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View article: Microplastic particles observed in multiple tissues of lake ontario sportfish
Microplastic particles observed in multiple tissues of lake ontario sportfish Open
Microplastics are a pervasive environmental contaminant, cycling through planetary cycles and food webs – leading to concerns regarding exposure and risk in humans. Here, we explore exposure and potential risks to humans by quantifying and…
View article: Strands in Packer’s Theological Influence: One Appreciation
Strands in Packer’s Theological Influence: One Appreciation Open
This essay explores J. I. Packer’s theological influence through a con- sideration of his many writings. It classifies his input into six strands: Luther, Calvin, and the Puritans; Scripture; Anglicanism; universalism, revivals, and the Ho…
View article: Divine Causation and Analogy
Divine Causation and Analogy Open
Quentin Smith’s idea is that God being the originating cause of the universe is logically inconsistent with all extant definitions of causation, and thus logically impossible. Thus, for example the God of the Philosophers couldn’t have cre…
View article: Guest Editorial: Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, 1851–1921
Guest Editorial: Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, 1851–1921 Open
This Year 2021 Marks The Centenary Of The Death Of The Theologian Benjamin B.Warfield. He Was A Son Of The Southern Presbyterian Church. John Meeter Summarizes Warfield’s Life As Follows: Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield Was Born Into A Godl…
View article: Edwards: Ethics for Both the Vulgar and the Learned
Edwards: Ethics for Both the Vulgar and the Learned Open
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) In Effect Lived Two Lives: One As The Pastor Of Churches In New England, Teaching His People The Faith And Including In That The Ethical Side Or Outworking Of The Faith, The Other As A Theorist Of God’s Relatio…
View article: Vermigli, Calvin, and Aristotle’s Ethics
Vermigli, Calvin, and Aristotle’s Ethics Open
Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Calvin differed in significant ways in their attitudes toward Greek philosophy, notably toward Aristotle, who was chiefly of interest for his remarks on the structure of human nature and ethics. Peter Martyr …
View article: R.T. Mullins. <i>The End of the Timeless God</i>
R.T. Mullins. <i>The End of the Timeless God</i> Open
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View article: How Are We to Think of God's Freedom?
How Are We to Think of God's Freedom? Open
The paper discusses two conceptions of divine freedom. The first, Hugh McCann’s, proposes that God is a timelessly eternal act, whose agency is not deliberative and who, in that act, creates himself and the contents of his will. God is suc…