A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (9)
Systematic theology is all over the ancient creeds and confessions of the early Christian church and here, with the Athanasian creed, as it discusses the unity of the person of Jesus, it’s as dense as it gets.
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (8)
How does something like the incarnation happen?
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (7)
At this point in working through the Athanasian Creed, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to start thinking of Jesus as two different people or beings.
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (6)
What are we to make of those places in the New Testament when it’s clear that Jesus is on the same level as the Father and then, in other places, is not as great as the Father? Is it fair to just toss up our hands and pronounce the charge of inconsistency within the text?
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (5)
Is it really possible that Jesus was made to be—through his incarnation—just as we are?
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (4)
Depending on your Christian perspective and background, it’s sometimes easier to think of Jesus being God than it is to think of him being an actual person.
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (3)
In the Athanasian Creed, the writers were doing their best to describe the Jesus found in the New Testament with as much clarity as possible. They did this by means of introducing a description that we may have never used when thinking or talking about Jesus.
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (2)
When it comes down to it, is Christianity simply an incoherent set of belief systems?
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Theology of Christmas (1)
It’s often said that we need to put Christ back in Christmas. And that’s said as a way to lament the fact this Christian celebration has largely been lost to the world. This is probably true, but the question is: What should we do about it?