Quotes
A Tidbit
Monday, April 16th, 2007I recently came across the best one-line definition of the typical Reformed understanding of the bondage of the human will that I have ever encountered. The quote is from Jonathan Edwards (who else), and I must acknowledge my indebtedness to Reverend Charles Biggs for bringing it to my attention, in his latest post on […]
A Few Tidbits from Calvin
Saturday, December 16th, 2006As I was glancing through Book two, Chapter six of Calvin’s Institutes today, I came across a few sentences so thrillingly substantive (and speaking volumes about Calvin’s redemptive-historical hermeneutic) that I had to share them. As follows. “From this it is now clear enough that, since God cannot without the Mediator be propitious toward the human […]
“Old Testament Gospel” (by William Cowper)
Monday, October 2nd, 2006I was reading through some of Cowper’s Olney Hymns today, and I was so struck by this one in particular, that I decided to post it for everyone else to enjoy as well. Cowper’s hymns really are phenomenal. They’re also public domain. Anyone interested may find them all online here Israel in ancient days Not only had […]
The Dual Nature of Christian Warfare
Friday, September 8th, 2006In my recent moments of spare time, I have been reading Paul: An Outline of His Theology, by Herman Ridderbos. This has been a tremendously helpful and outstandingly thorough introduction to the theology of the Pauline epistles. For the purpose of whetting the potential reader’s appetite, I am posting a brief, yet particularly useful sample […]
Were the Anabaptists Prototypical Dispensationalists?
Monday, September 4th, 2006While it would admittedly be improper to speak of the Anabaptists as Dispensationalists in the fullest sense of the term, it is nevertheless possible that, in their zeal to fabricate arguments against the practice of infant baptism, they arrived at conclusions concerning the covenants of God which have become the foundational premises undergirding the later […]
Karlberg on the Mosaic Covenant and the Concept of Works
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006I’ve been interacting with Chris Poteet, over at Imperishable Inheritance, on the nature of the Mosaic law; and he directed me to an online book, Covenant Theology in Reformed Perspective, by Mark Karlberg. I found his section on the Mosaic Covenant and the Concept of works so helpful, that I decided to post an excerpt […]
Jesus, The Perfection of Delight
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006“Christ is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet.” – John Flavel Trace the sunbeam to […]