Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

Nicholas Wolterstorff & Evan Rosa

Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University

CCT Director / Editor of The Table / Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Biola University

June 5, 2017

Nicholas Wolterstorff comments on the biblical passage 1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”

About the Authors

Nicholas Wolterstorff

Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University

Nicholas Wolterstorff (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a prolific author and highly influential Christian philosopher. He is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.

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Evan Rosa

CCT Director / Editor of The Table / Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Biola University

Evan Rosa is Director of the Biola University Center for Christian Thought and is Editor of The Table, CCT's journal and media platform. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Biola University.

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