Christology

“He Descended to the Dead”: The Burial of Christ and the Eschatological Character of the Atonement

Introduction Expositions of Christ’s atoning work tend to emphasize the crucifixion and resurrection, and rightly so. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are of paramount importance in what Jesus accomplished, as the Nicene Creed puts it, “for us and for our salvation.” And yet there is more to the atonement than the cross and the empty…

Resurrection and Priesthood: Christological Soundings from the Book of Hebrews

In orthodox Christology, the priesthood of Christ has been a regular feature of Jesus’ messianic portrait. In Reformed circles, the munus triplex goes back to before Calvin.

George Whitefield’s Doctrine of Christ

George Whitefield’s Doctrine of Christ Introduction George Whitefield (1714-1770) is generally known as a renowned preacher and one of the leading revivalists in eighteenth-century En­gland. ((On Whitefield’s life see Stuart C. Henry, George Whitefield: Wayfaring Witness (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1957).)) However, it is a mistake to evaluate him solely on the basis of these two…

Proclaiming Christ as Lord: Colossians 1:15–20

What Would Augustine Say to Evangelicals Who Reject the Eternal Generation of the Son?

Christological Reflections in Light of Scripture’s Covenants

Jesus Christ’s Temptation

Who Is This Jesus? An Examination of the Christology of the Latter-day Saints