Thought I would share my personal interests related to theology. I have a large personal collection of Reformed literature and read a lot of Puritan writings.
My digital collection is by far larger than my paper collection. By most people's standard through, I have a large personal collection of
mostly Reformed books, but comparing with some others collections I am not so sure my collection is all that large. Of course, when it comes time to move boxes upon boxes of them, I'll have a better idea. I am mostly new to the Puritans, only started reading a little from them the past three or so years. I did learn why so many enjoy reading them though, and I also learned why some prefer to read the great theologians of the past, and that the giants of the past often wrote on a level which few rarely do today. Most of the Puritan works I own are in Logos format. I upgraded from Libronix 3 to Logos 4 mostly because I wanted to accumulate a Puritan library in clean Logos format with all the advantages of Logos software.
I am on the oversight board and faculty of The North American Reformed Seminary (TNARS).
I am sorry I have not contributed more or been more involved in the work you have going on there, I have felt guilty while lurking at times. I seem to have a talent for missing out, seems to be my "lot" in life....anyway. Does TNARS have a physical brick and mortar location? Is the online part of it supplemental? Curious...
I am not really much of anything just another person struggling in many ways. I might give the impression of one that has it all together, but assure you that is far from the case. All I want is to glorify God in everything, but I fail so much and fall so short, that it's sad really. The only thing close to ministry that I do would be the blog I started. Other than that, I am somewhat of a hermit.
My theological interests (and hobbies
) are
theology proper, philosophical theology, soteriology, translating Byzantine New Testament Greek manuscripts and also ecclesial Latin manuscripts.
Sweet! I think you might be the first person I have interacted with that has the ability to translate such manuscripts. What a blessing what a calling!
My theological interests...hmm...well, I should mention I have interest in all of theology, systematic, historical, and Biblical, while enjoying and appreciating the harmony and organic unity between theology and philosophy and apologetics.
If I had to choose specific areas where I have the most interest. Soteriology is probably number one, with Bibliology and Theology Proper close behind. Anthropology is so closely intertwined with Soteriology. The past couple of years my interest in Covenant Theology has increased, and at the point where I am at, I find it helpful, to say the least. I also have a good deal of interest in the field of epistemology, especially Biblical/Christian epistemology, or more specifially Revelational/Reformed epistemology.
Overall, I mostly find myself greatly lacking in every area (how does the saying go about learning? Something like, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know or about more I do not know) and would really like to develop more in aspects of Christology [hypostatic union] and Theology Proper [Trinity]), and without the time and energy, especially the time now that most of it is spent raising my son, leaving me at the end of most evenings without much energy.
