[A term paper I wrote for my course Philosophy for Theology at Davenant Hall. This version does not include citations: for those get the PDF here.] Introduction Not everyone likes philosophy,1 and often this stems from the widespread impression that it is of no practical use. Philosophy, many believe, is simply recrea… Read more…

"I, the Lord, do not change." So God declares in Malachi 3:6. We find similar statements throughout Scripture, and some of the most constant refrains in Scripture are that God remains faithful to His Word, that He keeps His promises, that His character neither falters nor shifts. Most of the time, there is a … Read more…

Often one of the first things we learn about God as children is that He is everywhere. In children's catechisms, we have question and answer pairs like, "Where is God? God is everywhere." But what exactly does this mean? If you tell a child God is everywhere, you are not particularly likely to get a look of u… Read more…

God is infinite. Now, we should point out from the start that, in one sense, infinity is not a divine attribute per se. As we said about divine simplicity, it does not necessarily tells us in and of itself any specific content about what God is. Rather, it cuts off one possible category for understanding God as unaccep… Read more…

"God is perfect." We talk about God being perfect all the time, but how often do we stop to think about what this means? In fact, for as much as we say that God is perfect, I would dare to guess that we hardly ever even come close to thinking all the way through God's perfection. It is more than we could ever… Read more…

[This is the first in a series of divine attribute summaries I wrote for my systematics class last term.] Before we can really talk about who God is and what God is like, it is critical that we understand some basic facts about how we talk about God. God is very much not like us. We were created; He created us. We are … Read more…

A slightly late post from near the end of one of my classes At long last, we arrive at the locus classicus for natural law in Scripture, Romans 1-2. The first inklings of a connection to natural law starts with Paul's use of natural revelation in 1:18-23. Verse 20 in particular affirms that various truths about God are… Read more…

Q: Why did God make you and all things? A: For His own glory. This question and answer pair comes from the children's catechism that my church and my family are using. It is a venerable answer, deriving from the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, which reads: Q: What is the chief end of man? A: Man's … Read more…