“Faith is a tree known by its fruits”: The Gisle Johnson Project
In my last post, I introduced Gisle Johnson as a forgotten figure who had done theology “the Norwegian Way.” A significant theologian in the ecclesiastical life in Norway, Gisle had inspired a profound experiential faith in his fellow countrymen that was a unique blend of piety and proposition, viewing Christian faith as a living entity […]
Theology the Norwegian Way: The Curious Case of Gisle Johnson
Growing up in my family there was always a running joke stemming from our Norwegian heritage: If you were to do something, you could either do it the easy way, the hard way, or the Norwegian way. When inevitably the question was asked, “What is the Norwegian way?” the answer was given, “Well, it’s neither […]
John Webster and the Holiness of Preaching
My series of posts on John Webster has attempted to cast him as a theologian devoted to an all-encompassing view of God’s holiness—His complete and utter otherness, and His sufficiency in Himself. It was Webster’s task to retrieve theology from the grasp of a mere spiritualized sociology or a glorified anthropology, and to simply ‘let […]
John Webster and the Holy Habits of Theology
In my last post I analyzed John Webster as the theologian of holiness, where I considered Webster’s commitment to faithfully articulating the distinction between Creator and creation as it relates to God’s nature as God. Webster’s life could be summed up as a life-long commitment to this concept, what he himself described as “theological theology,” […]
Theologian of Holiness: Introducing John Webster
After John Webster’s untimely passing in 2016, several responses were made considering the nature of his theological corpus. Webster left several volumes of works that range from compilations of journal article to smaller monographs, including his popular God Without Measure and Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch, and many acquaintances and burgeoning scholars have noted the […]