Papers by Daniel J Cameron
Paper given at ETS Midwest Conference, 2019
Abstract:
Filling a gap in the study of ecclesiology by addressing ecclesiological method,
this ... more Abstract:
Filling a gap in the study of ecclesiology by addressing ecclesiological method,
this paper examines the work of Scottish theologian Thomas Forsyth Torrance specifically with the World Council of Churches. Modern ecclesiologies fail to provide a robust definition of the Church’s nature due to their lack of a robust ecclesiological method resulting in an anemic understanding of the Church’s nature and significance. In this paper, I argue that the ecclesiological method of T.F. Torrance can overcome this problem by understanding the Church kata physin, that is according to nature.
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T.F. Torrance (1913-2007) has been known as “one of the most significant English-
speaking theolo... more T.F. Torrance (1913-2007) has been known as “one of the most significant English-
speaking theologians of the twentieth century.”1 Elmer Coyler says that there is a “growing consensus that Thomas F. Torrance is on of the premier theologians in the second half of the twentieth century.”2 Kye Won Lee calls him the “most consistent evangelical theologian in our times.”3 Having died recently, not much work has been done on his theology, but if these are the things that are being said about him then we must carry the torch as theologians and do what we can to understand his theology and help others know about him. Since I do not have the space to discuss the development of all of his theology this paper will be focused on his theology of Christ’s assumption of our fallen humanity.
For more like this follow my blog: http://laptoptheologian.wordpress.com/
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This paper was written for Biblical Theology with Dr. D.A. Carson:
"In a country that is focuse... more This paper was written for Biblical Theology with Dr. D.A. Carson:
"In a country that is focused on producing, work has become integral to our society. We
have a 5 day work week, supposedly, but somehow those 5 days turn into 6, and then turn into 7. We begin sleeping less, 8 hours, then 6, then 4. Have we forgotten how to rest? What even is rest? Von Rad notes that “rest has been overlooked in biblical theology,”1 Walter Kaiser believes that the reason for this lies in the “sheer difficulty of the concept.”2 In this paper I seek to clearly layout and trace the theme of rest as it is founded in creation, commanded in Deuteronomy, realized in Jesus as salvation, and consummated in Revelation. 3 And so it is with this basic trajectory that I will format my paper around."
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The words In Christ: we see them all over Scripture and what do we do with that? Well we allegori... more The words In Christ: we see them all over Scripture and what do we do with that? Well we allegorize it. The special words that stand at the center of our salvation have simply become an allegory like it was the Chronicles of Narnia or the Screwtape Letters. In this paper I will argue that we have an actual, real, ontological union with Christ that is the center of our Salvation from which all salvific benefits come. As Gregory of Nazianzus says “The un-assumed is the unhealed; what is united to God, that is also saved.” But before I begin my paper I must say that to discuss this is to discuss something so “paradoxical that it is difficult to express in a few words.” I seek to be as faithful to Scripture in understanding our union with Christ. In order to argue my thesis I will first look at the nature of our union, the kind of union, how this union affects justification, sanctification, the Church, and finally preaching and the Sacraments.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed b... more “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
When you ask someone what are some things that they might think of when they hear to word America. Most likely you will get a lot of people answering with ‘freedom’, after all it is one of our “Rights”, right? It is this question that has been debated for centuries. Does man have free will or not? It was in the midst of the Enlightenment that Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues wrote these words. It was the beginning of a new age that was focused on the will and man’s free choice.
These words were penned in 1776 at the start of the independence of America. It is before these words were written that the great Jonathan Edwards lived and preached in a still British owned America, but an America that was leading directly into this libertarian way of thinking. There was still a major push to remain Calvinist even in the midst of a changing society. There was a group of people becoming and following more down the line of Jacob Arminius (from here on out referred to as Arminians) who were focusing more on human freedom and liberty, but to be an Arminian in Colonial New England meant to most that you were slippery and unreliable, basically a liberal. This can even be seen by the firing and dismissal of Senior Tutor at Yale University in New Haven, CT during Jonathan Edward’s time there. It was this up and coming Arminian Theology that Edwards thought was working “against revivalism.” It is because liberty was the “byword of the enlightenment” that Edwards wrote “A Careful and Strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will, Which is Supposed to be essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame.”
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Vas ist Aufklärung? This question, specifically from the Kantian essay, is a question that has h... more Vas ist Aufklärung? This question, specifically from the Kantian essay, is a question that has haunted scholars for ages. What is the Enlightenment? During the 18th century a large shift in common thinking and religious views came about from various sources and for various reasons. There have been many theories and many attempts to answer this question. In France you have heavy hitters like Voltaire, Jean Jaque Rousseau, Pierre Bayle, etc. In Germany you have Immanuel Kant, Johann Hamann, etc. In America you have Jonathan Edwards, John and Charles Wesley, etc. But what about Scotland? What was happening in Scotland in the 18th century? This paper seeks to answer the question what role did William Robertson play in the Scottish Enlightenment? To accomplish this task this paper will cover important biographical information on Robertson to follow his rise to power at the University of Edinburgh, his major works, and his role in Scotland as the president of the University.
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Lectures by Daniel J Cameron
This was a lecture given for the Systematic Theology II class at Moody Bible Institute, February ... more This was a lecture given for the Systematic Theology II class at Moody Bible Institute, February 2014. The topics covered are Union with Christ and the benefits of our Union with Christ, namely, Justification and Adoption.
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These are the lecture notes for a lecture on the Life and Works of Augustine at the Moody Church ... more These are the lecture notes for a lecture on the Life and Works of Augustine at the Moody Church for the equipping ministry at the church.
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Books by Daniel J Cameron
If you were told that Christ assumed a fallen human nature, how would you respond? This statement... more If you were told that Christ assumed a fallen human nature, how would you respond? This statement makes many uncomfortable because they believe that to agree with this statement would sacrifice the sinlessness of Jesus. Others have said that this view is heretical and completely undermines what scripture teaches. But does it? In Flesh and Blood, Daniel J. Cameron examines this idea and its critics, such as Oliver Crisp and Kevin Chiarot, to see if it is possible to say that Christ did in fact assume a fallen human nature. Daniel examines one of the most well known proponents of this view, T.F. Torrance, to see if his arguments can overcome those who have critiqued him. Daniel begins by explaining the fallen nature view from the perspective of Torrance. He then moves to explain some of the biggest critiques of this view and then, in chapter 4, seeks to find an answer to the critics. This book ends by examining the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christ as it pertains to this question.
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Articles by Daniel J Cameron
Participatio: Anthropology, 2021
This paper seeks to examine the way in which T. F. Torrance argues for Jesus’ assumption of a fal... more This paper seeks to examine the way in which T. F. Torrance argues for Jesus’ assumption of a fallen human nature in the Incarnation as essential to the recreation and personalization of our humanity. In the fall, our human nature was corrupted in such a way that we are alienated and estranged from God and are subject in every way to the effects of this fallen life. However, in the Incarnation Jesus assumed not just some abstract form of a human nature but rather the very human nature that needed healing, that is, a fallen human nature. In the act of joining this fallen nature to himself and carrying that with him throughout his entire incarnate life, Jesus heals that fallen nature and offers us a new way to be human. Thus, the assumption of the fallen nature is essential for its healing and for creating this new way to be human.
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Christianity Today, 2019
As the opening chords played, Tomlin began to sing, quoting 2 Corinthians 5:21: “He became sin, w... more As the opening chords played, Tomlin began to sing, quoting 2 Corinthians 5:21: “He became sin, who knew no sin. That we might become His righteousness.” I had heard the lyrics before, in fact, I had the verses memorized, but for the first time, I found myself asking, “What
does this actually mean? What does it mean that Jesus became sin?” This passage had been explained to me as a simple summary of the Gospel—in one sentence!—and yet I suddenly realized something those who explained it to me rarely admitted: it contains a stunning amount of complexity. Did Tomlin know what he was singing? Did I?
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Christianity Today: Christian History, Dec 7, 2018
"Thomas Torrance recognized the true nature of the church as existing only in Christ and spent hi... more "Thomas Torrance recognized the true nature of the church as existing only in Christ and spent his life seeking the theological renewal of the church. In this process, his life and work has become known as one of the largest theological dynasties Great Britain has ever produced."
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Book Reviews by Daniel J Cameron
Pacific Journal for Baptist Research, 2019
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Pacific Journal for Baptist Research, 2018
https://issuu.com/careybaptistcollege/docs/pjbr_nov_2018__final_
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Sermons by Daniel J Cameron
To be a Pharisee was an honor. They had advanced knowledge of the Scriptures. They understood Jew... more To be a Pharisee was an honor. They had advanced knowledge of the Scriptures. They understood Jewish practices inside and out. From the outside, it looked like they had it all together. But there was a problem. They had neglected the basics. They had missed the basic thrust of scripture. As we continue our series discussing the seven woes of Jesus to the Pharisees we will look at the fourth woe he pronounces on them. My message tonight will take place in two basic parts. First, we will examine exactly what Jesus says about the basic thrust of scripture. Second, we will look at three things that we can do to get back to the basics.
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As we continue in our explore God series it is this question that concerns us tonight. Is Jesus r... more As we continue in our explore God series it is this question that concerns us tonight. Is Jesus really God? While there is no way to cover exhaustively a topic like this and while there are many methods for covering this topic tonight I will address it by answering the following three questions: Who claims that Jesus is God, what does it mean that Jesus is God, and why does it matter that Jesus is God? My hope tonight is that you will understand that Jesus is indeed God and this reality matters deeply for our salvation. Which brings us to our first question: Who says that Jesus is God?
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Peter claims, in the first chapter, that, as New Testament scholar Tom Schreiner puts it, “living... more Peter claims, in the first chapter, that, as New Testament scholar Tom Schreiner puts it, “living a godly life is optional if one’s heavenly destiny is not involved.” There was a group that was teaching that Jesus’ return was simply a myth and, thus, you could live how you desired. Countering this claim, Peter calls upon three witnesses to confirm God’s promise of Jesus’ return. Tonight, we will look at these Three witnesses that confirm God’s promise.
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The series that we have been in for the last couple of weeks is Jesus Encounters. We have been lo... more The series that we have been in for the last couple of weeks is Jesus Encounters. We have been looking at stories of people who have had encounters direct encounters with Jesus. All of these people have had various reasons for wanting to encounter him but what each of these encounters shows us is that an encounter with Jesus is life transforming, and only an encounter with Jesus can transform your life. Today we continue this series by looking at the encounter between Jesus and the chief tax collector in Jericho, Zacchaeus. And so, please turn with me to Luke 19:1-10. In this story we will learn about three characteristics of a face-to-face encounter with Jesus Christ.
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The Bottom Line:
Tonight we have looked at six characteristics of what a bold prayer looks like b... more The Bottom Line:
Tonight we have looked at six characteristics of what a bold prayer looks like by examining this prayer in acts. Let it act as a type of litmus test for your own prayers. As you leave here today here are three simple things you can do as you seek to pray boldly.
Pray with your Brothers and Sisters: Come to our prayer meeting on Wednesday nights or if you cant make that join a small group. In some way get involved in praying together with your brothers and sisters. And by together I don’t mean over the same requests as someone else as you are alone in your house. I mean literally get together with a group of people and pray.
Pray Boldly: Remember that we can pray boldy because God is sovereign. He is in control of all things and because we are his children we can and should being praying boldy to him. So be bold in your prayers to him. Pray that God stops the violence in Chicago. Pray that God gives peace in the middle east. Present your Big prayers to an even Bigger God. No prayer is to big to present to him.
Pray for Boldness: In a world that is becoming increasingly hostile towards Christianity and the message of Christ, don’t pray that God takes us out of it but pray that God gives us boldness to stand up IN it.
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God’s vision for our lives is holiness. We are familiar with the term holy if we have spent any t... more God’s vision for our lives is holiness. We are familiar with the term holy if we have spent any time in the Church. We know it from the various worship songs we sing and from the sermons we have heard. But what in the world is holiness? I’m so glad you asked! The goal of this message today is to answer three questions. First, ‘what is holiness?’ Second, ‘why do we need to be holy?’ And third, since this is God’s vision for my life ‘how does one pursue holiness?’
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Filling a gap in the study of ecclesiology by addressing ecclesiological method,
this paper examines the work of Scottish theologian Thomas Forsyth Torrance specifically with the World Council of Churches. Modern ecclesiologies fail to provide a robust definition of the Church’s nature due to their lack of a robust ecclesiological method resulting in an anemic understanding of the Church’s nature and significance. In this paper, I argue that the ecclesiological method of T.F. Torrance can overcome this problem by understanding the Church kata physin, that is according to nature.
speaking theologians of the twentieth century.”1 Elmer Coyler says that there is a “growing consensus that Thomas F. Torrance is on of the premier theologians in the second half of the twentieth century.”2 Kye Won Lee calls him the “most consistent evangelical theologian in our times.”3 Having died recently, not much work has been done on his theology, but if these are the things that are being said about him then we must carry the torch as theologians and do what we can to understand his theology and help others know about him. Since I do not have the space to discuss the development of all of his theology this paper will be focused on his theology of Christ’s assumption of our fallen humanity.
For more like this follow my blog: http://laptoptheologian.wordpress.com/
"In a country that is focused on producing, work has become integral to our society. We
have a 5 day work week, supposedly, but somehow those 5 days turn into 6, and then turn into 7. We begin sleeping less, 8 hours, then 6, then 4. Have we forgotten how to rest? What even is rest? Von Rad notes that “rest has been overlooked in biblical theology,”1 Walter Kaiser believes that the reason for this lies in the “sheer difficulty of the concept.”2 In this paper I seek to clearly layout and trace the theme of rest as it is founded in creation, commanded in Deuteronomy, realized in Jesus as salvation, and consummated in Revelation. 3 And so it is with this basic trajectory that I will format my paper around."
When you ask someone what are some things that they might think of when they hear to word America. Most likely you will get a lot of people answering with ‘freedom’, after all it is one of our “Rights”, right? It is this question that has been debated for centuries. Does man have free will or not? It was in the midst of the Enlightenment that Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues wrote these words. It was the beginning of a new age that was focused on the will and man’s free choice.
These words were penned in 1776 at the start of the independence of America. It is before these words were written that the great Jonathan Edwards lived and preached in a still British owned America, but an America that was leading directly into this libertarian way of thinking. There was still a major push to remain Calvinist even in the midst of a changing society. There was a group of people becoming and following more down the line of Jacob Arminius (from here on out referred to as Arminians) who were focusing more on human freedom and liberty, but to be an Arminian in Colonial New England meant to most that you were slippery and unreliable, basically a liberal. This can even be seen by the firing and dismissal of Senior Tutor at Yale University in New Haven, CT during Jonathan Edward’s time there. It was this up and coming Arminian Theology that Edwards thought was working “against revivalism.” It is because liberty was the “byword of the enlightenment” that Edwards wrote “A Careful and Strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will, Which is Supposed to be essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame.”
Lectures by Daniel J Cameron
Books by Daniel J Cameron
Articles by Daniel J Cameron
does this actually mean? What does it mean that Jesus became sin?” This passage had been explained to me as a simple summary of the Gospel—in one sentence!—and yet I suddenly realized something those who explained it to me rarely admitted: it contains a stunning amount of complexity. Did Tomlin know what he was singing? Did I?
Book Reviews by Daniel J Cameron
Sermons by Daniel J Cameron
Tonight we have looked at six characteristics of what a bold prayer looks like by examining this prayer in acts. Let it act as a type of litmus test for your own prayers. As you leave here today here are three simple things you can do as you seek to pray boldly.
Pray with your Brothers and Sisters: Come to our prayer meeting on Wednesday nights or if you cant make that join a small group. In some way get involved in praying together with your brothers and sisters. And by together I don’t mean over the same requests as someone else as you are alone in your house. I mean literally get together with a group of people and pray.
Pray Boldly: Remember that we can pray boldy because God is sovereign. He is in control of all things and because we are his children we can and should being praying boldy to him. So be bold in your prayers to him. Pray that God stops the violence in Chicago. Pray that God gives peace in the middle east. Present your Big prayers to an even Bigger God. No prayer is to big to present to him.
Pray for Boldness: In a world that is becoming increasingly hostile towards Christianity and the message of Christ, don’t pray that God takes us out of it but pray that God gives us boldness to stand up IN it.
Filling a gap in the study of ecclesiology by addressing ecclesiological method,
this paper examines the work of Scottish theologian Thomas Forsyth Torrance specifically with the World Council of Churches. Modern ecclesiologies fail to provide a robust definition of the Church’s nature due to their lack of a robust ecclesiological method resulting in an anemic understanding of the Church’s nature and significance. In this paper, I argue that the ecclesiological method of T.F. Torrance can overcome this problem by understanding the Church kata physin, that is according to nature.
speaking theologians of the twentieth century.”1 Elmer Coyler says that there is a “growing consensus that Thomas F. Torrance is on of the premier theologians in the second half of the twentieth century.”2 Kye Won Lee calls him the “most consistent evangelical theologian in our times.”3 Having died recently, not much work has been done on his theology, but if these are the things that are being said about him then we must carry the torch as theologians and do what we can to understand his theology and help others know about him. Since I do not have the space to discuss the development of all of his theology this paper will be focused on his theology of Christ’s assumption of our fallen humanity.
For more like this follow my blog: http://laptoptheologian.wordpress.com/
"In a country that is focused on producing, work has become integral to our society. We
have a 5 day work week, supposedly, but somehow those 5 days turn into 6, and then turn into 7. We begin sleeping less, 8 hours, then 6, then 4. Have we forgotten how to rest? What even is rest? Von Rad notes that “rest has been overlooked in biblical theology,”1 Walter Kaiser believes that the reason for this lies in the “sheer difficulty of the concept.”2 In this paper I seek to clearly layout and trace the theme of rest as it is founded in creation, commanded in Deuteronomy, realized in Jesus as salvation, and consummated in Revelation. 3 And so it is with this basic trajectory that I will format my paper around."
When you ask someone what are some things that they might think of when they hear to word America. Most likely you will get a lot of people answering with ‘freedom’, after all it is one of our “Rights”, right? It is this question that has been debated for centuries. Does man have free will or not? It was in the midst of the Enlightenment that Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues wrote these words. It was the beginning of a new age that was focused on the will and man’s free choice.
These words were penned in 1776 at the start of the independence of America. It is before these words were written that the great Jonathan Edwards lived and preached in a still British owned America, but an America that was leading directly into this libertarian way of thinking. There was still a major push to remain Calvinist even in the midst of a changing society. There was a group of people becoming and following more down the line of Jacob Arminius (from here on out referred to as Arminians) who were focusing more on human freedom and liberty, but to be an Arminian in Colonial New England meant to most that you were slippery and unreliable, basically a liberal. This can even be seen by the firing and dismissal of Senior Tutor at Yale University in New Haven, CT during Jonathan Edward’s time there. It was this up and coming Arminian Theology that Edwards thought was working “against revivalism.” It is because liberty was the “byword of the enlightenment” that Edwards wrote “A Careful and Strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will, Which is Supposed to be essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame.”
does this actually mean? What does it mean that Jesus became sin?” This passage had been explained to me as a simple summary of the Gospel—in one sentence!—and yet I suddenly realized something those who explained it to me rarely admitted: it contains a stunning amount of complexity. Did Tomlin know what he was singing? Did I?
Tonight we have looked at six characteristics of what a bold prayer looks like by examining this prayer in acts. Let it act as a type of litmus test for your own prayers. As you leave here today here are three simple things you can do as you seek to pray boldly.
Pray with your Brothers and Sisters: Come to our prayer meeting on Wednesday nights or if you cant make that join a small group. In some way get involved in praying together with your brothers and sisters. And by together I don’t mean over the same requests as someone else as you are alone in your house. I mean literally get together with a group of people and pray.
Pray Boldly: Remember that we can pray boldy because God is sovereign. He is in control of all things and because we are his children we can and should being praying boldy to him. So be bold in your prayers to him. Pray that God stops the violence in Chicago. Pray that God gives peace in the middle east. Present your Big prayers to an even Bigger God. No prayer is to big to present to him.
Pray for Boldness: In a world that is becoming increasingly hostile towards Christianity and the message of Christ, don’t pray that God takes us out of it but pray that God gives us boldness to stand up IN it.