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Calvin Anticipates Revivalism’s “New Measures”

Posted in Contra Pelagianism, Historical Theology, John Calvin, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In reply to those who affirm certainty of faith for this life but deny any certainty of faith in the next life, Calvin says:
Then, how absurd it is that the certainty of faith be limited to some point of time, when by its very nature it looks to a future immortality after this life is [...]

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Review: Redemption Accomplished and Applied — by John Murray

Posted in Book Reviews, Contra Pelagianism, Doctrina divina, Doctrine of God, John Murray, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Soteriology, Trinity, tagged , , , , , on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

ISBN: 9780802811431 — Worldcat; Google Books
Publisher: Eerdmans (1955)
Genre: Systematic theology
Reading Level: college
Worthy read? Yes
Price: $9.10 @ WTS Books
What is this book about?
This book is about the atonement (6, 9) as it is viewed objective and subjectively, that is, the atonement seen both from the perspective of historia salutis (i.e. Christ’s once-for-all accomplishment of redemption) and [...]

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An Uncommon Logos and “A Common Word”: Reformed Reflections on Epistemological and Ethical Normativity within a Current Christian-Muslim Dialog

Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Cross and Crescent, Epistemology, Ethics, Islam, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Prolegomena, Research Papers, tagged , on February 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Introduction
In February 2008 Dr. Miroslav Volf presented four lectures on the Yale Response to A Common Word at my seminary. (Read my notes for each of the lectures.) Then, in May of 2008 I used Volf’s lectures as my topic for two term papers: One paper dealt with Dr. Volf’s methodology from the perspective of [...]

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John Muether Interviewed About Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman

Posted in Apologetics, Cornelius Van Til, Historical Theology, Semper Reformanda, tagged , on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As a Reformation Day treat the guys over at The Reformed Forum released their interview with Prof. John Muether, author of Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman.
Listen to John reflect upon:

CVT’s life story,
the so-called “Clark-Van Til controversy,”
the contexts of CVT’s writings,
the under-appreciated theme of Reformed ecumenism in CVT’s teachings,
the historical context of CVT’s polemic [...]

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The Ancient Sociological History of Atheism

Posted in Antithesis, Apologetics, Philosophy, Video, tagged , , , , on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Professor Edwin Judge briefly surveys the ancient sociological history of atheism in his interview with Greg Clarke:

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An Uncommon Logos Between Christianity and Islam

Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, Doctrina divina, Doctrine of God, Epistemology, Ethics, Ex Pacto, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, John Calvin, John Frame, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Synthesis, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Note: this post and the papers referenced below have been superseded. Please see the updated paper: An Uncommon Logos and “A Common Word”: Reformed Reflections on Epistemological and Ethical Normativity within a Current Christian-Muslim Dialog.
Abstract
My papers evaluate Dr. Miroslav Volf’s publications and lectures related to A Common Word. In the epistemology paper I examine Volf’s arguments [...]

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A Saudi Perspective on 9/11 and ‘Corrupt’ Christianity

Posted in Antithesis, Apologetics, Cross and Crescent, Evangelism, Video, tagged , , on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Saudi Arabia’s former Minister of Information, Muhammad Abduh Al-Yamani, gives his perspective on 9/11 (it has been unfairly pinned on “Islam”) and Christianity (its scriptures are corrupt, and Islam calls Christians back to true monotheism).
On Al-Yamani’s former argument, American Christians may need to at least be willing to listen patiently. With his latter arguments Al-Yamani [...]

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N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant: A Reformed Read Through Chs. 1-4

Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Doctrina divina, Ecclesiology, Ex Pacto, Hermeneutics, N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament, Old Testament, Semper Reformanda, Soteriology, Synthesis, tagged on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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Download A Reformed Read Through N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant, Chs. 1-4 (PDF)
Or read this paper online.

Abstract: In The Climax of the Covenant N. T. Wright’s exegetical arguments toward Christ’s covenantal fulfillment of the Old Testament offer a rich harvest of biblical-theological and covenantal insights. However, compared to other Reformed [...]

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Announcing John Muether’s New Biography of Van Til

Posted in Apologetics, Semper Reformanda, tagged on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Being involved in a very small way in the production process, I am excited to see John Muether’s biography of Cornelius Van Til reach the press! More importantly, I’m excited that John has written an intriguing biography of a profound, creative, and challenging 20th century servant of Christ’s bride.
Muether introduces readers to Van Til as [...]

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Volf Lecture 3: Same God?

Posted in A Common Word, Apologetics, Cross and Crescent, Doctrina divina, Doctrine of God, Ethics, Islam, Missions, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged , , on March 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »

In this third (read 1, 2, and 4) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Volf examines the question of whether Muslims and Christians believe in the same God. Volf looks at this question from the context of the A Common Word (ACW) and the Yale Center Response (YCR) documents (see my introduction for background).
What follows are [...]

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