February 4th, 2013
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For many of us who have discovered the Reformed expression of the Christian faith after years in other traditions, “covenant theology” was one of the most eye-opening facets of it.
April 18th, 2011
When working with foreign words, we should be aware of a very important distinction: the distinction between meaning and gloss. For our purposes, a gloss is an English word substitute for a Greek word. In simple cases, a gloss is perfectly satisfactory to get the job done. For example, if I were to define Greek patr with the gloss, “father,” akouM with “I hear,” or hagios with “holy” this would be adequate for most purposes. But not for all and maybe not for many.
