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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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Review: The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith – Tim Keller

Posted in Book Reviews, Doctrine of God, Edmund Clowney, Luke, Luke 15, New Testament, Soteriology, tagged , , , on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Author: Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
Publisher: Penguin Group; 160 pages; hardcover
ISBN: 0525950796
Overview
This easy-reading book explains Jesus’ famous parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15. However, instead of focusing on the wayward younger brother, Pastor Keller focuses upon the elder brother, the one [...]

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“while I live, temptations will not die” – Rutherford Thursdays No. 17

Posted in Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Mortification of Sin, Pilgrim Praxis, Samuel Rutherford, Sola Fide, Soteriology, tagged , , on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

To Robert Gordon of Knockbrex – Seeing Christ more clearly through tribulation’s lens
My Very Worthy and Dear Friend,
Grace, mercy, and peace be to you. Though all Galloway should have forgotten me, I would have expected a letter from you ere now; but I will not expound it to be forgetfulness of me.
Now, my dear brother, [...]

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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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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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A Weekly Sign of Hope in Sabbath Rest

Posted in Biblical Studies, Eschatology, Ethics, Hermeneutics, Pilgrim Praxis, Richard Gaffin, Sola Ecclesia, Soteriology, Worship, tagged on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In a world full of hurt we need to be reminded often of our hope. Such is the purpose of the weekly Sabbath rest lived by God’s people. Professor Gaffin explains:
We obscure the meaning of the Lord’s Day if we detach it from the other six days of the week. The weekly cycle—which structures human [...]

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How a devout Iranian Muslim found The Way, Truth, and Life in Jesus Christ

Posted in A Common Word, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Missions, Pilgrim Praxis, Soteriology, tagged , , , on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Encouragement in the Power of the Gospel
For any Christian involved in Muslim ministry, Afshin’s testimony of believing in Jesus Christ as the Way, Truth, and Life (John 14:6) is highly encouraging.
Intriguing Perspective for ACW Research
Furthermore, in light of my present research into the A Common Word initiative, listening to Afshin’s story forces me to think [...]

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What Is Justification? A brief exposition of WSC 33

Posted in Doctrina divina, Justification, N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Semper Reformanda, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Soteriology, tagged , , on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Overview: My personal statement on justification
For last semester’s systematics 3 course I was required to write a very brief (no more than 5 pp.) “personal statement” on the doctrine of justification. Furthermore, the professor asked us to read Richard Gaffin’s By Faith, Not By Sight and a couple of chapters from N. T. Wright’s What [...]

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Review: A Secular Faith by Daryl Hart

Posted in Augustine, Book Reviews, Daryl Hart, Doctrina divina, Duplex Regnum, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Ethics, John, John 18, Pilgrim Praxis, Scriptura sacra, Sola Scriptura, Soteriology, tagged , , , on February 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Overview: Hole in the Wall
Daryl Hart delights in thought-provoking ironies. Recovering Mother Kirk had us Christians looking into the apparent paradox of “high church Calvinism” as a liturgical way of life. A Secular Faith now invites us to become “Christian secularists” (p. 15) when it comes to politics. Both books hold in common a robust, [...]

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Paper on Revelation 20: Covenantal and Exegetical Foundations of the “First Resurrection”

Posted in Biblical Studies, Doctrina divina, Eschatology, Ex Pacto, John, John 11, Meredith Kline, New Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Revelation, Revelation 20, Richard Gaffin, Scriptura sacra, Soteriology, tagged , , , on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Overview: What hope does a Christian have in death?
My paper seeks to answer this question from two angles: exegesis and covenant theology. First, exegetically, I attempt to build upon the work of Meredith Kline’s two articles on Revelation 20:1-6 (“The First Resurrection” and “The First Resurrection: A Reaffirmation“) by asking a question Kline did not [...]

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Redemption Accomplished Preceeds Redemption Applied

Posted in Doctrina divina, Genesis, Mike Horton, Old Testament, Soteriology, tagged on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Or, the Gospel is objectively accomplished by Christ before it is subjectively applied to Christ’s church, though it is not less than both. Or, as Dr. Horton explains, the Gospel is promise-driven before it is purpose-driven:

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