Theological Journals, Part 3: 9/2/2022

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 3: “The Biblical Conception of Sin,” the Rev. Dr. Thomas Whitelaw of Kilmarnock, Scotland gives the Augustinian and Biblical account of original and actual sins. Like it or not is not the issue. The issue is that it is Biblical. Period. “The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 4:” in “Modern Philosophy,” Attorney-at-Law, Philip Mauro notes that high minds control masses and, as such, warrants a review of the empty philosophies of the day. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses Irenaeus’s subversion of the Gnostics’ hatred of matter and their removal of the flesh/body from redemption. Irenaeus is having none of it. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Atonement and Empire: Reworking Christus Victor for Roman Imperial Context,” Dr. Matthew Forrest Lowe is stuck, after having given a fair summary of Gustaf Aulen. But where is Lowe going? Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “Geerhardus Vos and the Interpretation of Romans 1:3-4,” Dr. J. V. Fesko, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, makes some suggestions for Vos’s shift on the text, noting that B.B. Warfield upholds the view of Hodge from his commentary on Romans. Concordia Theological Journal (January 2022), in “Scaer and Preuss on Justification,” Preuss is scathing towards those denying the objective, propitiatory, expiatory and penal nature of the substitutionary atonement. Without those things, argues Preuss, the NT is “theological blather.” A warrantable smackdown. Themelios (Dec 2021): in “Ben Sira’s Canon Conscious Interpretive Strategies: His Narrative History and Realization of the Jewish Scriptures,” Peter Beckman (PhD candidate, U. of Ottawa) concludes the article noting Ben Sira’s readings, expositions and applications of ancient texts to his Second Temple context, connecting the ancient writings to his own time—a model adopted by the early Church and a model of us today. Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (5.2: 2020): in “The One Church, the Many Churches,” the Roman scholar, Eduardo Echeverria, is yapping this-and-that throwing dust in the eyes. Entirely obscurantist and, clearly, unusable. Next! Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (1837): the Editor gives a testimony of CoE woman who was converted and, as a result, ran into severe interference from her husband. She decided to pray one hour/day for his conversion. After a year and a half, he comes to faith and their home was changed. The Covenanter uses this story to illustrate the efficacy of prayer. The Biblical Repertory/Princeton Review (January 1838). The Editors review “Melancthon’s Letters:” gives the lead-up to Melanchthon’s shift from Tubingen to Wittenberg with Reuchlin’s letters of invitation and to the Elector.