The Kenwood Institute Podcast Reformed Theology | Session 2: The Nature of Theological Language | Dr. Kyle Claunch
Jan 26, 2026
Dr. Kyle Claunch, professor of systematic theology and elder at Kenwood Baptist Church, explains how language about God must be analogical because of his transcendence. He contrasts divine presence and incomprehensibility, explores creator–creature distinction, and teases how the Word made flesh affects non-analogical speech. Expect clear distinctions between figurative, anthropomorphic, and proper theological language.
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Solomon's Prayer: Presence Without Containment
- Kyle Claunch uses Solomon's temple dedication to show God's presence can be covenantally real yet uncontainable.
- That tension of nearness and transcendence should deepen worship rather than undermine it.
Incomprehensibility Fuels Worship
- God's incomprehensibility doesn't make him distant but grounds how he condescends to us in revelation and covenant presence.
- True knowledge of God is genuine and life-giving while remaining infinitely partial.
All Theological Language Is Analogical
- Because God transcends creatures, all true language about him is analogical: similar but not identical to creaturely meanings.
- Even God's self-revelation to creatures is accommodated and thus necessarily finite.
