Sterling College Assistant Professor of Theology and Ministry Dr. Glenn Butner published two articles in the fall 2016 semester, one featured in Christians for Biblical Equality and the other in the Journal of Reformed Theology.

“I enjoy seeing our faculty engage in topics that are debated in their discipline, and I believe Glenn’s contribution to each of these topics is important to higher education. Glenn is active in his field and always growing in the faith he is teaching our students about,” said Dr. Ken Brown, vice president for academic affairs.

In Preserving the Trinity, a special publication of Christians for Biblical Equality, Butner published “Crumbling Cathedrals of the Mind: How Eternal Functional Subordination Undermines Transactional Atonement Theory,” an article that discusses how certain recent evangelical views of the Trinity cause problems for traditional theological explanations of how Jesus' death results in salvation. It was sent to all members of the Evangelical Theological Society as preparation for Butner's presentation on the topic at their annual conference. An edited version of the article will be made available to a wider audience through publication in the journal Priscilla Papers in early 2017.
Defending Reformed theology against accusations that protestant thought is too individualistic, Butner appeared in the Journal of Reformed Theology in “Reformed Theology and the Question of Protestant Individualism.” The article draws on several historical ideas of reformed theology, comparing them with Roman Catholic theologian Henri de Lubac.

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