Historical Theology

Eastern church father John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) is best known for his eloquent sermons (more than 700 are extant), wherein he worked...

When we sang “In Christ Alone” recently in church, the copyright date grabbed my attention. The hymn came out in 2001, meaning...

The Incarnation of the Son of God is the centerpiece of our celebration during the Christmas season. The eternal Son of God...

I recently came across a few interesting thoughts about infant baptism. The first is an excellent rejoinder by Jeff Straub to arguments...

The death and Resurrection of Christ together represent the pivotal event of the Christian Scriptures. In these two paired incidents are contained...

Some time ago I took up the question of whether God intended ancient Israel to serve as a verbal witness proclaiming God’s...

In a recent sermon on Matthew 7:1-5, Dr. Doran mentioned that a portion of that passage is perhaps the most well-known in...

If you have not yet seen Dr. Mark Snoeberger’s recent article about the death of God in the death of Christ, I...

It is not unusual to find arguments, both from atheists and Christians, that Christmas was started as an attempt by Christians to...

Just six months before he died, John Wesley (1703–1791) wrote to a preacher named Robert Carr Brackenbury (1752–1818). In that letter Wesley...