Theological Journals, Part 2

Bibliotheca Sacra (Jan-Mar 2021): in “A Chronology of the Life of Christ with Emphasis on the Nativity and Epiphany,” Kurt Simmons, J.D. focuses on calendrical dating in the mid-4th century with Christmas as the first day of the year and 24 December as the last date of the calendrical year. Modern Reformation (May/June 2022): “Evangelical Biblicism over the Years,” an interview of Dr. Larsen by Blake Adams: little is offered here on sola scriptura and “biblicism” other than to denote the widespread tendency to read the Bible and “Me and God” without historical lens. He’s commenting about this behemoth called “evangelicalism.” Calvin Theological Journal (Spring 2022): in “The Beatitudes and the Life of the Church, Gerard M, Cisar discusses “poor in spirit” as meaning oppressed in the OT sense and humility as a result. Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 355-381): “Classical Versus Contemporary: Engaging Trinitarian and Pneumatological Modelling for Ongoing Theological Construction:” Torey J.S. Teer faults Van Den Brink for failure to make the case for exclusion of the Christological Creeds. Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021): in “Should Effectual Calling and Regeneration be Distinguished,” Dr. Cornelius Venema offers Murray, Vos, Bavinck and Berkhof for essentially making effectual calling coordinate with regeneration—a standard, monergistic, mysterious, effectual union with Christ. Global Anglican (Spring 2022): in “Evaluating the Place of the Main Images of the Atonement,” Alexander Evans comments on the several atonement images—comprehensively so as one atonement—are inherent in the “Prayer of Humble Access.” “The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1:” in “History of Higher Criticism,” Dean Dyson Hague notes that Graffies introduced pseudonymity, fraudulence and forgeries into OT studies—dishonesty and lack of credibility. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses the “Didache” (100 AD).