Posted in baptism, eschatology, justification, nt on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Justification by faith is all about the resurrection. You believe that God will make things right, and one of the things that will be made right is the dead creation:
Romans 4: 13- 23
For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the [...]
Posted in eschatology, justification on April 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A question:
Hab. 1:17
Is he then to keep on emptying his net
and mercilessly killing nations forever?
The LORD’s answer:
Hab. 2: 2-4
And the LORD answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end–it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it [...]
Posted in catholicity, christology, church history on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes in reaction to American naivete and historical groundlessness, various sectors of the Church will appeal to “history” and “tradition” as an antidote. I hope it is clear that I do in fact value tradition and want to listen to “the mind of the church,” however I am equally committed to being honest about [...]
Posted in atonement on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I posted on Wright’s view of atonement simply for the purpose of showing what Wright thinks about the atonement. I don’t know anything about the ecclesio-political context that the discussion was couched in, and it sure seems that there is more going on with Steve Chalkes (who I don’t know from Adam) than Wright wants [...]
Posted in atonement on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Be sure to read this and this.
Here’s a sample:
The biblical doctrine of God’s wrath is rooted in the doctrine of God as the good, wise and loving creator, who hates – yes, hates, and hates implacably – anything that spoils, defaces, distorts or damages his beautiful creation, [...]
Posted in law of god on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is amazing how easily theologians can read their presuppositions into the text. Notice this post by Dr. VanDrunen where he makes a colossal jump away from the text without noting it:
As the above quotation from the Larger Catechism suggests, most Reformed reflection on the question of visual images of Christ has revolved around [...]
Posted in church history on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nevertheless he calls the Spirit, who is of the essence of God the Father, or of his own essence, another advocate. For the principle of the essence is one with regard to both; it does not exclude the Spirit but allows the principle of the difference to be conceived of solely in his being and [...]
Posted in catholicity, church history on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I’ve become discouraged by the various ecclesiastical parties that are seeking to be traditionalists or attach the prefix “neo” to their name. It seems that assumptions of historical discontinuity call the shots, and certain figures are always cast in the worst light. This is an epidemic in all branches of Christendom, and [...]
Posted in church history, scripture on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To anyone who approaches it in a hasy manner this passage will seem difficult and something of a trap with regard to the faith. Consequently, at this juncture there are already those who expect us to get bogged down in insuperable difficulties thrown up by our opponents. But there is nothing at all [...]
Posted in baptism, church history, wcf on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Cornelius Burges is a famous English Puritan who served as a Divine to the Westminster Assembly. As I recall, he had a pretty influential voice at the Assembly, likely contributing to much of the Confessional language we know and love today.
His book on baptism is called The Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants and can [...]
