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The Father as Father of the Son

Following the Apostles’ Creed, the answer to Q. 25 of An Orthodox Catechism begins, “I believe in the everlasting Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…”

An Exposition of Hebrews 12:7-11

If a person endures or perseveres under the chastening of the Lord, they are dealt with as sons. “[Because],” our text says, “what son is there whom a father does not chasten?”

An Exposition of Hebrews 11:17-19

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him inContinueContinue reading “An Exposition of Hebrews 11:17-19”

The Purpose of God’s Revelation

If we do not understand the purpose of revelation, we will never understand revelation itself. Much less will we understand the names of God. Firstly and foremostly, God’s revelation is creaturely in the sense that God’s revelation is not God Himself or God in Himself—it is revelation about God. It is not infinite, it isContinueContinue reading “The Purpose of God’s Revelation”

The Incomprehensible God

Ἄγνωστος θεός—the unknown God. This is what the Athenians called Him (Acts 17:23). And, in a way, they were not wrong for doing so, in the following sense: When I name, or nominate something, as Adam did with all the animals soon after creation (Gen. 2:19), I assign some attribute or property to that personContinueContinue reading “The Incomprehensible God”