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Volume 34, Issue 1, 2025
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The Shape of the Kingdom of God in the Psalter
By S.D. EllisonSummaryThe king and the kingdom of God are implicit and pervasive subjects throughout Scripture and many studies of these themes rightly focus on the king. There is, however, more to be considered. This article seeks to examine the shape of the kingdom of God in the Psalter and does so by focussing primarily on place (Zion) and people (victory over enemies), although a consideration of power (the king) is not absent. The article concludes that the dominant profile of the kingdom in the Psalter not only aligns with its description elsewhere in Scripture but also forms a matrix from which the fuller New Testament expressions emerge. The Psalter therefore provides a key Old Testament context for understanding the kingdom of God in its canonical fulness, and how it is recognised as good news.
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Situative Hermeneutik und Bibelautorität im Spannungsfeld der Traditionen. Eine Analyse der Löwen-Konferenz von 1971
More LessZusammenfassungDie Löwen-Konferenz für Glauben und Kirchenverfassung von 1971, mit dem Titel Die Autorität der Bibel, untersuchte das Ausmaß der Übereinstimmung unter Christen verschiedener Traditionen in Bezug auf die biblische Autorität. Die Konferenz hob die anhaltenden historischen Spannungen zwischen den Kirchen hervor, die ihre Schriftauslegung beeinflussen. Das auf der Konferenz vorgestellte Konzept der situativen Hermeneutik wurde als Methode diskutiert, die später die Befreiungstheologien beeinflusste. Die Konferenz befasste sich mit den Herausforderungen, die Autorität der Bibel im zeitgenössischen Kontext aufrechtzuerhalten, angesichts der unterschiedlichen konfessionellen und interpretativen Ansätze. Trotz der Anerkennung der Unvermeidbarkeit interpretativer Vielfalt bot die Konferenz keinen klaren Weg zur Erreichung der Einheit unter Christen auf der Grundlage biblischer Autorität.
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Building Blocks for a Theology of Miracles from the Theology of Martin Chemnitz
More LessAbstractThis study aims to derive principles for a theology of miracles from the theology of Martin Chemnitz. Drawing from patristic dyothelite Christology, Chemnitz describes the relationship between Jesus’ two natures as an interaction between divine and human will. This leads to an analogous understanding of the relationship between Jesus’ two natures in the hypostatic union and the relationship between the risen Jesus and believers. Having considered the concept of miracles, the study argues that this analogy can be applied as a fundamental presupposition for a theology of miracles. The article further illustrates that Chemnitz’ thoughts about miracles build upon the Christological and anthropological assumptions of Athanasius, suggesting that Chemnitz’ views contribute foundational elements for a theology of miracles aligned with Nicene Christology.
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Pastor Lukaš Dziekuć-Maliej and Great Evangelical Awakening in Belarus
More LessSummaryThis article is devoted to the Belarusian Baptist pastor Lukaš Dziekuć-Maliej (1888–1955) and his work in the context of the Great Evangelical Awakening in Belarus. The first part of the article describes his origins, his conversion and the beginning of his ministry. The second part is devoted to Maliej’s life and work in Hrodna (1915/1916–1921), during which he was actively involved in the Belarusian national revival, the restoration of Belarusian statehood and the founding of Belarusian schools. Maliej’s enforced but very blessed period as a minister in Brest (1921–1939) is the subject of the third part of the article. This time in Belarusian history is called the era of the Great Evangelical Awakening and the Baptist Church in Brest, whose pastor Maliej was, became one of the largest in Eastern Europe. Maliej translated the New Testament and the Psalms and thanks to his efforts, the evangelical faith became part of the Belarusian identity.
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The Theological Importance of Differentiating Identities. National and Christian Identity in New Testament Light
More LessAbstractThe article argues for the theological importance of differentiating between identities. It presents the argument with a focus on the relationship between national and Christian identity. I begin by assessing why identity is such a controversial topic in today’s society. I then pay attention to how we should understand the complex concept of ‘identity’ before moving on to discuss national and Christian identity. While national identity is understood as a diffuse mixture of stability and plasticity, in the New Testament Christian identity is understood as distinctly stable and of an ontological nature. This view is demonstrated through a systematic reconstruction of the New Testament statements on identity, which concludes that the union with Christ in faith regenerates the believers and makes individuals part of the body of Christ, and that this is a fundamental change in identity. The dual aspects of regeneration and ecclesiology are identified as the centre of the New Testament understanding of identity. The article concludes by developing the concept of ‘differentiating identity’, seeking to describe the appropriate distinctions between different identities. Christian identity is here understood as so-called aspectival, while all other identities are understood as merely partitive.
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Challenges for Discipleship in the Context of the War of Attrition: The Ukrainian Case
More LessSummaryThis article highlights the challenges faced by evangelicals in Ukraine who have set out to be faithful disciples of Christ in the face of the country’s current war for survival. It opens with an analysis of the historical context that shaped Ukrainian evangelical Protestantism, including the influence of the radical Reformation, dispensationalist eschatology, the tradition and spirituality of the Orthodox Church, and life in the atheistic, hostile Soviet society. It discusses distinct features of the traditional Ukrainian evangelical theology of discipleship and its practice, such as the importance of conversion and separation from the world, Christianity as a way of life following Christ, radical pacifism, and the significance of evangelism. Next presented is an analysis of the existential, theological, ethical and social challenges that Ukrainian Christians are facing as they seek to incorporate social responsibility into the discipleship of the Kingdom of God since the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian aggression in 2014, and especially since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Attention is briefly paid to the responses of Russian evangelicals to the war, before the article concludes with an overview of the theology of discipleship in a war of attrition: humility, the solidarity of love, self-denial, prophetic imagination and courage.
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