the Logos and the Cross
Theology & Christian Philosophy
towards a universal evangelic theology
and independent reformed churches
The Church: The Spiritual Body of Christ
The Christian Church is sometimes conceived as one or more religious institutions, created in apostolic times or in times of spiritual renewal such as the Protestant Reformation. However, the biblical conception of the Church is spiritual, organic and mysterious: the...
God’s election and man’s faith
Scripture proclaims the omniscience and omnipotence of God, who therefore knows in advance who will believe in Jesus Christ to receive the salvation acquired by his death on the Cross. But do the 'saints' believe because God has chosen them, or has God chosen them...
The One and the Many: a theistic approach to the problem of Being
If we consider the problem of Being as the question of whether it is fundamentally One or Many, then Plato's dialogue Parmenides seems to answer with the undecidable. According to the theologian Cornelius Van Til, this conclusion is reached if no distinction is made...
Scripture and Tradition: the cultural dimension of spirituality
Conservative or orthodox forms of Protestantism draw a radical distinction between biblical Scripture and Christian Tradition, while its progressive or liberal forms go so far as to blur any difference between them, perhaps in the shadow of Roman Catholicism. These...
The Incarnation of the Son of God in Ancient Trinitarian Theology
Where does the idea that Jesus is the "incarnation of God" come from? A look at some elements of ancient theology Introduction When you attend a church, whatever its denomination, you don't often wonder about the origin of the statements it professes and in which you...
What is faith? Believing in God’s revelation
Christian faith is simply the act of believing in Jesus Christ. Of course, we must specify what we mean by believe, what we mean by Jesus Christ, and how it is about believing. But it is not necessary, in order to understand what faith is and to believe de facto, to...
The true Christian faith: believing with your whole being
There are many ways of believing in God, many ways of believing in Jesus Christ. Now, Christ's gift to mankind, on condition of faith, is eternal life. What is this about, and how can we believe in God and in Jesus Christ to obtain this promise? 1 Eternal life through...
Christian salvation: a dynamic hope in faith
Introduction We sometimes hear Christians discussing the question: can you lose your salvation? Some say yes, others say no, sometimes they are talking about different things, and since the question of salvation is inseparable from that of man's eternal destiny, it is...
The new birth according to Scripture
To be born again means to begin a new spiritual life, which consists of knowing God by faith and leading one's life under the guidance of the Spirit. 1 The biblical text: Jesus meets Nicodemus The expression "to be born again" exists in only one biblical text, which...
Huldrych Zwingli and Protestant universalism
The Zwinglian conception of Christian salvation is linked to a form of humanist universalism of the Spirit that contrasts with the usual conceptions of the Reformation, but which echoes a certain reading of the epistle to the Romans. Here are a few points of reference...
Substitutive atonement or the death of God
Scripture presents man's death as inseparable from his alienation from God. Both a central and archetypal element of the human condition and a just reward for individual sins, it has a physical and spiritual dimension, and refers beyond the present existence to a...
One only God in three persons
The doctrine of the trinity or tri-unity is emblematic of Christian theology, and is one of the elements of the tradition largely taken over from the Protestant Reformation. Here we present biblical, conceptual and historical elements that enable us to reconstruct a...
Justice and justification: salvation in the epistle to the Romans
Do you have to be a Christian to be saved? If we refer to the biblical texts, we think not. In other words, the teaching of Scripture on salvation makes faith in Jesus Christ a sufficient condition for salvation, but not a necessary one. What we are proposing here is...
Man, a creature in the image of God
The Book of Genesis presents man and woman as creatures of God. Man, created male and female in the image of God, thus reflects divine unity and multiplicity. Both an animal creature and a spiritual creature, man is unique as a spiritual animal, and can only be...
Outline of a Protestant theology of the Gospel
We propose here a few guidelines for an evangelical theology, i.e. a Protestant theology of the Gospel. Introduction: multiple sources and influences In the article "What is an evangelical theology?", we distinguished three concentric dimensions: the Gospel, Christian...
What is an evangelical theology? Definition and principles
In this article we define what we mean by an 'evangelical' theology, based on three concentric levels: the Gospel, Christian doctrine and philosophy. Introduction: Evangelicalism and Protestantism Evangelical and Protestant churches When we read the expression...
The infinite God, creator of the universe
In the Christian faith, we find in God the eternal creator of the universe and the personal origin of man. Creation and creatures are therefore conceived as finite, correlative to the God revealed as infinite, personal and good. 1 The teaching of the book of Genesis...
The Knowledge of Good and Evil
We propose here a classical theological interpretation of the nature of the knowledge of good and evil associated with Adam and Eve's departure from the Garden of Eden, in the spirit of philosophical theology. 1. Setting the scene: the tree of the knowledge of good...
The origin of the expression “Mary, Mother of God”
Introduction The Roman Catholic Church has consecrated Mary as the "Mother of God", which can cause a certain amount of embarrassment from a Protestant perspective, often reluctant to attribute to Mary what is not appropriate for a "mere woman". Have we understood the...