Theological Journals, Part 2: 12/16/2022

Table Talk (September 2022): in “Judge Not,” Dr. Kevin DeYoung deals with the abusive use of Matthew 7.1 and the claim to leave the mind and morals at the door—to evacuate the head. Nice job. Table Talk (Oct 2022): in “Exodus 28:” describes the breast-piece of judgement worn by the High Priest in addition to the ephod. The High Priest was, as it were, a miniature of the tabernacle., Table Talk (Nov 2022): in “Don’t All Religions Lead to God,” Dr. Nichols describes inclusivism (syncretism), exclusivism, pluralism—then and now—and Troeltsch’s historicism and his school of epistemology (a flat-lining epistemology out his own head). Table Talk (Dec 2022): “The Intermediate State:” Dr. Dennison describes the intermediate state as blessed and with Christ as opposed to the flames for the unjustified. Table Talk (Jan 2023): “A Biblical Theology of Peace:” Rev. Estrada takes one—redemptive-historically—from Eden, the fall, to the Shalom of Jesus. God is the God of peace. Bibliotheca Sacra (Jan-Mar 2021): in Periodical Reviews: Dr. Douglas Moos’” “The Type of the One to Come: Adam in Paul’s Theology” in Trinity Journal (2019): Dr. Moo holds to the historicity of Adam, not just some mythico-religious fictive character. Bibliotheca Sacra (April-June 2021): in “Paul’s Use of an Ontological Metaphor in 2 Corinthians 6.16,” Dr. Michael McKay begins asking what the tabernacle and “Temple” means in the OT and to St. Paul. Modern Reformation (Nov/Dec 2022): in “Inky Reformation,” Mr. Zachary Purvis tells the enchanting story of Thomas Platter and friends, traveling to Zurich, and stopping for a Vespers’ service. The priest impugns the Reformers. Platter, an early Protestant, engages the priest on the subject of Petrine supremacy. Platter gently rebuffs the priest as the priest uses his grandmother as the source of that theological point. Platter with a rapier-like wit, rejoins the priest with, “Oh, so your Grandmother is the Bible.” Platter pulls out his small pocket NT and reviews Romans 16 and queries the priest about the non-mention of Peter. And so it goes. Calvin Theological Journal (Spring 2022): in “Sign or Seal: Baptism in the Christian Reformed Church,” Dr. Ryan Faber is still exploring the internal v. external view of the baptismal liturgies at seeming odds in the CRC. Calvin Theological Journal (Nov 2022): in “Reforming the Fast: Luther, Zwingli and Calvin on Fasting,” Dr. K. J. Drake notes that in 1522 in Zurich, Froschauer and other fellows including Zwingli broke the Lenten fasting rules by eating sausages. The Bishop of Constance was unamused. The author claims this triggered the Swiss Reformation as over against Luther’s 95 theses. Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021): in “The Ark of the Covenant: A Sermon on Exodus 25.8-22,” Rev. Brian Alred comments on the Ark as containing the manna, Aaron’s budding plant, and the Ten Commandments—the God of relationships and morals. Hedgehog Review (Summer 2022): in “Pastlessness,” Dr. Lasch-Quinn notes that we have an “history emergency” in the universities. She then opens up somewhat on Hegel and Marx, two theoretical historians. Interesting term: "emergency room for history." Hedgehog Review (Fall 2022): “Notes and Comments:” goes to the proverbial statement by Pilate, “What is truth?” The editor comments on people who love lies, vanities, and more—if their brains were emptied of these notions, there would be a sense of poverty and melancholy.,