Thanks to my beloved son Dillon, I was even led to reflect on the theological perspective of Professor John Frame—who, in my view, is a remarkably well-balanced theologian and was my professor at Westminster Theological Seminary—particularly his perspective on areas such as the family, the church, and the workplace. ------------ "Ultimately, Professor John Frame's central conclusion is that the insecurity within the family cannot truly be healed by any worldly psychology or communication technique. It can be healed only by experiencing and resting in the embrace of God who holds us—the existential grace of God." John Frame's Christian Ethics and the Triperspectival Approach Professor John Frame's Christian ethics is characterized by applying his central theological methodology—Triperspectivalism—to the field of ethics. He teaches that ethical decision-making should never be based on a single criterion alone. Rather, Christians must consider three biblical perspec...
‘O you of little faith, consider the lilies.’ “And which of you by worrying can add even one cubit to his stature? If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither spin nor weave; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Luke 12:25–28) (1) After reading today’s passage, Luke 12:25–28, I reread it in the original Greek. The first Greek word that caught my attention was “ὀλιγόπιστοι” (oligopistoi) — “you of little faith.” (a) This Greek word is a compound of “ὀλίγος” (oligos) meaning “little” and “πίστις” (pistis) meaning “faith.” It refers to a state of be...