Catholicity, Orthodoxy, and Lordship
“There is not one square inch that Jesus does not claim ‘Mine,’ ” wrote the great Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper. Many of us agree with this universal claim, but at the same time we also differ in how this particular claim is to be applied. The political discourse of our day provides us with a …
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The spiritual depth of the Psalms exceeds by far anything that was afterwards composed as a church hymn. The psalms have always echoed the enduring, eternal keynote of the pious heart, while hymns usually had a temporary quality and were marked by what was popular at the moment. In the struggle between hymns and psalms, …
Christian Education, Providence Church February, 8th, 2009. The Nature of Miracles Problems with Definition: One of the great problems we have with the theology of miracles is that we do not know how to define it. In the history of theology there have been many definitions given in an attempt to satisfy the Biblical use …
Jonah 3:9-10 – Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. …
I have written two papers that will be posted at the website. The first paper is a brief, but helpful exposition of Revelation 20:1-10. The paper offers some introductory remarks on the major eschatological positions and defends the Postmillennial viewpoint in the latter part of the paper. Part 1 will be posted on Friday and …
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Editor’s Note: In these posts, I have tried to offer a simple introduction to Presuppositional apologetics. Many in our day are unaware of the incredible influence of Professor Cornelius Van Til. These posts serve to distinguish the Reformed View of apologetics from Thomistic approaches and to encourage Christian thinkers to self-consciously presuppose God’s existence in …
Do not fear, Futato is not a fundamentalist! In the middle of one of his lectures in Hebrew exegesis he made this striking comment about a conversation he had with a friend. The friend mentioned to him that the difference between Reformed Theology and Fundamentalism is that Reformed theology begins with creation and Fundamentalism begins …
Calvinism, from its earliest days, has expressed a comprehensive worldview. This does not mean that Calvinism has developed a distinctly Christian identity in every area; neither does it mean that the area Calvinism claims has been fully faithful to Biblical revelation. There has certainly been much abuse by those implementing Calvinism into certain areas of …
In the late 1940’s, Professor Cornelius Van Til wrote a series of articles for the Westminster Theological Journal. The articles analyzed Abraham Kuyper’s1 view of Common Grace. It was in a sense a brief analysis of Kuyper’s great three-volume work on Common Grace published in the Netherlands. As a philosopher and a Dutchman, Van Til …
In the late 1940s, Professor Cornelius Van Til wrote a series of articles for the Westminster Theological Journal. The articles analyzed Abraham Kuypers a view of Common Grace. It was in a sense a brief analysis of Kuypers great three-volume work on Common Grace published in the Netherlands. As a philosopher and a Dutchman, Van …