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KJ Drake

KJ Drake

K.J. Drake serves as Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary. He earned his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University and is the author of The Flesh of the Word: The extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy (Oxford, 2021). Dr. Drake is a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

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Theology Is Essential for Discipleship: A Conversation with KJ Drake

*In this conversation, KJ Drake and Brannon Ellis explore the vital connections between practicing theology, being a faithful disciple, and making disciples of others. *[…]

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The Scandal of Particularity, the Person of Christ, and Christmas

Advent and Christmastide beckon Christians to reflect on the first coming of Christ as we long for his return. We are situated in the time between, with a new life and reality defined by the events of Bethlehem and Golgotha and in anticipation of Christ’s parousia. As we think of Christ’s Incarnation in this time […]

The Medium Is the Mania: Anxiety as a Feature, Not a Bug, of Digital Media

Christian Scholarship for the Church

Why does the church and the average congregant need the work of the theologian? And how might the theologian seek to bless the church in general? Ideally, scholars in general seek to understand the truth about reality. The Christian scholar, in particular, pursues understanding about God and His creation through a disciplined exercise of intellect […]

“The Flesh of the Word: The extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy,” by K. J. Drake

“The Flesh of the Word: The extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy,” by K. J. Drake

*** Oxford University Press | 2021 | 336 pages (hardcover) | $99.00 We live in an age of rapid technological advancement. One could perhaps be forgiven for using the weary term “unprecedented” to describe it. The expanding abundance of easily accessible information about nearly everything has had a revolutionary impact on nearly everything, including the […]

“A Companion to the Theology of John Webster,” edited by Michael Allen and R. David Nelson

“A Companion to the Theology of John Webster,” edited by Michael Allen and R. David Nelson

*** Eerdmans | 2021 | 366 pages (hardcover) | $50.00 John Webster has been called “the theologian’s theologian” for his incisive style and project of “theological theology,” which responds to the revelation of the Triune God in faithful speech and action. Theology in the hands of Webster is always a vital act, coram Deo, marked […]

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