'Divine Humility,' with Dr. Matthew Wilcoxen - Mere Fidelity: a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy

God is all-powerful. God is all-knowing. God is ever-present. But is God humble? Dr. Matthew Wilcoxen joins Derek and Alastair to discuss his recent book, Divine Humility: God’s Morally Perfect Being. Listen in as he traces the theme of a doctrine of divine humility from Augustine to Karl Barth and relays the importance of this long lost attribute of God.

Resources mentioned:

Book: City of God, Augustine

Article: Perichoresis and Projection: Problems with Social Doctrines of the Trinity – Karen Kilby

Book: Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of God, Volume 1 by Katherine Sonderegger

Timestamps

0:00

Intro + Wilcoxen’s inspiration behind writing ‘Divine Humility’

5:50

What Wilcoxen means when he says God is humble

11:20

How can we speak about God using such terms as ‘humility’ while still respecting his eternal being?

14:03

Does God need the creation to be characterized by humility?

16:25

What goes wrong in Barth’s argument on the humility of God?

22:15

Implications on the Eternal Subordination of the Son debate

25:08

Why Theology Proper matters when we read the Bible

29:58

How humility affects morality

32:45

Katherine Sonderegger’s contribution to the doctrine of God’s humility

39:16

How can we have a more trinitarian understanding of the humility of God?

41:03

How this doctrine affects our worship

43:09

Conclusion

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