Category: Miscellanies

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. Psalm 147:5, ESV As with the other communicable attributes of God (attributes that God, in some respect, shares with His creation), the gap between us and God is not merely one of quantity, but one of quality. Before we dive in, let’s… Continue reading Mighty in Power

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord , and turn away from evil. Proverbs 3:7 It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that God is wise. That means God has good judgement, He makes good choices. He knows best. When we are looking at a choice in life, we want to choose… Continue reading Most Wise

Over the last two parts of this three-part series, I covered two broad concepts. First, that God is invisible, and we cannot see Him. Second, the second commandment forbids the fashioning of any representation of God. We can’t see God, and we can’t create images of what we think God looks like. Now, one objection… Continue reading The Visible and Invisible Part III

It is certain that it forbids making any image of God (for to whom can we liken him? Isaiah 40:15,18), or the image of any creature for a religious use. It is called the changing of the truth of God into a lie (Romans 1:25), for an image is a teacher of lies it insinuates… Continue reading The Visible and Invisible Part II

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Colossians 1:15, ESV Let’s talk about the eye for a minute. It’s a pretty amazing product of our Lord’s endless ingenuity. Firstly, light goes out from a source (the Sun, lightbulb, the screen you’re reading this on) at an approximate speed of… Continue reading The Visible and Invisible, Part I

One of the questions I occasionally get asked is “Which translation of the Bible is the best?” Now, this question is one that doesn’t have an answer. Ideally, people would learn Greek and Hebrew, but that isn’t realistic for everyone. So we are forced to make a choice, to trust a particular translation committee and… Continue reading Assessing the CSB

One of the hot topics among Reformed theologians over the past couple of years has been the subject of Divine Simplicity. Simplicity, in its…well…simplest form posits that God is not composed of parts. That is to say, God’s love is not somehow distinct from His justice, mercy, aseity, omniscience, and so forth. One could not… Continue reading A Consequence of Denying Simplicity

God is not diffused throughout creation as though he is partly here and partly there, but rather he is completely here, and completely there at the same time and with no loss to himself. Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology, 60–61 It sounds simple enough to assent to the fact that God is everywhere, but what does… Continue reading Divine Omnipresence

That he is self-existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other: the greatest and best man in the world must say, By the grace of God I am what I am; but God says absolutely-and it is more than any creature, man or angel, can say-I am that I… Continue reading Forever and Ever, Amen

The amount is, that the light of the truth revealed in God’s word, is so distinct that the very first sight of it illuminates the mind. John Calvin Commentary on Psalm 119:130 Sometimes the Bible is confusing. Sometimes it’s very confusing. There are some passages of the Bible with very little consensus as to the… Continue reading The Perpiscuity of Scripture