Milton’s early work At a Solemn Music (or Musick) is a remarkable piece of poetry about poetry. Or more precisely, it’s about the joining of voice and verse, or sound…| Fred Sanders
The Reformation movement of Bible translation was not a side project alongside all the preaching, theologizing, church order, politics, and whatnot. It was more or less the main event. Especially…| Fred Sanders
I recently had a chance to linger over the opening pages of Gregory of Nyssa’s Catechetical Discourse, and I’m struck by his nimble presentation of trinitarian theology. Let me try…| Fred Sanders
Early in the spring term of 2025, I tried following a footnote in a 17th-century Protestant theologian (can’t remember who) that pointed to some wonderfully clear trinitarian theology supposedly by…| Fred Sanders
In my chapter on eternal generation in On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God (IVP Academic, 2024), I draw attention to something I’ve since started calling…| Fred Sanders
We have a record of John Preston’s systematic theology, preserved in the form of lecture notes in a student’s hand in one single, unpublished manuscript (Emmanuel College MS III:1: “A…| Fred Sanders
In Gregory of Nazianzus’ fourth Theological Oration (Orat. 30), he takes up a number of Scriptural texts that Arians thought were “grand, irresistible arguments” (30.4) of their doctrine of a…| Fred Sanders
Christians are supposed to develop spiritual strength. It’s not just that they’re empowered by God from outside and above themselves (though that’s absolutely true, praise God!), and it’s not just…| Fred Sanders
Pardon the Latin, but I want to make an observation about that particular Latin phrase, and I can't figure out how to say it briefly in English. There's a very old prayer that praises God as beata et benedicta et gloriosa Trinitas. If you've heard the prayer anywhere, it's probably…| Fred Sanders
I've been sharing brief interviews with the theologians who will be presenting papers at Los Angeles Theology Conference 2025 (Mar 12-14, registration here). I really enjoyed Fellipe do Vale's answers to these questions, and am looking forward to his paper in which he works out an applied soteriology that goes…| Fred Sanders
Jacqui Service's LATC parallel paper is a perfect example of a conference paper in which a scholar extends and explains a recent book. Dr. Service's summer 2024 book on the Trinity still seems brand new, and her proposal for how to talk about the God-world relation in redemption has not…| Fred Sanders
Dr. Sherelle Ducksworth is a theologian at Clamp Divinity School of Anderson University. She will be presenting one of the twelve parallel papers at LATC 2025, March 12-14 at Biola University. Here's a quick interview with Dr. Ducksworth about her paper. Q: LATC 2025's theme is Receiving Redemption, and it…| Fred Sanders
I'm eagerly looking forward to this paper at the 2025 L.A. Theology Conference (register here!). Tom Dove is working on the doctrine of conversion, and this paper is a great opportunity to hear some of his analysis of this important doctrine. Here's our interview: Q: LATC 2025's theme is Receiving…| Fred Sanders
Los Angeles Theology Conference is officially not an interdisciplinary conference. An important part of our brand has always been sharply focusing on the discipline of theology, and on topics that are immediately recognizable as doctrinal. Even our participants who are trained in philosophy, biblical studies, and history—and we've had lots…| Fred Sanders
The first plenary address at LATC 2025 (register now!) will be a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of receiving salvation. This talk, on Wednesday evening, will be by Andrew Davison, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford. It will be open to the public at no charge, though you do need…| Fred Sanders
