Theological Journals, Part 3

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1:” in “History of Higher Criticism,” Dean Dyson Hague gloriously defangs, declaw and “decks” the dissectionists. Gloriously so. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses the “Shepherd of Hermas.” Long time since reading that, but a retour is foreclosed by a long queue. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness: Jesus’ Cross to Bare,” Sharon L. Baker calls herself a “peace theologian” as against the vicarious, penal substitutionary atonement, the violent God, and Christianity as the source of all evil. Ya’ can’t make this stuff up. She’s huffing and puffing with full cheeks and a bloated head. Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “For Machen, Fosdick was a Small Part of the Problem,” Dr. D. G. Hart ends his article oddly, pointing to the differences between the two on the church and state. Not a good conclusion to an otherwise excellent article. Concordia Theological Journal (January 2022), in “Confessional Loyalty or `Should I Let that Subscription Lapse?’,” Rev. Scott Murray continues to make his case. The title says it all. Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 9, 1908): “Cephas and Christ” the Editor discusses the meaning of name-changes in the OT. Abram, Sara, Isaac, etc., a predicate to Jesus’s renaming of Simon Peter. Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): in “Introduction to Church Holidays from Gereformeerd Kerkrecht,” Peter Vander Schaa discusses Good Friday, Easter, Asceniontide, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day services in the GKN. Of note, the PRCA will entertain the notion of cutting off the latter two at their June 2022 Synod. Themelios (Dec 2021): in “Raised up from the Dust: An Exploration of Hannah’s Reversal Motif in the Book of Esther as Evidence of Divine Sovereignty,” Dr. Justin Jackson talks about “intertextuality” as a troubled hermeneutical model. Yet, he seems to be making room for it. New Horizons (June 2022): in “SEVEN YEARS OF MINISTRY IN MONTEVIDEO,” Rev. Mark Richline discusses the difficulties yet the encouragements of ministry with his small, but dedicated flock. Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (5.2: 2020): in “The One Church, the Many Churches,” the Roman scholar, Eduardo Echeverria, is babbling about ecumenicism, diversity and division. Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (1837): the Editor wails against eternal justification. Point taken.