Theological Journals, Part 2

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1:” in “History of Higher Criticism,” Dean Dyson Hague notes that the German dissectionists impugn Jesus, the Apostles, and centuries of Jewish and Christian convictions in the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. VALUE: clear take down which is spectacular to behold. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses the apologetes of the second century: the Letter to Diognetus. The Christians were accused of anti-social behavior, cannibalism and incest. VALUE: important reminders to defend the true churches of Christ. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness: Jesus’ Cross to Bare,” Sharon L. Baker got off on the wrong foot and stayed there. VALUE: watching someone spin fancies about God’s attributes. Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “What Happened to Liberalism?:” Dr. Matthew S. Miller of the C.S. Lewis Institute, comments on the offspring of liberalism: liberation theologies with naturalism, authority of experience, and the Pelagian reign of the imperatival mood. VALUE: to observe the moderns’ in collars without Christianity: a religionless Christianity. Concordia Theological Journal (January 2022), in “Confessional Loyalty or `Should I Let that Subscription Lapse?’,” Rev. Scott Murray makes his case for keeping his subscription up-to-date and not letting it lapse. VALUE: everyone is a confessionalist of some sort-or-other. Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 9, 1908): “Cephas and Christ” the Editor meanders around on Peter’s confession at Caesarea-Philippi. Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): in “Introduction to Church Holidays from Gereformeerd Kerkrecht,” Peter Vander Schaa discusses the politics of the Quartodecimian controversy. Hard to believe that this was as important as it was. Nicaea ruled against the Asian practices of Polycarp and others. VALUE: to observe the pettiness in the early church. Also, to see its greatness in theological debate, the Christological issues of the era.