For the past several weeks, we have been engaged in the delicate work of “plundering the Egyptians.” We have walked through the Stoic camp, identifying valuable tools—virtue, duty, the dichotomy of control, and the concept of things indifferent—and we have shown how, when rinsed in the waters of baptism, they can serve the Christian life.… Continue reading The Impersonal Logos vs. The Personal Trinity
Category: Theology Proper
The High Cost of Historical Revisionism
The summer of 2016 was a strange season for the evangelical internet. For a few heated months, the blogosphere—usually preoccupied with cultural hot takes or political infighting—became an impromptu lecture hall for Patristic theology. The debate concerned the Trinity, specifically the doctrine of Eternal Functional Subordination (EFS), later rebranded as Eternal Relations of Authority and Submission (ERAS). At stake was a… Continue reading The High Cost of Historical Revisionism