Hudson Taylor tells the story of the agonizing leaving of his mother at the dock on his first missionary trip to China. Composed till the last moment, she at the last let out a shriek of agony embodying the motherly loss she felt at the sacrifice of her son for the...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 14) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Christological Use of the Personification of Wisdom in Proverbs 8
It is well-known that the personification of wisdom in Proverbs 8:22-31 played a significant role in the development of the early church’s Christology. In fact, this use of Proverbs 8:22 became problematic because of the mistranslation the Hebrew verb in that...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 13) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Normal Order of the Mention of the Persons of the Trinity
In my last blog post I had occasion to mention the great Trinitarian benediction of 2 Corinthians 13:14: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” No less a Reformed stalwart than B....
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 12) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: Election the Work of the Father
Another telling rebuttal of the notion that the peculiar roles of the Trinity in redemption are not eternal is that the New Testament makes clear that redemption itself arises from the electing love of the Father. Notice three passages as specimens of this teaching....
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 11) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Eternal Fatherhood of the Father
Those who oppose the Eternal Sonship of Christ have invented some very clever evasions of the biblical evidence. They have argued that the use of the term, Son, is proleptic and merely anticipates the sonship which he would take up in His incarnation. Others...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 10) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Son Subordinate to the Father in the Work of Creation
Those who oppose the doctrine of eternal generation also oppose the idea that the persons of the Trinity have in eternity distinct personal characteristics and roles. They teach, therefore, that the economy of redemption is arbitrary and reveals nothing about the...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 9) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Reality of the Eternal Wordship of Christ
The opponents of eternal sonship may convince themselves that they have refuted it by offering several plausible reasons why Christ is called the Son of God before His incarnation which do not require that He is eternally generated by the Father. The problem with...
Why I’m Still a Baptist
Dr. Bob Gonzales, Academic Dean and a professor at Reformed Baptist Seminary as well as an Adjunct Professor of Old Testament Studies here at MCTS has posted an article defending Believer Baptism (Credobaptism) against Infant Baptism (Paedobaptism) on his new...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 8) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Fact of Eternal Sonship
Another important evidence of eternal generation is the eternal sonship of Christ. The Scriptures clearly teach that the Christ was the Son of God before He came into the world and when He came into the world (John 3:16, 3:17; 10:36; Romans 1:3, 4; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; 1...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 7) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Meaning of “Monogeneis”
The most obvious evidence for the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son is the biblical assertions that (1) the Son is begotten of the Father and (2) He is the only begotten Son of God. In the modern era difficulties have been raised with both these apparent...
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