Valiant for Truth - Church

The highly respected Catholic theologian Avery Dulles offers a very lucid book on ecclesiology in his 2002 expanded edition, Models of the Church. Scholars, students, and lay theologians alike are greatly indebted to Dulles for offering such an insightful and succinct book covering a vast array of issues regarding ecclesiastical typology.

The notes of the true Kirk, therefore, we believe, confess, and avow to be: first, the true preaching of the Word of God, in which God has revealed Himself to us, as the writings of the prophets and apostles declare

When Herman Witsius’ assumed the theological chair at the University of Franeker, he delivered an Inaugural Oration entitled, “The Character of the Genuine Theologian.”[ i ] Among the advice he gave to aspiring divinity students Witsius centered upon the study of the Scriptures as foundational to the development of character in a theologian.

In the 1960s and '70s there was considerable debate concerning the doctrine of the church in the United Kingdom. It was an agonizing and perplexing time, and recent events have reminded me of it.

We just posted our video preview of our upcoming faculty conference, Christianity and Liberalism Revisted, January 14th and 15th, 2011.