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Jared Oliphint/May 22, 2013
Posting Potency and Proportion: Imperative-Based Imbalance
One of the benefits of using the content-collector Evernote is a Chrome extension that grabs whatever article I’m reading and puts it into Notebooks (categories) I’ve created, in about two …
Robert Tarullo/May 8, 2013
Book 2, Chapter 2, Sections 14-20 – Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will
Sections 14-20 14. The power of the intellect, secondly, with regard to the arts. Particular gifts in this respect conferred on individuals, and attesting the grace of God. 15. The …
Pierce Taylor Hibbs/April 25, 2013
Using Bavinck to Read Shakespeare: What’s in a Name?
In the second act of scene two in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, we encounter a punchy line that’s held readers’ attention for centuries. Frustrated because her lover carries the name …
Robert Tarullo/April 1, 2013
Has American Culture Triumphed over American Faith?
Prominent sociologist Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center at Boston University, recently wrote in “The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith”: “In every aspect of …
Camden M. Bucey/March 30, 2013
Worship and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
William H. Smith shares several thoughts on the conservative movements currently forming within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). As a member of (and now pastor-elect in) a sister denomination, …
Jared Oliphint/March 29, 2013
If One Believes in the Legitimacy of Same-Sex Marriage
A survey of several beliefs one cannot consistently hold in addition to believing in the legitimacy of same-sex marriage.
James J. Cassidy/March 27, 2013
Affirmations and Denials for a Christian Response to Gay Marriage
The following was sent in to my local newspaper for consideration in the editorial page (it was, however, rejected by the editor): In no way do I pretend to represent …
Camden M. Bucey/March 25, 2013
Machen Affirmed a Strong Antithesis When Writing on Education
In an essay on the importance of Christian scholarship, Machen demonstrated a strong view of the antithesis between believers and unbelievers (so much so that one might be tempted to …
Daniel Schrock/March 21, 2013
It Is There and It Should Not Be Silent: Van Til’s Critique of Schaeffer
Daniel Schrock revisits Cornelius Van Til’s critique of Francis Schaeffer’s apologetic. Van Til has been criticized for his treatment of Schaeffer’s method, but Schrock reminds us that though it may be difficult to carry out polemics in a spirit of Christian love, we cannot assume it prohibits polemics.
Camden M. Bucey/March 21, 2013
Bringing Schaeffer and Van Til Together
In an essay celebrating the 100th anniversary of Cornelius Van Til’s birth, William Edgar compared Francis Schaeffer to Cornelius Van Til. Much has been made about their different approaches to …
Jared Oliphint/March 20, 2013
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 3)
In this third post on union with Christ (first post here, second post here ), I want to highlight some of the realities that spill out from a full understanding of …
Jared Oliphint/March 19, 2013
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 2)
Many 16th and 17th century theologians understood union with Christ as the context in which the Spirit justifies, adopts, and sanctifies. But what does a list of quotes illustrating the matter accomplish?
Jared Oliphint/March 18, 2013
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 1)
Jared Oliphint provides several quotations of Reformed theologians from the 16th and17th century who understood union with Christ as a foundational soteriological category.
Camden M. Bucey/March 9, 2013
The Foundation and Purpose of Christian Suffering
Camden Bucey explores basic features of the apostle Paul’s theology, seeing how Christian suffering must be understood in light of Christ’s own suffering and the believers union with Christ by faith.
Camden M. Bucey/March 8, 2013
Open Thread: Is There a Form of Suffering in the Intermediate State?
Believers who have died are with the Lord, but until the Lord returns in glory their souls are separated from their bodies. Is it proper to characterize this separation as form of suffering?
