Berith.org Updates #4 07/09/2002
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Three New Essays

. The Trinity and Contextualization
http://www.berith.org/essays/trin_contxt/

It has been often asserted that the doctrine of
the Trinity is an example of "contextualization."
This essay tries to show that this is an overly
simplistic and basically inaccurate representation.


. Worldviews and Culture: Interacting with
Charles Kraft, N. T. Wright, & Scripture
http://www.berith.org/essays/worldviews_culture/

Charles Kraft's views on culture and the Gospel
have been influential in Christian missions for
years, but a careful consideration of his views
suggests that they are relativistic, in part
because they are built upon fundamental
misconceptions of the relationship between culture
and worldview. N. T. Wright offers a more Biblical
perspective on the meaning of worldview and the
importance of narrative for Christian theology.
This essay suggests the addition of a covenantal
perspective on the subject.


. Adam, Noah, and the Kingdom: The Covenants
of Genesis and Consistent Eschatology
http://www.berith.org/essays/gen_cov/

Eschatology is not the teaching of a few passages
of Scripture, it is essential to the whole Biblical
message from the very beginning. That means
understanding the importance of the covenant with
Adam and its renewal in the covenant that God gave
to Noah is basic to eschatology. The covenant with
Noah, in particular, sheds light on the question
of which of the three predominant eschatological
schools is in line with the historical development
of the covenant.

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