Category Archives: Robert Dale Dawson

Demythologizing the Theology of Karl Barth: On the Unhistorical Nature of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

I’m going to get back to posting more on Barth’s theology once again; and with that a series of posts, scattered about, on modern theology and the value I see in it for the evangelical churches. This will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, Bruce McCormack, Modern Theology, Robert Dale Dawson | 1 Comment

Living in the ‘Feeling’ and Reality of Freedom from Sin that God Desires For Us In Christ: From Gestation to Resurrection

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

I really struggled with a false sense of guilt and condemnation for particular sins from my past for years upon years. The enemy of my soul kept me living under ‘a yoke of bondage’ that Jesus said I ‘would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalyptics, Christian Spirituality, Devotion, Doctrine Of Sin, Resurrection, Robert Dale Dawson, Salvation | 3 Comments

The Hope of Apocalyptic Theology: Engaging with Philip Ziegler’s Militant Grace

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

I just started reading Philip Ziegler’s new book Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology. Because of the influence of Karl Barth and Thomas Torrance (and others) on the development of Evangelical Calvinism, at least upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalyptics, Philip Ziegler, Robert Dale Dawson | 6 Comments

A Sketch of Thomas Aquinas’s and Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation, Salvation, and Human Freedom: How They Contrast and Its Impact on Just About Everything

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

I think something that is not talked about much, in regard to Barth’s theology, is how counter it is to mediaeval conceptions of salvation and grace relative to a grace/nature binary. In other words in the major strand of Western … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, George Hunsinger, Robert Dale Dawson, Thomas Aquinas | 6 Comments

How Do We Know God? The Analogy of Being Strained Through David Bentley Hart and Karl Barth

Posted on October 8, 2016 by

We have discussed often, here at The Evangelical Calvinist, the analogia entis (‘analogy of being’); indeed I have even written a whole chapter in critique of it for our first volume edited book, Evangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation … Continue reading →

Posted in Analogia Entis, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Barth, David Bentley Hart, Doctrine Of Creation, Karl Barth, Kurt Anders Richardson, Metaphysics, Robert Dale Dawson | 1 Comment

God’s Plight as Our Plight in Christ; Death Couldn’t Hold Him Down

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

I have read loads of theology books over the years, but I can’t ever recall being moved to tears as a result of reading them. That just changed as I’m finishing up Robert Dale Dawson’s book (published PhD dissertation) The … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, Christology, Doctrine Of God, Doctrine of God, Doxology, Robert Dale Dawson

The Athanasian Barth: The Holy Spirit of Christ in Salvation

Posted on September 28, 2016 by

Again, because this is important, in evangelical Calvinist theology, After Barth and After Athanasius, the work, the being and reality of salvation cannot be separated from the person of Christ (and the unio personalis). That said, how is the integrity … Continue reading →

Posted in Athanasius, Barth, Evangelical Calvinism, Robert Dale Dawson, Salvation, Soteriology | 5 Comments