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Tri-Unity & Christian Unity

Showing how the Scriptures charge the church to reflect the very unity of the Trinity. And the series is itself a section on a series on “The Person and Work of the Spirit.”

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Trinitarian Spirit: All the Works of God

This blog on “Trinitarian Spirit” shows how the members of the Godhead work as one in all their works for and in creation. And the series is itself a section on a series on “The Person and Work of the Spirit.”

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Trinitarian Spirit: One Being—One in Word & Work

A blog post on the Trinitarian Spirit, showing that the Scriptures say God is One, and we see that the members of the Godhead are one in their word and works. And the series is itself a section on a series on “The Person and Work of the Spirit.”

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Trinitarian Spirit: One Being—One in Nature

The first off nine posts on the Trinity, and the first of several showing how the Scriptures teach that God is One. In this case, “One in Nature.” And the series is itself a section on a series on “The Person and Work of the Spirit.”

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The Person & Work of the Holy Spirit

This is the opening blog of a series on the Person and Work of the Spirit. It’s the overflow of an eight-week class I’m teaching on Sunday mornings April–May, 2019.

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Joy in the Holy Ghost

I have just started an eight-week series on the Holy Spirit’s person and work. Tomorrow’s lesson is on the works of the flesh versus the…

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Chiliasm (Part 9): Aftermath of Early Chiliasm

Sibylline Oracles Hellenistic Judaism’s Usage The Sibylline Oracles had a long lineage going back even to the Greek oracles of Delphi. Hellenistic Judaism had adapted…

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Chiliasm (Part 8): Christian Opposition

The third century saw the first concerted moves to discredit chiliasm. Origin, with his Greek imagination, was more taken with the prospects of progress in…

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Chiliasm (Part 7): Tertullian, Lactantius, and Others

Tertullian Tertullian, who followed the Montanists, after establishing the reality of Christ’s heavenly kingdom, went on to caution that this does not exclude the earthly…

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Chiliasm (Part 6): Irenaeus and Hippolytus

Irenaeus Heresy Fighter As Bishop of Lyon and a distinguished theologian, Irenaeus probably did more than anyone else to establish chiliasm in the west. He…

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