We live in an age that hates boundaries. Modern philosophy, secular psychology, and even much of contemporary Christian spirituality are deeply committed to flattening the cosmos. We are told that the divine is a force we can tap into, that the universe is an extension of our own consciousness, or that God is essentially a… Continue reading The Infinite Gulf: The Creator-Creature Distinction and the Limits of Human Knowledge
Category: Prolegomena
The Divine Goal: Theology Leads to God (Ad Deum Ducit)
We live in an era characterized by a tragic divorce. In the modern church, we have allowed a devastating wall to be erected between the mind and the heart, between the study of doctrine and the pursuit of holiness. On one side of this wall stands a cold, detached academicism that treats the deep things… Continue reading The Divine Goal: Theology Leads to God (Ad Deum Ducit)
The Divine Subject: Theology Teaches God (Deum Docet)
We live in an age of staggering self-absorption. If you walk into any secular bookstore—or, truth be told, almost any Christian boutique—the shelves groan under the weight of books dedicated to the self. We are obsessed with our personalities, our trauma, our productivity, our potential, and our platform. Even within the church, the gravity of… Continue reading The Divine Subject: Theology Teaches God (Deum Docet)
The Divine School: Theology as Taught by God (Theologia a Deo Docetur)
In our quest for knowledge, we are an ambitious species. We build massive libraries, launch satellites into the deep expanse of space, and split atoms to peer into the very fabric of material reality. In the secular academy, we treat every subject as something to be mastered, dissected, and cataloged by the power of human… Continue reading The Divine School: Theology as Taught by God (Theologia a Deo Docetur)