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Review: Powers of Darkness (Clinton Arnold)

Posted on October 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Arnold, Clinton. Powers of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul’s Letters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsityPress, 1992. In many ways this is a shortened version of his dissertation. But it can also function as a supernaturalist, evangelical response to the then (and … Continue reading →

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Notes on Leithart’s Delivered from the Elements

Posted on March 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I clean this up in a book review later.  This review is neither an endorsement nor a critique of Leithart.  It’s simply looking at scholarship in NT studies.  Full stop. Main idea: the fundamental physics of every society consists of … Continue reading →

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Hellenism as Dialectic

Posted on March 11, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Earlier models of theology did theology “by century,” or a list of pithy sayings on a topic.  I doubt I will get to a hundred, but it is a good guideline.  When I attack Hellenism, in this context I mean … Continue reading →

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A justification musing

Posted on June 14, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

We often say that if you aren’t being accused of antinomianism, then you aren’t preaching justification rightly.  True, but something else struck me:  in Galatians Paul links his doctrine of justification as opposed to the physics of the old creation … Continue reading →

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