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Paul K Moser

Loyola University Chicago, Philosophy, Emeritus

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Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago. Author of: Empirical Justification; Knowledge and Evidence; Philosophy after Objectivity; The Elusive God; The Evidence for God; The Severity of God; The God Relationship (2018); Understanding Religious Experience (2020); The Divine Goodness of Jesus (2021); Paul's Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice (2022); Divine Guidance (2022); God in Moral Experience (2023); God on Trial (forthcoming Fortress Press, 2025). Co-Author of: The Theory of Knowledge. Editor of: A Priori Knowledge; Empirical Knowledge; Rationality in Action; Reality in Focus; Oxford Handbook of Epistemology; Jesus and Philosophy. Co-Editor of: Human Knowledge; Contemporary Materialism; Divine Hiddenness; Moral Relativism; Morality and the Good Life; Rationality of Theism; Wisdom of the Christian Faith; Testimony of the Spirit; Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil; Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience; God in Experience; Contemporary Approaches to Philosophy. Editor of book series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. Co-Editor of book series: Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society, and Cambridge Elements: Religion and Monotheism. Past Editor of: American Philosophical Quarterly.

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God Has Something to Prove (page proofs)

Theology Today, 2023

Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article ... more Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article will be accurate at publication. Please review your proof carefully and respond to the queries using the circled tools in the image below, which are available in Adobe Reader DC* by clicking Tools from the top menu, then clicking Comment. Please use only the tools circled in the image, as edits via other tools/methods can be lost during file conversion. For comments, questions, or formatting requests, please use. Please do not use comment bubbles/sticky notes. *If you do not see these tools, please ensure you have opened this file with Adobe Reader DC, available for free at get.adobe.com/reader or by going to Help. Check for Updates within other versions of Reader. For more detailed instructions, please see us.sagepub.com/ReaderXProofs. No. Query GQ1 Please confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence, and contact details, is correct. GQ2 Please review the entire document for typographical errors, mathematical errors, and any other necessary corrections; check headings, tables, and figures. GQ3 Please confirm that the Funding and Conflict of Interest statements are accurate. GQ4 Please ensure that you have obtained and enclosed all necessary permissions for the reproduction of artistic works, (e.g. illustrations, photographs, charts, maps, other visual material, etc.) not owned by yourself. Please refer to your publishing agreement for further information. GQ5 Please note that this proof represents your final opportunity to review your article prior to publication, so please do send all of your changes now.

God of promise and voucher

New Blackfriars, 2024

Biblical Theodicy of Righteous Fulfillment (page proofs)

Irish Theological Quarterly, 2023

How, according to the best Biblical theodicy, does God justify God's allowing extreme suffering a... more How, according to the best Biblical theodicy, does God justify God's allowing extreme suffering and evil? According to this article, the Biblical God is Lord of the future as well as the present and uses the future to fulfill divine promises to humans. The future fulfillment, coupled with present divine proximity to humans, includes restoring and saving them in full righteousness, given their losses from suffering and evil. This lesson is part of a widely neglected Biblical theodicy of restoration for humans in divine righteousness at God's appointed time. Such righteousness aims to renew people for their lasting moral good in relationship with God and others. Benefiting from some Old Testament writers, the apostle Paul, and Jesus, the proposed theodicy illuminates God's intention in bringing about a world that undergoes severe suffering and evil. It fits with humans' 'knowing in part' and thus their being unable to justify God, but it leaves room for God justifying God in righteousness to be fulfilled, coupled with present divine proximity to humans in need.

Faith, power, and philosophy: divine-human interaction reclaimed (page proofs)

International Journal of Philosophy & Theology, 2022

Many philosophers and theologians try to add credibility to Christian faith by means of philosoph... more Many philosophers and theologians try to add credibility to Christian faith by means of philosophical arguments and explanations. There are two main ways to pursue this aim, and one way is arguably more defensible than the other, at least from the perspective of the apostle Paul. Philosophers and theologians who hold that Paul has a contribution to make in this area should consider the relative efficacy of these two ways. The key area of contrast lies in the epistemic basis of relevant philosophical arguments and explanations: either a basis in the power of direct divine selfmanifestation or a basis just in philosophical claims. The latter basis will neglect or obscure the power distinctive of the Christian God and thus miss out on foundational evidence characteristic of that God. This article clarifies what that power is, in terms of responsive divine self-manifestation as God's self-witness to divine reality and goodness in receptive human moral experience and character formation. The article explains how such power, being interactive toward divine righteousness, serves as a significant alternative to such prominent philosophical overlays on Christian faith as Platonism, Thomism, and Kantianism. The latter overlays improperly depersonalize key evidence for God's reality and goodness.

We Have the Mind of Christ (page proofs)

Philosophia Christi, 2023

Religious epistemology can benefit from the widely neglected perspective of the apostle Paul that... more Religious epistemology can benefit from the widely neglected perspective of the apostle Paul that humans can "have the mind of Christ. " This article considers whether humans can apprehend divine reality, if only partly, from a divine vantage point. Perhaps humans then can apprehend the reality and goodness of God in a salient manner, thereby gaining a vital perspective on ultimate reality. The article aims to identify the viability of a "God's-eye standpoint" for humans in "the mind of Christ. " It contends that this standpoint draws from influential volitional and affective traits of God's personality, including "the fruit of the Spirit.

Moderating Natural Theology Religions 15 2024

Religions, 2024

Paul's Theology of Triumph in Glory: Cross and Resurrection United

Journal of Theological Inquiry, 2024

From Glory to Glory: Divine Perfection Shared

Expository Times, 2023

Talk of divine glory (kabōd) emerges early in the Pentateuch, and it recurs in the historical wri... more Talk of divine glory (kabōd) emerges early in the Pentateuch, and it recurs in the historical writings, the prophetic writings, and the Psalms. The book of Exodus is seminal here. Its talk of divine glory points to something that can be seen by God's people. Moses and Aaron promise the Israelites: 'In the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaining against the Lord' (Exod 16:7, NRSV, updated version, here and in subsequent Biblical translations unless otherwise noted). The elaboration is: 'As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud'

Long and Short of It All

Finding Meaning (ed. Steven Delay), 2023

Theodicy as Trajectory: Towards Co-Conquest for Righteousness

European Journal of Theology, 2023

This article develops some insights of the apostle Paul and Peter T. Forsyth on a teleological ap... more This article develops some insights of the apostle Paul and Peter T. Forsyth on a teleological approach to a theodicy. Paul claims that God causes some human suffering in order that people overcome it by enduring and conquering it. This conquering relies on humans choosing lives that hope for and collaborate with divine compassionate righteousness. The article shows what a theodicy looks like given this Pauline position. As an effort to justify God's treatment of suffering, evil and delayed rescue of humans in the world, a theodicy raises a twofold issue: Does God have good reasons to allow the suffering and the evil that exist; and if so, do humans have access to those reasons? The article considers a God worthy of worship who aims to cultivate compassionate righteousness in humans, using suffering and evil but not coercion of human wills towards him. Theodicy can succeed in this context as God can give meaning to, and a final righteous co-conquest of, suffering and evil. Résumé Cet article développe certaines idées de l'apôtre Paul et de Peter T. Forsyth sur une approche téléologique d'une théodicée. Paul affirme que Dieu cause certaines souffrances humaines afin que ceux qui les subissent les surmontent en les endurant et en les dominant. La clé de cette victoire se trouve dans le choix fait de s'attendre à, et de collaborer avec la justice compatissante de Dieu. L'article montre à quoi ressemble une théodicée reposant sur cette position paulinienne. En tant qu'effort pour justifier la façon dont Dieu traite la souffrance, le mal et le sauvetage tardif des humains dans le monde, une théodicée soulève une double question : Dieu at -il de bonnes raisons de permettre la souffrance et le mal qui existent ? Et si oui, les humains ont-ils accès à ces raisons ? L'article envisage un Dieu digne d'être adoré dont le but est de cultiver une justice compatissante dans le coeur des humains, en utilisant la souffrance et le mal, mais sans exercer

God as Über-King of Moral Leading: Veiled and Unveiled

Perichoresis, 2023

How can the Biblical God be the Lord and King who, being typically unseen and even self-veiled at... more How can the Biblical God be the Lord and King who, being typically unseen and even self-veiled at times, authoritatively leads people for divine purposes? This article's main thesis is that the answer is in divine moral leading via human moral experience of God (of a kind to be clarified). The Hebrew Bible speaks of God as 'king,' including for a time prior to the Jewish human monarchy. Ancient Judaism, as Martin Buber has observed, acknowledged direct and indirect forms of divine rule and thus of theocracy. This article explores the importance of divine rule as divine direct leading, particularly in moral matters, without reliance on indirect theocracy supervised by humans. It thus considers a role for God as Über-King superior to any human king, maintaining a direct moral theocracy without a need for indirect theocracy. The divine goal, in this perspective, is a universal commonwealth in righteousness, while allowing for variation in political structure. The article identifies the importance in the Hebrew Bible of letting God be God as an Über-King who, although self-veiled at times, leads willing people directly and thereby rules over them uncoercively. It also clarifies a purpose for divine self-veiling neglected by Buber and many others, and it offers a morally sensitive test for unveiled authenticity in divine moral leading.

Being Commanded by God (page proofs)

Journal of Philosophical Theological Research (Iran), 2023

Many people in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheistic traditions testify to their experience... more Many people in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheistic traditions testify to their experience of being commanded by God to do something or to be a certain way. Is this kind of testimony from experience credible in some cases, and, if so, on what ground? The main thesis of this article is that it is credible in some cases and a suitable ground is available in the morally purifying experience of the human conscience. The article looks to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an for relevant testimony to the importance of righteous divine commanding experienced by humans. The relevant commands are not abstract or merely theoretical but grounded in human moral experience and potentially motivating for righteous action. The article doubts that God would be God if there were no divine commanding given directly to receptive people in their moral experience. It contends that God would not be a morally righteous guide of the divine kind needed for the worthiness of worship by humans in the absence of God's commanding people directly in their experience.

Moral Rapport in Communion of the Spirit (page proofs, 2023)

Pneuma, 2023

The communion (koinōnia) of the Spirit calls for moral rapport with God, based on the reception o... more The communion (koinōnia) of the Spirit calls for moral rapport with God, based on the reception of divine righteousness in the "fruit of the Spirit" among humans. This article explains the centrality of such moral rapport to the koinōnia of the Spirit, on the basis of insights from the book of Genesis, some of the Hebrew psalmists, and the apostle Paul. It gives special attention to Paul's perspective on the "fruit of the Spirit," thereby identifying distinctive evidence for the reality and the goodness of God, by way of contrast with either a purely mystical or a purely intellectual approach. Paul offers a perspective including "koinōnia of Jesus Christ," pointing to his koinōnia with God in Gethsemane and thus confirming the central role of moral and volitional personal rapport with God. This approach gives moral and christological depth to the koinōnia of the Spirit, enriching it with divine righteousness.

Divine Self-Disclosure Modern Theology (page proofs)

Modern Theology, 2022

This article's main thesis is that divine self-disclosure to humans is best understood in terms o... more This article's main thesis is that divine self-disclosure to humans is best understood in terms of manifested filial values with a distinctive moral intention aimed at cultivating righteousness. To that end, it identifies and clarifies a neglected problem of guided goodness and its significance for God's self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Part I characterizes the relevant values as the potential motivating powers of some goods to enable filial improvement relative to God's perfect moral character. Part II explains how God is related to manifested filial values in terms of God's active and empowering moral character and will. Part III illuminates how God can be experienced by humans through divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values, including in morally searching interventions, such as nudges toward goodness, in conscience. Part IV portrays reciprocity between God's moral will and human wills as central to human receptivity to divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Part V clarifies how evidentially grounded assurance for faith in God can arise from divine selfdisclosure when cooperatively received by humans. Part VI contrasts my approach to the ground of faith in God with some views of Martin Buber and H. Richard Niebuhr. Moral phenomenology, aided by the apostle Paul, emerges as central to understanding divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Do you despise the riches of God's goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides you to repentance?-Romans 2:4

God with Us in Moral Conflict (page proofs)

Expository Times , 2023

Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article ... more Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article will be accurate at publication. Please review your proof carefully and respond to the queries using the circled tools in the image below, which are available in Adobe Reader DC* by clicking Tools from the top menu, then clicking Comment. Please use only the tools circled in the image, as edits via other tools/methods can be lost during file conversion. For comments, questions, or formatting requests, please use. Please do not use comment bubbles/sticky notes .

Divine Moral Inspiration: Unity in Biblical Theology (page proofs)

Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2022

Scholars of the Bible have long sought a theme that can identify substantial unity in the various... more Scholars of the Bible have long sought a theme that can identify substantial unity in the various Biblical writings without disregarding their undeniable diversity. In this context, scholars have explored the nature and limits of Biblical inspiration in considerable detail, but the moral inspiration of humans by God has received relatively little attention. This neglect is striking, because such divine inspiration of humans is arguably a silver lining throughout the Bible and a source of robust unity for Biblical theology. This article contends that the moral inspiration of humans by God is a substantial unifier for Biblical theology. It also shows how this approach yields (a) a new understanding of the fruit of the Spirit as divine filial values in human experience and (b) a needed veracity check on the unified Biblical theology offered.

Discount Flyer Paul's Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice

Discount Flyer Divine Goodness of Jesus

Why Does God Hide from Us?

Why Does God Hide from Us?, 2022

FAITH & REASON are at odds in our culture. For many, faith has come to mean little more than wish... more FAITH & REASON are at odds in our culture. For many, faith has come to mean little more than wishful thinking and blind belief. Such a concept is completely foreign to the pages of Scripture and historical Christianity. As philosopher Edward Feser notes, "In short, reason tells us that there is a God and that he has revealed such-andsuch a truth; faith is then a matter of believing what reason has shown God to have revealed. In that sense faith is not only not at odds with reason but is grounded in reason." WHAT IS RATIO CHRISTI? Ratio Christi, Latin for "the reason of Christ," wants to help reverse this trend of anti-intellectual Christianity. We organize apologetics clubs at colleges, universities, and even for high school groups in order to strengthen the faith of Christian students and faculty and challenge the rampant atheism and secularism on most campuses. Our mission is to fill the intellectual gap, to make Christianity something worth thinking about, both personally and in the public square. RATIO CHRISTI IS CALLING APOLOGISTS. Ratio Christi isn't just another apologetics organization. We use our theological training to share the Gospel on college and university campuses across the globe. We reach the people that nobody else can-and we need your help.

God Has Something to Prove (page proofs)

Theology Today, 2023

Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article ... more Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article will be accurate at publication. Please review your proof carefully and respond to the queries using the circled tools in the image below, which are available in Adobe Reader DC* by clicking Tools from the top menu, then clicking Comment. Please use only the tools circled in the image, as edits via other tools/methods can be lost during file conversion. For comments, questions, or formatting requests, please use. Please do not use comment bubbles/sticky notes. *If you do not see these tools, please ensure you have opened this file with Adobe Reader DC, available for free at get.adobe.com/reader or by going to Help. Check for Updates within other versions of Reader. For more detailed instructions, please see us.sagepub.com/ReaderXProofs. No. Query GQ1 Please confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence, and contact details, is correct. GQ2 Please review the entire document for typographical errors, mathematical errors, and any other necessary corrections; check headings, tables, and figures. GQ3 Please confirm that the Funding and Conflict of Interest statements are accurate. GQ4 Please ensure that you have obtained and enclosed all necessary permissions for the reproduction of artistic works, (e.g. illustrations, photographs, charts, maps, other visual material, etc.) not owned by yourself. Please refer to your publishing agreement for further information. GQ5 Please note that this proof represents your final opportunity to review your article prior to publication, so please do send all of your changes now.

God of promise and voucher

New Blackfriars, 2024

Biblical Theodicy of Righteous Fulfillment (page proofs)

Irish Theological Quarterly, 2023

How, according to the best Biblical theodicy, does God justify God's allowing extreme suffering a... more How, according to the best Biblical theodicy, does God justify God's allowing extreme suffering and evil? According to this article, the Biblical God is Lord of the future as well as the present and uses the future to fulfill divine promises to humans. The future fulfillment, coupled with present divine proximity to humans, includes restoring and saving them in full righteousness, given their losses from suffering and evil. This lesson is part of a widely neglected Biblical theodicy of restoration for humans in divine righteousness at God's appointed time. Such righteousness aims to renew people for their lasting moral good in relationship with God and others. Benefiting from some Old Testament writers, the apostle Paul, and Jesus, the proposed theodicy illuminates God's intention in bringing about a world that undergoes severe suffering and evil. It fits with humans' 'knowing in part' and thus their being unable to justify God, but it leaves room for God justifying God in righteousness to be fulfilled, coupled with present divine proximity to humans in need.

Faith, power, and philosophy: divine-human interaction reclaimed (page proofs)

International Journal of Philosophy & Theology, 2022

Many philosophers and theologians try to add credibility to Christian faith by means of philosoph... more Many philosophers and theologians try to add credibility to Christian faith by means of philosophical arguments and explanations. There are two main ways to pursue this aim, and one way is arguably more defensible than the other, at least from the perspective of the apostle Paul. Philosophers and theologians who hold that Paul has a contribution to make in this area should consider the relative efficacy of these two ways. The key area of contrast lies in the epistemic basis of relevant philosophical arguments and explanations: either a basis in the power of direct divine selfmanifestation or a basis just in philosophical claims. The latter basis will neglect or obscure the power distinctive of the Christian God and thus miss out on foundational evidence characteristic of that God. This article clarifies what that power is, in terms of responsive divine self-manifestation as God's self-witness to divine reality and goodness in receptive human moral experience and character formation. The article explains how such power, being interactive toward divine righteousness, serves as a significant alternative to such prominent philosophical overlays on Christian faith as Platonism, Thomism, and Kantianism. The latter overlays improperly depersonalize key evidence for God's reality and goodness.

We Have the Mind of Christ (page proofs)

Philosophia Christi, 2023

Religious epistemology can benefit from the widely neglected perspective of the apostle Paul that... more Religious epistemology can benefit from the widely neglected perspective of the apostle Paul that humans can "have the mind of Christ. " This article considers whether humans can apprehend divine reality, if only partly, from a divine vantage point. Perhaps humans then can apprehend the reality and goodness of God in a salient manner, thereby gaining a vital perspective on ultimate reality. The article aims to identify the viability of a "God's-eye standpoint" for humans in "the mind of Christ. " It contends that this standpoint draws from influential volitional and affective traits of God's personality, including "the fruit of the Spirit.

Moderating Natural Theology Religions 15 2024

Religions, 2024

Paul's Theology of Triumph in Glory: Cross and Resurrection United

Journal of Theological Inquiry, 2024

From Glory to Glory: Divine Perfection Shared

Expository Times, 2023

Talk of divine glory (kabōd) emerges early in the Pentateuch, and it recurs in the historical wri... more Talk of divine glory (kabōd) emerges early in the Pentateuch, and it recurs in the historical writings, the prophetic writings, and the Psalms. The book of Exodus is seminal here. Its talk of divine glory points to something that can be seen by God's people. Moses and Aaron promise the Israelites: 'In the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaining against the Lord' (Exod 16:7, NRSV, updated version, here and in subsequent Biblical translations unless otherwise noted). The elaboration is: 'As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud'

Long and Short of It All

Finding Meaning (ed. Steven Delay), 2023

Theodicy as Trajectory: Towards Co-Conquest for Righteousness

European Journal of Theology, 2023

This article develops some insights of the apostle Paul and Peter T. Forsyth on a teleological ap... more This article develops some insights of the apostle Paul and Peter T. Forsyth on a teleological approach to a theodicy. Paul claims that God causes some human suffering in order that people overcome it by enduring and conquering it. This conquering relies on humans choosing lives that hope for and collaborate with divine compassionate righteousness. The article shows what a theodicy looks like given this Pauline position. As an effort to justify God's treatment of suffering, evil and delayed rescue of humans in the world, a theodicy raises a twofold issue: Does God have good reasons to allow the suffering and the evil that exist; and if so, do humans have access to those reasons? The article considers a God worthy of worship who aims to cultivate compassionate righteousness in humans, using suffering and evil but not coercion of human wills towards him. Theodicy can succeed in this context as God can give meaning to, and a final righteous co-conquest of, suffering and evil. Résumé Cet article développe certaines idées de l'apôtre Paul et de Peter T. Forsyth sur une approche téléologique d'une théodicée. Paul affirme que Dieu cause certaines souffrances humaines afin que ceux qui les subissent les surmontent en les endurant et en les dominant. La clé de cette victoire se trouve dans le choix fait de s'attendre à, et de collaborer avec la justice compatissante de Dieu. L'article montre à quoi ressemble une théodicée reposant sur cette position paulinienne. En tant qu'effort pour justifier la façon dont Dieu traite la souffrance, le mal et le sauvetage tardif des humains dans le monde, une théodicée soulève une double question : Dieu at -il de bonnes raisons de permettre la souffrance et le mal qui existent ? Et si oui, les humains ont-ils accès à ces raisons ? L'article envisage un Dieu digne d'être adoré dont le but est de cultiver une justice compatissante dans le coeur des humains, en utilisant la souffrance et le mal, mais sans exercer

God as Über-King of Moral Leading: Veiled and Unveiled

Perichoresis, 2023

How can the Biblical God be the Lord and King who, being typically unseen and even self-veiled at... more How can the Biblical God be the Lord and King who, being typically unseen and even self-veiled at times, authoritatively leads people for divine purposes? This article's main thesis is that the answer is in divine moral leading via human moral experience of God (of a kind to be clarified). The Hebrew Bible speaks of God as 'king,' including for a time prior to the Jewish human monarchy. Ancient Judaism, as Martin Buber has observed, acknowledged direct and indirect forms of divine rule and thus of theocracy. This article explores the importance of divine rule as divine direct leading, particularly in moral matters, without reliance on indirect theocracy supervised by humans. It thus considers a role for God as Über-King superior to any human king, maintaining a direct moral theocracy without a need for indirect theocracy. The divine goal, in this perspective, is a universal commonwealth in righteousness, while allowing for variation in political structure. The article identifies the importance in the Hebrew Bible of letting God be God as an Über-King who, although self-veiled at times, leads willing people directly and thereby rules over them uncoercively. It also clarifies a purpose for divine self-veiling neglected by Buber and many others, and it offers a morally sensitive test for unveiled authenticity in divine moral leading.

Being Commanded by God (page proofs)

Journal of Philosophical Theological Research (Iran), 2023

Many people in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheistic traditions testify to their experience... more Many people in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheistic traditions testify to their experience of being commanded by God to do something or to be a certain way. Is this kind of testimony from experience credible in some cases, and, if so, on what ground? The main thesis of this article is that it is credible in some cases and a suitable ground is available in the morally purifying experience of the human conscience. The article looks to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an for relevant testimony to the importance of righteous divine commanding experienced by humans. The relevant commands are not abstract or merely theoretical but grounded in human moral experience and potentially motivating for righteous action. The article doubts that God would be God if there were no divine commanding given directly to receptive people in their moral experience. It contends that God would not be a morally righteous guide of the divine kind needed for the worthiness of worship by humans in the absence of God's commanding people directly in their experience.

Moral Rapport in Communion of the Spirit (page proofs, 2023)

Pneuma, 2023

The communion (koinōnia) of the Spirit calls for moral rapport with God, based on the reception o... more The communion (koinōnia) of the Spirit calls for moral rapport with God, based on the reception of divine righteousness in the "fruit of the Spirit" among humans. This article explains the centrality of such moral rapport to the koinōnia of the Spirit, on the basis of insights from the book of Genesis, some of the Hebrew psalmists, and the apostle Paul. It gives special attention to Paul's perspective on the "fruit of the Spirit," thereby identifying distinctive evidence for the reality and the goodness of God, by way of contrast with either a purely mystical or a purely intellectual approach. Paul offers a perspective including "koinōnia of Jesus Christ," pointing to his koinōnia with God in Gethsemane and thus confirming the central role of moral and volitional personal rapport with God. This approach gives moral and christological depth to the koinōnia of the Spirit, enriching it with divine righteousness.

Divine Self-Disclosure Modern Theology (page proofs)

Modern Theology, 2022

This article's main thesis is that divine self-disclosure to humans is best understood in terms o... more This article's main thesis is that divine self-disclosure to humans is best understood in terms of manifested filial values with a distinctive moral intention aimed at cultivating righteousness. To that end, it identifies and clarifies a neglected problem of guided goodness and its significance for God's self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Part I characterizes the relevant values as the potential motivating powers of some goods to enable filial improvement relative to God's perfect moral character. Part II explains how God is related to manifested filial values in terms of God's active and empowering moral character and will. Part III illuminates how God can be experienced by humans through divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values, including in morally searching interventions, such as nudges toward goodness, in conscience. Part IV portrays reciprocity between God's moral will and human wills as central to human receptivity to divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Part V clarifies how evidentially grounded assurance for faith in God can arise from divine selfdisclosure when cooperatively received by humans. Part VI contrasts my approach to the ground of faith in God with some views of Martin Buber and H. Richard Niebuhr. Moral phenomenology, aided by the apostle Paul, emerges as central to understanding divine self-disclosure in manifested filial values. Do you despise the riches of God's goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides you to repentance?-Romans 2:4

God with Us in Moral Conflict (page proofs)

Expository Times , 2023

Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article ... more Thank you for choosing to publish with us. This is your final opportunity to ensure your article will be accurate at publication. Please review your proof carefully and respond to the queries using the circled tools in the image below, which are available in Adobe Reader DC* by clicking Tools from the top menu, then clicking Comment. Please use only the tools circled in the image, as edits via other tools/methods can be lost during file conversion. For comments, questions, or formatting requests, please use. Please do not use comment bubbles/sticky notes .

Divine Moral Inspiration: Unity in Biblical Theology (page proofs)

Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2022

Scholars of the Bible have long sought a theme that can identify substantial unity in the various... more Scholars of the Bible have long sought a theme that can identify substantial unity in the various Biblical writings without disregarding their undeniable diversity. In this context, scholars have explored the nature and limits of Biblical inspiration in considerable detail, but the moral inspiration of humans by God has received relatively little attention. This neglect is striking, because such divine inspiration of humans is arguably a silver lining throughout the Bible and a source of robust unity for Biblical theology. This article contends that the moral inspiration of humans by God is a substantial unifier for Biblical theology. It also shows how this approach yields (a) a new understanding of the fruit of the Spirit as divine filial values in human experience and (b) a needed veracity check on the unified Biblical theology offered.

Discount Flyer Paul's Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice

Discount Flyer Divine Goodness of Jesus

Why Does God Hide from Us?

Why Does God Hide from Us?, 2022

FAITH & REASON are at odds in our culture. For many, faith has come to mean little more than wish... more FAITH & REASON are at odds in our culture. For many, faith has come to mean little more than wishful thinking and blind belief. Such a concept is completely foreign to the pages of Scripture and historical Christianity. As philosopher Edward Feser notes, "In short, reason tells us that there is a God and that he has revealed such-andsuch a truth; faith is then a matter of believing what reason has shown God to have revealed. In that sense faith is not only not at odds with reason but is grounded in reason." WHAT IS RATIO CHRISTI? Ratio Christi, Latin for "the reason of Christ," wants to help reverse this trend of anti-intellectual Christianity. We organize apologetics clubs at colleges, universities, and even for high school groups in order to strengthen the faith of Christian students and faculty and challenge the rampant atheism and secularism on most campuses. Our mission is to fill the intellectual gap, to make Christianity something worth thinking about, both personally and in the public square. RATIO CHRISTI IS CALLING APOLOGISTS. Ratio Christi isn't just another apologetics organization. We use our theological training to share the Gospel on college and university campuses across the globe. We reach the people that nobody else can-and we need your help.

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