Evening Prayer

For Psalm 22, Prof. Calvin comments on depression yet with confident faith.

ISBE on the dating of Exodus: Prof. R. K. Harrison on dating in Thutmose III’s period.

For Genesis 6.1-8: Prof. Keil talks about the “sons of men.”

For Judges 3.6-16.31, Prof. Keil is still discussing chronology.

For Isaiah 8.16-22, Prof. Henry comments on the centrality of the Bible for Isaiah and colleagues.

ISBE on Luke: Dr. E. E. Ellis comments on Lucan authorship.

For Mathew 6.9, Prof. Jamieson discusses the LORD’s prayer, “Thy kingdom come…”

For Romans 4.14-17, Prof. Hodge summarizes the doctrines previously discussed.

For Revelation 20.11-15, Prof. Henry discusses the finality of the Sovereign’s Judgement throne.

EDT on the Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889): religion cannot be understood on the basis of experience, reason or doctrines—that go beyond verifiable history.

Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 251-266): in “Franciscu Junius, Old Princeton, and the Question of Natural Theology: A Response to Shannon’s `Junius and Van Til on Natural Knowledge of God,” Dr. Kevin DeYoung notes that Shannon claims that “Natural (unregenerate) theology is in the end anti-theology.” Bold.

Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): “Be Ye Holy: The Doctrine of Sanctification from Leviticus:” Rev. Matthew Kortus: God is the activator of definitive and progressive sanctification.

Reformed Theological Journal (Sept 2021), in “Books that Merit Re-read: Competent to Counsel:” Dr. James Newheiser describes Adams’ view of psychology and psychiatry.

Southwestern Theological Journal (Fall 2021), “New Approaches to the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament:” Dr. Andrew D. Streett bafflegabs the “relevance theory” of the approach to the issue.

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (Volume 9 issue 1, 1837, pages 1-29), Rev. Joel Jones in “Protestantism” discusses Gallican independentism, more political, however, than theological.

Concordia Theological Journal (Winter 2020), “The Conversions of Adiabene and Edessa in Syriac Christianity and Judaism: The Relations of Jews and Christians in Northern Mesopotamia in Antiquity: Dr.  Michael Thomas further discusses the Edessan history.

The Anglican Way (2017): Dr. Roberta Bayer engages by way of questions the assaults on Christianity. Engaging, yes, but something is amiss.

For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge discusses the problems with the Vincentian canon.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond begins Petrine Christology.

For Ecclesiology (locus 6), Prof. Berkhof rather drops the ball on the Baptists’ view of adult baptisms while, this morning, he hit homeruns.

ODCC: Origen (185-254): notes his reincarnationist theory.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff rounds off the chronology of the apostolic period.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff comments on Charlemagne’s characteristics, including commitment to academia.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff comments on the persecutions in the Reformed Churches in France while Calvin wanders around, 1533-1536, before landing at Geneva.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch notes the hypersonic speed into which Cranmer was thrown upon return to England in Jan 1533.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff attempts to discuss Lutheran and Reformed differences—done with broad and some inaccurate brush strokes.

1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs #369-371 discusses man and woman, two genders, in creation. Meanwhile, the Prottie libboes are adrift at sea with a hole below the waterline headed to the bottom.

Westminster Larger Catechism 181:

Q. 181. Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?
A. The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator; and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone, we are to pray in no other name but his only.