On the Civil Magistrate
What does the Geneva Bible have to say about the relation of Church and State?
Tag: reformed theology
Book Review: He Died for Me-Limited Atonement and the Universal Gospel
He Died for Me: Limited Atonement & the Universal Gospel by Jeffrey D. Johnson My rating: 3 of 5 stars One of the more complex works on inter-Calvinistic debates that I have read. This book would be helped by further editing and formatting, as well as more explanation with less subdivisions. It would also be…
An Attempt at a Tertium Quid in the Lapsarian Debate
The age-old Post-Reformation debate between infralapsarianism and supralapsarianism is useful at times, and, personally, I have flip-flopped between both. At this time, though, I have developed what I think is somewhere between the two of them. You internet theologians let me know what you think: Works of God with Respect to Himself and Creatures I.…
Eternal Functional Subordination…Continued
Debates in the Reformed circles of the Church range from petty to vicious to important, and I have no interest in jumping into unnecessary argumentation. But, I think the debate over whether Jesus is eternally, but functionally, subordinate to the Father in the Triune Godhead is an important one. The debate itself is basically over,…
Why I am One of Those Fundamentalist, Sola-Scriptura People
I am a conservative Protestant, but I follow a good number of blogs by Roman Catholics, liberal Protestants, and a number of other people as well. Recently, though, I’ve noticed two major ideas that have been the subject of repeated and sustained attack. From the Roman Catholic blogs, I’ve seen a continued critique of the…
Let Them Come Home (John and Abraham Piper)
Let Them Come Home (John and Abraham Piper) In a recent Christianity Today interview, John Piper recounts the painful events surrounding the excommunication of his 19 year old son, Abraham. The night after that excommunication, I called him …
D.A. Carson: How Can We Reconcile the Old Testament God and the New Testament God?
D.A. Carson: How Can We Reconcile the Old Testament God and the New Testament God? D.A. Carson responds