List of prophets in the Bible (Order means the nth book in the English Bible). Distinctly false prophets are listed at the end. Those who had questionable character but had spoke true prophecy are listed in the former.
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Revisiting The Classical Theism Controversy (Divine Immutability)
The classical theism controversy was centered on James Dolezal’s book, All That Is In God, published in 2017 by Reformation Heritage Books. In this book, Dolezal criticized a long list of prominent Christian theologians for their deviation from “classical theism”, most notably from the immutability of God. Those on the…
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Book Review: The Philosophy of Revelation by Bavinck
This book was originally published in 1909 by Longmans, Green, and Co. The ten chapters were prepared for the L. P. Stones Lectures 1908-09 in Princeton Theological Seminary. But only six lectures (first seven chapters in the book) were delivered. This book was also published in Dutch and in German…
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Book Review: The Holy Spirit by Sinclair Ferguson
This work on the Holy Spirit was published in 1996 by IVP (paperback). It is is part of the Contours of Christian Theology (with a total of 9 volumes of different topics, series editor Gerald L. Bray). Ferguson’s writing style is clear, precise, exegetical, and pastoral. He is firm on…
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Book Review: The Joy of Hearing by Schreiner
Thomas R. Schreiner’s book, The Joy of Hearing, as the subtitle indicates, is A Theology of the Book of Revelation (Crossway, 2021, paperback). This is part of the New Testament Theology Series edited by Schreiner and Rosner and published by Crossway. Schreiner has worked on several commentaries on Revelation, which…
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Book Review: The Art of Biblical Narrative
Robert Alter is a prominent linguist and Hebrew scholar. He has written many books on the Hebrew Bible as literature and completed his own translation several years ago. For Christians, his contribution to the study of OT (and indirectly of NT) is to raise the awareness of Scripture as an…
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Idea of Theology: a Survey
What is the relationship between various fields of knowledge with theology? And what is the relationship between different disciplines of theology? Prominent theologians have articulated the idea of theology. Below is a survey of some examples (quotes in red). This article will be expanded periodically. Francis Turretin: Institutes of Elenctic…
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Van Til’s Limiting Concepts in Theology
Closely related to theology as “approximation” of God’s revelation, is Van Til’s idea of “limiting concepts”. Van Til talked about this in multiple publications, including Common Grace and The Gospel (P&R, 2015, p. xlviii-xlix; also a paper published under Common Grace in WTJ), An Introduction to Systematic Theology (P&R, 2007,…
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The Man in Romans 7:14-25
Besides the identity of “Israel” in Romans 11, the identity of the man in Romans 7:14-25 is another point of debates amongst orthodox Christians. The mainstream view understands the man as regenerate (Augustine, Luther, Calvin, John Murray, and this list is long; either as a regenerate as his best or…
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Can a Christian Ever “Lie”?
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour”, “You shall not lie to one another”, “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight” (Ex. 20:16, Lv. 19:11, Ps 101:7, Prov. 6:16-19, 12:22, Mt. 15:18-20, Jn. 8:44, Eph. 4:25, Col. 3:9-10, Rev.…