In the linked article, I outline and explain forty passages on resurrection for use as Easter sermons. Yet, beyond serving pastors, I hope that even non-pastors can benefit from reading this article, as it—in so doing—provides something of a Biblical theology of resurrection.
In this episode of Logos Live, I sat down with Graham Cole to talk about the nature and importance of the incarnation, God the Son become human for us and our salvation.
If Jesus and the Father are one (John 10:30), then how can Jesus say, “The Father is greater than I” (John 14:28)? Does Jesus’ statement contradict the doctrine of the Trinity which affirms Jesus’ co-equality with the Father? Michael Horton joins me on What in the Word? to discuss John 14:28.
If Jesus is God, and God knows everything (omniscience), how come Jesus says he does not know the time of his own return? Brandon Crowe joins me on What in the Word? to discuss Mark 13:32 (and its parallel, Matthew 24:36).
Delegates from throughout the ecumenical (universal or “catholic”) church met in Chalcedon in 451 AD to address the emergence of certain heresies surrounding the person and nature of Christ. Some were teaching that Jesus merely took on the material aspects of a human body (Apollinarianism). Others so distinguished Jesus’ humanity and divinity that they conceived of each as involving a distinct person (Nestorianism). Finally, some so emphasized Christ’s unity that they spoke of his divinity blending with his humanity to form a new mixed nature (Eutychianism or Monophysitism). The Council of Chalcedon thus responded to these errors, producing a confession of orthodoxy known as The Chalcedonian Definition (or the Symbol of Chalcedon). It affirmed that the incarnate Christ is one person with both a human and divine nature.
But why does this statement matter, and are its distinctions all that important? What, if anything, can we learn from it today? Dr. Stephen Wellum joins Kirk in this episode to discuss the meaning and significance of this important historical document.