The view of The Church over many centuries has been that the individual persons of the Trinity do not each have their own will, rather God has one will. This will is a property of his nature. This also leads to the conclusion that Jesus, having two natures, must have two wills, one human and… Continue reading Why do we want to talk about one will in God?
Tag: systematic theology
Simple
God is simple. That might be a surprising thing to say, shocking even. We tend to use the word pejoratively. In our world, simple is associated with inferiority and stupidity. In our world things move from simple to complex. So we had better sort out quickly what we mean by simple and complex in this… Continue reading Simple
God, Change and Debate – a recent controversy revisited.
Back in late 2017/early 2018, I wrote a couple of articles about theological debate. They were in response to a book recently published called “All that is in God” by James Dolezal where he took to task a number of notable theologians including John Frame, Don Carson and Wayne Grudem. I have managed to dig… Continue reading God, Change and Debate – a recent controversy revisited.
The Goldilocks Zone
Let me take you back to early 2017. I had just finished reading “Your Will be done” by my old college principal Mike Ovey. I mentioned to my wife that I should drop him an email to say I’d enjoyed reading it and that he should write more books. I never got to send that… Continue reading The Goldilocks Zone
Isolation and Communion (Part 4)
The Truth and Lies issues (Systematic Theology) We have seen that making wise, godly decisions depends on knowing the truth about God, Creation, Humanity and New Creation. This means rejecting lies about all four areas of doctrine. In this post we will look at some of the doctrinal (Systematic Theology) issues at stake in our… Continue reading Isolation and Communion (Part 4)
