is room for new kinds of statements: ones that include an emphasis on right action and not just right belief, ones that move beyond

Should we have statements of faith?

There’s been a lot of debate about whether statements of faith are valid or not. Take this quote from theologian LeRon Shults: Jesus did not have a “statement of faith.” He called