Theological Journals, Part 5: 12/8/2022

Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” deals with Cain, Abel, and the generations for Genesis 4-6.

For Psalm 31, Prof. Calvin comments on prayer.

Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Israel:” deals with an overview of the Solomonic period and distinctives.

For Genesis 31: Prof. Keil comments Jacob’s plan to head home to his father.

For Judges 19, Prof. Keil comments on the impending inter-tribal warfare, something occurring just after Joshua’s passing and early in the period of the Judges.

For Isaiah 14.4-23, Prof. Henry deals with Assyria’s and Philistia’s downfall.

ISBE on Johannine Letters, Prof. I. Howard Marshall comments on fake professors, claiming to be believers but being loveless.

For Mathew 12.29, Prof. Jamieson comments on Jesus’s statement that there are no idle words that will not be addressed in the Great Assize.

For Romans 8.28, Prof. Hodge gives the doctrines outlined in the eighth chapter up to verse 28.

For Acts 2.37-42, Prof. Henry notes how Peter addressed the audience as men and brethren. They reciprocated to the Apostles as brethren.

Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” discusses Socrates’s theory of knowledge—it’s not sensorial.

EDT: “Laying on of Hands:” the ecclesiastical instances are noted in the OT and NT.

For Theology Proper (locus 2): Prof. Hodge comments on atomic issues, the vegetable kingdom, the animal kingdom and human kingdom.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond provides an exegetical foray from the Hebrew into Genesis 3—highlighting the Devil’s subtlety.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Berkhof comments on divine sovereignty and God’s will, the decretive and prescriptive will, Other distinctions are discussed, but are rebuffed due to other liabilities.

ODCC: “accommodations:” uses or applications of a text in a way differing from an originating author.  One use of accommodation is that God adapts His communications to our finite minds. Illiberals of the Aufklarung turned this upon classic doctrines, e.g. the atonement was dessicated and dehydrated as a specimen of accommodation.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff comments discusses the several years in the leadup to Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem (66-70 AD).

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff is long-talking about Greek hymnists, some iconoclasts and some iconolaters.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff comments on the discipline in Geneva.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch comments on Henry’s show trial of John Lambert. Dr. Cranmer in 1555 notes that he held to the Romanists’ view in 1538, not the Luthero-Romanist view.

Philip Schaff’s “Creeds of Christendom, Vol.1:” Prof. Schaff continues discussed the full picture of Zwingli’s clear-headed theology, including Lutheran’s dilution of Luther’s Augustinianism, and the Reformed doctrine of election controlling the sacraments.

1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs # 860 discusses the holy catholic church.

National Catholic Register (6 Nov 2022): “Who Will Lead the US Bishops’ Conference:” 10 names are posed for the election. ABC Burbidge of Alexandria, VA has countered Demonrats in Congress supporting baby-killing.

National Catholic Register (20 Nov 2022): “FDA Warns Against At-Home Abortions:” discusses mifepristone,  an abortifacient, and its medical issues. It accounts for about 50% of abortions nationwide.

National Catholic Register (6 Dec 2022): “North Dakota ‘Servant of God’ Continues to Inspire with her Holy Life:” the ND diocese has begun the process of canonization of Michelle DuPoong who, dying at 31, inspired others.

Anglican Journal (Oct 2022): “Education Directory:” College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon, SK describes an Anglican, Lutheran and United Church institution with undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Anglican Journal (Nov 2022): “Poppy Projects:” this dull article talks about crocheting poppies. More importantly than crocheting, it commemorates those lost in WW1, Poppies, and Flanders Field.

Anglican Theological Review (May 2022): : in “Reforming Tradition: Anglican Spirited Continuity,” Dr. Ross Kane has about 100 configurations of the wax nose called “Anglican traditions.” He sorta misses the confessional and BCP-aspect by miles.

Anglican Theological Review (Aug 2022): “`Love is our Lord’s Meaning:’ Spiritual Formation in Julian of Norwich and Desmond Tutu,” Frank England is still putting one to sleep by wandering around like Grampa in the nursing home. He needs better organization and succinctness.

Anglican and Episcopal History (Aug 2022): in in “Huguenot Anglican in Seventeenth Century Virginia,” Rev. Lonnie Lee explores how King James II was trying to shut down and negatively impact the French congregations in London, but also Virginia. Bishop Compton writes to the ABC and disobeys J2’s game.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Mar 2022): in “Societally Derived or Studiously Prosecuted? God, Revelation, Education and David Payne:” Dr. Christopher Sarver has ably sustained his thesis: Bishop Payne was a Bible-man and that shaped his educational and social works.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Jun 2022): in “Evangelicals, Justice and the Civil War,” Dr. Obbie Tyler Todd comments on some ministers viewing the corporate evil of slavery in America as bringing judgment on individuals, a view we might add shared by Lincoln and Robert Lee. Atonement was required.

Trinity Journal (TEDS, Spring 2022): in “The De-Creation of Genesis 1 in the Trumpets of Revelation 8-9,” Dr. Craig Robinson continues the de-creation motif in connection with the Flood, Sodom and the trumpets.

Table Talk (September 2022): “Exodus 25:” describes the table for the showbread, 12 loaves to be replaced weekly, indicative of the manna in the desert but also that man doesn’t live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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.,

Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” deals with Cain, Abel, and the generations for Genesis 4-6.

For Psalm 31, Prof. Calvin comments on prayer.

Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Israel:” deals with an overview of the Solomonic period and distinctives.

For Genesis 31: Prof. Keil comments Jacob’s plan to head home to his father.

For Judges 19, Prof. Keil comments on the impending inter-tribal warfare, something occurring just after Joshua’s passing and early in the period of the Judges.

For Isaiah 14.4-23, Prof. Henry deals with Assyria’s and Philistia’s downfall.

ISBE on Johannine Letters, Prof. I. Howard Marshall comments on fake professors, claiming to be believers but being loveless.

For Mathew 12.29, Prof. Jamieson comments on Jesus’s statement that there are no idle words that will not be addressed in the Great Assize.

For Romans 8.28, Prof. Hodge gives the doctrines outlined in the eighth chapter up to verse 28.

For Acts 2.37-42, Prof. Henry notes how Peter addressed the audience as men and brethren. They reciprocated to the Apostles as brethren.

Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” discusses Socrates’s theory of knowledge—it’s not sensorial.

EDT: “Laying on of Hands:” the ecclesiastical instances are noted in the OT and NT.

For Theology Proper (locus 2): Prof. Hodge comments on atomic issues, the vegetable kingdom, the animal kingdom and human kingdom.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond provides an exegetical foray from the Hebrew into Genesis 3—highlighting the Devil’s subtlety.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Berkhof comments on divine sovereignty and God’s will, the decretive and prescriptive will, Other distinctions are discussed, but are rebuffed due to other liabilities.

ODCC: “accommodations:” uses or applications of a text in a way differing from an originating author.  One use of accommodation is that God adapts His communications to our finite minds. Illiberals of the Aufklarung turned this upon classic doctrines, e.g. the atonement was dessicated and dehydrated as a specimen of accommodation.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff comments discusses the several years in the leadup to Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem (66-70 AD).

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff is long-talking about Greek hymnists, some iconoclasts and some iconolaters.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff comments on the discipline in Geneva.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch comments on Henry’s show trial of John Lambert. Dr. Cranmer in 1555 notes that he held to the Romanists’ view in 1538, not the Luthero-Romanist view.

Philip Schaff’s “Creeds of Christendom, Vol.1:” Prof. Schaff continues discussed the full picture of Zwingli’s clear-headed theology, including Lutheran’s dilution of Luther’s Augustinianism, and the Reformed doctrine of election controlling the sacraments.

1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs # 860 discusses the holy catholic church.

National Catholic Register (6 Nov 2022): “Who Will Lead the US Bishops’ Conference:” 10 names are posed for the election. ABC Burbidge of Alexandria, VA has countered Demonrats in Congress supporting baby-killing.

National Catholic Register (20 Nov 2022): “FDA Warns Against At-Home Abortions:” discusses mifepristone,  an abortifacient, and its medical issues. It accounts for about 50% of abortions nationwide.

National Catholic Register (6 Dec 2022): “North Dakota ‘Servant of God’ Continues to Inspire with her Holy Life:” the ND diocese has begun the process of canonization of Michelle DuPoong who, dying at 31, inspired others.

Anglican Journal (Oct 2022): “Education Directory:” College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon, SK describes an Anglican, Lutheran and United Church institution with undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Anglican Journal (Nov 2022): “Poppy Projects:” this dull article talks about crocheting poppies. More importantly than crocheting, it commemorates those lost in WW1, Poppies, and Flanders Field.

Anglican Theological Review (May 2022): : in “Reforming Tradition: Anglican Spirited Continuity,” Dr. Ross Kane has about 100 configurations of the wax nose called “Anglican traditions.” He sorta misses the confessional and BCP-aspect by miles.

Anglican Theological Review (Aug 2022): “`Love is our Lord’s Meaning:’ Spiritual Formation in Julian of Norwich and Desmond Tutu,” Frank England is still putting one to sleep by wandering around like Grampa in the nursing home. He needs better organization and succinctness.

Anglican and Episcopal History (Aug 2022): in in “Huguenot Anglican in Seventeenth Century Virginia,” Rev. Lonnie Lee explores how King James II was trying to shut down and negatively impact the French congregations in London, but also Virginia. Bishop Compton writes to the ABC and disobeys J2’s game.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Mar 2022): in “Societally Derived or Studiously Prosecuted? God, Revelation, Education and David Payne:” Dr. Christopher Sarver has ably sustained his thesis: Bishop Payne was a Bible-man and that shaped his educational and social works.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Jun 2022): in “Evangelicals, Justice and the Civil War,” Dr. Obbie Tyler Todd comments on some ministers viewing the corporate evil of slavery in America as bringing judgment on individuals, a view we might add shared by Lincoln and Robert Lee. Atonement was required.

Trinity Journal (TEDS, Spring 2022): in “The De-Creation of Genesis 1 in the Trumpets of Revelation 8-9,” Dr. Craig Robinson continues the de-creation motif in connection with the Flood, Sodom and the trumpets.

Table Talk (September 2022): “Exodus 25:” describes the table for the showbread, 12 loaves to be replaced weekly, indicative of the manna in the desert but also that man doesn’t live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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 “Is Christianity Oppressive?,” Rev. Rothwell notes that history has bad periods, but that is the failure of Christians at times whereas true Christianity is liberation—as we’d say, so beautifully described in our beloved, rational, Biblical, careful and historic Westminster Confession of Faith, the finest Confession in the English-speaking tongue.

Table Talk (Dec 2022): “Last Things:” Dr. Keith Mathison concludes his article that eschatology is a whole-Bible concept, front to back and back to the front.

Table Talk (Jan 2023): “Uncompromised Peace:” Dr. Burk Parson offers a few platitudes and, hopefully, the rest will give more definitions as this unfolds.

Standard Bearer (Nov 15, 2022): in “With One Voice: The Reformers on Justification,” Prof. Huizinga will use Heinrich Bullinger’s “Decades” and Chap. 15 of the Second Helvetic Confession as the template for discussion.  

Standard Bearer (1 Dec 2022): in “The Sin of Forgiveness,” Prof. Gritters argues that forgiving an impenitent sinner is wrong and does not accord with God’s practice.

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): “Does the Augsburg Confession Teach Anything Outside of Scripture,” a translation by Dr. Rester is offered of Friedrich Baldwin’s work—in which Baldwin answers “No” to a Jesuitical antagonist.

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.

Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021): in “The Ark of the Covenant: A Sermon on Exodus 25.8-22,” Rev. Brian Alred talks about the gold-plated “box,” the covenant Ark of the Divine Presence whence God would “speak” to Moses.

Global Anglican (Summer 2022): in the “Jewish Audience of 1 Peter,” the Rev. Dr. Matthew Jensen argues that Peter’s audience was essentially of Gentiles, contrary to a long history of commentators.

Hedgehog Review (Summer 2022): in “Pastlessness,” Dr. Lasch-Quinn makes some stunning statements about humans, as individuals and otherwise, as “history bearers.” Common sensical, but a new angle for the appreciation of history.

Hedgehog Review (Fall 2022): “Notes and Comments:” goes to the proverbial statement by Pilate, “What is truth?”

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1: “Chapter 5: Holy Scripture and Modern Negations” by Prof. James Orr of United Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland: Prof Orr

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 2:” in “Chapter 2: Inspiration,” Rev. L. W. Munhall

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 3: “Chapter 2: Paul’s Testimony to the Doctrine of Sin,” Professor Charles B. Williams (Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth, TX): the Professor

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 4:” “Chapter 3: The Wisdom of the World,” Dr. A. W. Pitzer

“Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21^st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses

Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Penal Substitution in Romans 3:25-26?,” Jarvis J. Williams

Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in Presuppositionalism in the Dock: A Review Article James Anderson Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlott

Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): BOOK REVIEW: Watchman on the Walls: The Life and Influence of Simon van Velzen, by Joshua Engelsma. Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2021. Pp. 229. $26.50 (hardcover). ISBN-13: 978-1944555733. [Reviewed by Robert P. Swierenga]

Themelios (Dec 2021): ): in “The Placement of Paul’s Composition of 1 Corinthians in Troas,” Daryn Graham

Themelios (2022): in “Dr Strange in the Multiperspectival Paradox,” Dr. Daniel Strange

Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (5.2: 2020): in “Catholicity from an Anglican Perspective,” Prof. Eugene R. Schlesinger tells us, willy nilly, out of the gate, that the ACNA and TEC are “political divisions.” At least one can laugh some and, according to Gramma, should laugh.

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (1837): the Editor

Southwestern Theological Journal (Fall 2021): BOOK REVIEW: The Trinity: An Introduction. By Scott R. Swain. Wheaton: Crossway, 2020, 155pp., $15.99.

The Biblical Repertory/Princeton Review (January 1837). The Editors review “Melancthon’s Letters:”

William Whittaker’s “Disputation on Holy Scripture:” Dr. Whittaker continues his reconnaissance tour through the Psalms in the Vulgate, Hebrew and Septuagint, picking away at Bellarmine’s efforts to defend dubious translations. Dr. Whittaker is working the original languages like a Bible specialist, like Professors Hodge, Green, Shedd, Wilson, Allis, Machen, Murray and others in that revered, scholarly lineage.

John Jewel’s “Apology for the Church of England:” the Preface to this volume cites medieval authors with a pluck towards Rome—Bernard, Dante, Petrarch, Marsilius, Savanarola, and several others. Even Pope Adrian was cited who called for “root and branch” reforms of the corrupted Papacy.

“Ante-Nicene Fathers down to 325 AD: the First Epistle of Clement is a lengthy production. Several times he refers to election. He notes that the partisanship of Paul’s time (1 Corinthians 1), bad as that was, at least was predicated on the Apostles. These few upstarts can’t even claim that.