Theologia

Welcome to Theologia!

Starting as a collection of papers by Mark Horne several years ago, Theologia has slowly expanded to include works by a variety of authors. You will find all of our content under the various categories to the left.

As our motto states, our goal is to provide thought-provoking material that is faithfully Biblical, distinctively Reformed, and comprehensively catholic.

The most recent articles include:

March 30, 2008: Does the New Covenant have its own distinctive sanctions as well as blessings? We affirm by Mark Horne -- 2 Comments
February 3, 2008: Sermon: A Body Formed by the Spirit by Mark Horne
October 16, 2007: 10 things a church can do to change the world by Mark Horne -- 2 Comments
August 18, 2007: On Forgiving Oneself: Nine Reasons Why It Can Be Appropriate by Mark Horne -- 4 Comments
July 31, 2007: Every Word Matters to the Story by Mark Horne -- 1 Comment
July 18, 2007: How To Encourage Our Children to Believe the Gospel by Mark Horne
April 21, 2006: Turretin & Pictet on Christian Infants by Mark Horne
April 20, 2006: Zacharias Ursinus & the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness by Mark Horne -- 1 Comment
March 16, 2006: Eschatology of Being “Born Again” by Derrick Olliff -- 1 Comment
August 31, 2005: Two Sermons on Two Adams by Mark Horne
August 7, 2005: Paul’s Letter to the Galatians by Derrick Olliff -- 4 Comments
August 7, 2005: The Gospel: The Return of the King by Derrick Olliff
August 3, 2005: Looking For Legalism by Derrick Olliff
August 2, 2005: Baptismal Theology Within Reformed Evangelicalism by Mark Horne
July 28, 2005: Responding to Critics of the Protestant View of Justification by Philip Schaff

Recent Comments

Here are the most recent comments to Theologia. Note: we reserve the right to delete, ban, destroy, etc. comments if they are offensive. We won't alter comments from others (except to remove embedded links). Nor will we remove comments simply because they disagree with the substance of an article. However, we will remove offensive comments or text-dump comments designed to use Theologia as a carrier of someone else's content. Theologia is not a publicly held site. Thus, we will cheerfully maintain our own standards (and possibly not yours) with regard to our management of the comments.

January 1, 2009 at 3:44 am :: N. T. Wright & Evangelical Theology :: Paul Clutterbuck
“Jewish expectation in the second temple period was fairly well laid out like an elaborate Etch-A-Sketch drawing. Paul, following the lead of Jesus, comes in and shakes up the picture.” Evangelical and Reformed expectation in the 20th-21st centuries was fairly well laid out like an elaborate Etch-A-Sketch drawing. The NPP, following the lead of the NT itself, comes in and shakes up the...
January 1, 2009 at 2:56 am :: Wright on Romans :: Paul Clutterbuck
I haven’t read this commentary, so can’t comment on it directly. However, this review has certainly whetted my appetite for more of NTW’s work. What I would ask here is whether some of the weaknesses in this commentary (e.g., his bypassing the discussion of predestination in Rom 9-11) may be editorial rather than authorial. Maybe Fortress Press and SPCK are more open to these topics than Abingdon’s...
December 27, 2008 at 8:25 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: corinna
okay i was once very depressed about the bible not knowing if I was saved although i asked jesus into my heart as i got older i blasphemeyed the holy spirit well 1 year past and im still a little upset because of people like you making people depressed and telling them a lie. you do get forgiven for everything jesus doesnt lie and in mark it says whosoever blasphemys against the holy spirit SHALL BE IN DANGER OF...
December 11, 2008 at 12:52 am :: Righteousness from God :: Rebekah
In response to DJay, your father-in-law is not saved by the Spirit even though he can quote the Bible and says he is. He doesn’t exhibit the fruit of the Spirit as you said, and is not working on improving and changing himself over time. He is sadly decieved. Galatians 5:22-23 Paul writes: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,...
December 10, 2008 at 3:42 am :: “Jesus Is Lord”: A Practical Suggestion for Struggling with Sin :: ellie
Truly Jesus is the Lord of my life.
December 6, 2008 at 1:08 pm :: On Forgiving Oneself: Nine Reasons Why It Can Be Appropriate :: joanne
Are there not consequences to a Christian’s sin/disobedience that may take restoring something that was not ones to take in the first place. Even though God has forgiven someone for their sin does that person still not have to do the work of obedience and return what was not theirs to take.
December 3, 2008 at 5:35 pm :: Strive to Enter in at the Strait Gate :: Matthew S.
You say that salvation is difficult. On one hand, one must do more difficult things than non-Christians. But on the other hand, the help of the Holy Spirit which a non-Christian does not get makes it easier and Christ says, “Take my yoke, it is light”. So how do you believe it is? That the requirements outweigh the strength that the Holy Spririt gives and makes Christianity HARDER over all or...
December 2, 2008 at 7:18 am :: N. T. Wright & Evangelical Theology :: Kurt Symanzik
Wow, Mr. Charlie J. Ray, I can tell that you have never read any of Wright’s works nor understand where he is coming from. You do not appear to understand the present article either. You do the man such a serious injustice as to be truly slanderous in regard to almost everything that you have said. You make Wright out to be a monster out of thin air, out of your own imagination. There is no...
December 2, 2008 at 3:42 am :: Righteousness from God :: DJay
I have a question. For years My father in law sexually and emotionally abused his daughters. and mentally abused his wife. She became his doormat and answered only to his needs and the children came last. His daughters feel in spite of everything he is still their father and do what must be done for him.the visits to his home causes anxiety and they often become ill after or during the visit. He is extremely bitter towards his...
November 25, 2008 at 1:03 pm :: Aiming At Shalom :: Michael Ives
Very insightful and engaging.
November 15, 2008 at 7:21 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: erik
can some one explain to me Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, then, is not to be explained in terms of some difference in being or eternal status between the Son and the Holy Spirit so that curse words involving Jesus’ name are forgivable, but not expletives involving the Spirit. Rather, it refers to the historical framework of Jesus’ work in his own generation. The rejection of Jesus, as serious as that is,...
November 12, 2008 at 4:10 pm :: You and Your Son and Daughter :: James
Actually, it is “legal” in the US to serve limited amounts of alcohol to minors in worship services.
November 3, 2008 at 5:01 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: lincoln
well it makes no sense they say this sin is imposible to duplicate b.c. they where acursing jesus the holyspirit of being devil possesed so in other words they where accusing jesus of being devil possessed but they where inuslting the holyspirit…. in my case i accidentally cursed the holyspirit several times some out of desperation that my mistake had me doomed already can this be forgiven even if you accuse...
November 2, 2008 at 8:25 pm :: The Justification of the Good Samaritan :: rachel wilshire
this is a very inspiring and should be shared throughout this country so people can have an understanding about what its all about so they can relate to it
November 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm :: Catholic Unity :: the learning student
this is the end of all things spoken of in the past which is now being fulfilled were she will make all others drunk and cause them to fornicateRevelation 18:3 prophecy will soon be fulfilled but Gods word will stand the test for it is mighty
October 30, 2008 at 11:14 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: Bruce Cowan
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is attributing the work of the Holy Spirit to the devil. The pharisees said that He (Christ) had an unclean spirit. The stated that he casts out devils by the prince of devils, beelzebub. This is what Christ calls blasphemy of the Holy Spirit plain and simple. The texts are these Matthew 12:22-37 (KJV) Mt 12:22 (KJV) Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and...
October 30, 2008 at 11:02 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: Bruce Cowan
Please do not blasheme the Holy Spirit. Do not say it is something other than Christ taught. Check out my website on the subject at www.kingdomofgodministry.com Blessings to those who obey Christ.
October 29, 2008 at 4:14 pm :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: Silent Pain
Hi, Dito Lincoln- I still wonder because I went through the same attack at 14. I still want to follow God but I am not sure that what I am doing is really genuine. Meaning, do I really have a heart to obey the Lord? The reason I say this is because I made an even bigger mistake. I was prompted with an urge by the Holy Spirit to confront someone who had wronged me. Well I was afraid and I had a history of...
October 24, 2008 at 2:58 am :: The Extra Mile :: David Jackson
Thank you for this. I run a youth club which is part of the Urban saints organisation in the UK. I am doing a series of ‘What Jesus said’. I hope you don’t mind me using this material as an illustration. Every blessing David
October 23, 2008 at 7:51 am :: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit? :: lincoln
well i was saved at 15 but soon after i got involved with drugs iam now 21 but wheni was getting of drugs i had a satanic attack telling me F*** the holyspirit well the same satanic voice led me to curse out loud the holy spirit(is this unforgivable???) and then after reading mathew 12-31 i said that the holyspirit gets its powers from satan is this unforgivable???? now i hear day and night that the holyspirit is...