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Lane Tipton/September 7, 2022
The Deeper Protestant Conception of Natural Theology
It was most likely between 1888 and 1890, during his time at the Theological School in Grand Rapids, that Geerhardus Vos both delivered his Natural Theology lectures and wrote his …
Camden M. Bucey/September 4, 2022
What Is the Point of Contact?
In another video, we spoke about the antithesis, the sharp distinction between believers and unbelievers. That distinction is covenantal, absolute, and ethical. We also spoke about how that distinction is …
Lane Tipton/June 8, 2022
What Is the Deeper Protestant Conception?
In Reformed Dogmatics 2:13–15, Geerhardus Vos coined a phrase for the image of God, entitled “the deeper Protestant conception.” When God formed Adam from the dust of the earth in …
Lane G. Tipton/May 26, 2022
What Is Mutualism or Correlativism?
Mutualism or correlativism are virtual synonyms. Cornelius Van Til, a prominent twentieth-century Reformed theologian, apologist, Orthodox Presbyterian, and founding member of Westminster Theological Seminary, taught that God and the creature …
Lane G. Tipton/May 26, 2022
What Is the Creator-Creature Distinction?
In biblical teaching summarized by Reformed theology, the creator-creature distinction brings into view the absolute ontological difference between the Triune God and the creature. The Triune God is infinite, eternal, …
Lane Tipton/April 15, 2022
Bavinck on the “Implanted” Knowledge of God
A listener of Christ the Center raised a useful question about Bavinck, noting that he denies the speculative conception of “innate ideas” in Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 2, pp. 69–73 and wondered what …
