Foster's Theological Reflections

This excerpt is taken from John Sanders' book, The God Who Risks : "After my conversion some Christians informed me that my broth...

"But if God only were worshipped, there would not be dissensions and wars, since men would know that they are the sons of one God; and,...

I once wrote the following to a colleague and friend: Undergrads often claim that evil must obtain in order for good to exist. However, I...

Greetings, What caused the Virgin to conceive and give birth to Jesus of Nazareth? How was a woman "not knowing any man" able to h...

I don't necessarily agree with Aquinas here, but I find his remarks noteworthy: Of the Relation of Human Reason to the first Truth of ...

I once posted this question to an electronic Greek forum with little response. If anyone has some input on this question, I'd love to he...

"Accordingly, therefore, prophesying concerning the temple, He said: 'See ye these buildings? Verily I say to you, There shall not ...

Paulo F. M. Goncalves is lecturer in religious studies at the University of Derby. His online essay is entitled "A Critique of Thomas V...

Greek text (Hebrews 1:1): πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις. The passage has been rendered: ...

While introducing Dostoevsky's classic work Brothers Karamazov, Charles Guignon reasons that "if God does not exist [as Ivan Karama...

It seems that Tertullian (after he became a Montanist) did not like the work known as the Shepherd of Hermas because of his stance on repent...

Dear blog readers, I would like to draw your attention to a scholarly work produced by Margaret Davies entitled Rhetoric and Reference i...

Hi everyone, Just a short quote from C.A. Wannamaker's article on Phil. 2:6ff. "In this passage Paul maintains that Christ's un...

See http://e-homoreligiosus.blogspot.com/2011/10/samuelsson-description-of-jesus.html Just click on the title of this blog post.

E-mail: edgar.foster@lr.edu Curriculum Vitae Education: Ph.D. University of Glasgow (2003-2008) in Theology and Religious Studies. Area of S...

One line of evidence for a reality that transcends human existence and grounds morality is the moral law itself. Relativists deny the existe...

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I think it could safely be said that Wycliffe played a major role in making the Bible available to the common person. He also raised a numbe...

I have found Neil R. Lightfoot's work about the Bible canon to be a helpful resource. (But for a more detailed account, see Bruce Metzge...

For, to judge by the words of the phrase, 'My son, beware of making many books,' two things appear to be indicated by it: first, tha...