Monday, September 1, 2014

Union with Christ - Robert Letham

This is obviously an offshoot from his research for his book on the Trinity. It doesn't have the impact that his Trinity book does but is still a fascinating work. It is amazing to me to see these doctrines worked out over time and then be held to tenuously by a few faithful theologians during times of heretical push. The best sections were discussion on the hypostatic union (Christ the Son's union with man by becoming completely man) and that of deification of believers and the Eastern and Western ideas of that. The sections on baptism and the Lord's Supper were also really good and I'd like to read more on those topics. I had to read quite slowly to take in some of the ideas. It is also amazing how important these deeper theological aspects of Christianity are for the believer in practical everyday life.