Dr Paul Allen

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 1 John 1:1 –4 “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes…and heard we proclaim also to you” (vv. 1–3). Biblical Christianity is not pure subjectivism . There is an objective content — Christ ’s life, death, and resurrection — that undergirds our faith. Without this content there is no way to know if we are depending upon the right God . Hegel , himself no friend of biblical Christianity, criticized Schleiermacher , saying that if the essence of religion was the feeling of absolute dependence, then the dog, being absolutely dependent upon people, is the most divine creature of all. Many people feel dependent on their spouses, their jobs, or the teaching of other religions, but this does not make them truly pious. Only those dependent upon the biblical Jesus , who is fully God and fully man, will ever find salvation ( John 14:6 ). Related articles Rush Limba...

English: Immanuel Kant Deutsch: Immanuel Kant (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 1 Chronicles 29:11 “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty…. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all” ( v. 11 ). Theological controversy did not end at the Council of Nicea , and in the following centuries the church had to deal with errors regarding the humanity of Christ, the authority of Scripture, justification, and others. Despite the various positions taken on these issues, however, most theologians still insisted on the transcendence of God . That all changed in the nineteenth century. Our Creator’s transcendence is affirmed throughout Scripture and is reflected in today’s passage. When we say God is transcendent, we mean that He is separate from His creation and not dependent on the created order in any way. The Almighty made the universe and He is therefore its sovereign ruler ( Gen. 1:1 ). A biblical view of transc...