Theological Journals, Part 2

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1:” in “History of Higher Criticism,” Dean Dyson Hague notes the folly of the arbitrary postulates for Graffies and also notes how younger students bowed to the alleged superiority of some Germanic scholars in philology. That mask is gone. Finito, basta, done, over, gone. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses concludes the subapostolic period with a nice timeline. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness: Jesus’ Cross to Bare,” Sharon L. Baker is repeating herself (again) and huffing and puffing her denials of God’s attributes of justice and holiness. It’s Marcionism in one sense and hatred of theology in another sense. This passes for scholarship at PTS? Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “What Happened to Liberalism?:” Dr. Matthew S. Miller of the C.S. Lewis Institute, ends with whimpers from Frank Schaeffer and Harold O.J. Brown about evangelical disinvolvement in social issues. He ends with a good quote from Machen that we don’t leave our theology behind on Monday morning. 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. Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 9, 1908): “Cephas and Christ” the Editor meanders around on Peter’s confession at Caesarea-Philippi. The meandering continues. Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): in “Introduction to Church Holidays from Gereformeerd Kerkrecht,” Peter Vander Schaa discusses Pentecost as a church-day throughout history down to the days of the GKN. 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 writes exquisitely and clearly, giving a summary of Esther. This is one fine specimen of clear writing. Bishop Latimer would approve. New Horizons (June 2022): in “In the Days of Your Youth,” OPC missionary, Benjamin Hopp, discusses his beloved flock and developments among the young. Very, very encouraging. Straight-talk on missions. Missions was never discussed in this student’s graduate training. Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (5.2: 2020): in “The One Church, the Many Churches,” the Roman scholar, Eduardo Echeverria, is talking about the “Eucharistic Presence” as the center of the Romanist Conventicles. I can no longer call Rome a true church with its false Gospel, halved Christ, halved soteriology and more.