Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, 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, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion, covenant, Islam, trinity on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 for a shared monotheism between Christianity and Islam, asking, “By what norm can one determine whether Muslims believe in the same monotheistic God as Christians?” In the ethics paper I explore Volf’s love [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Cornelius Van Til, Ecclesiology, Historical Theology, J. Gresham Machen, Semper Reformanda, tagged fundamentalism, history, opc, Presbyterian, westminster on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Lest We Forget: A Personal Reflection on the Formation of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church By Robert K. Churchill
Published by the Committee for the Historian of the OPC
135 pages; List price: $6.95, softback; ISBN: 0-934688-34-6
Overview
Lest We Forget is pastor Robert Churchill’s autobiographical account of the tumultuous years of conflict in the early 20th century between German [...]
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Posted in Apologetics, Biblical Studies, Cornelius Van Til, E. J. Young, Genesis, Sacra Scriptura, tagged cosmology, creation, creationism, epistemology, Reformed, Theology on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The OPC recently re-published a free electronic edition of E. J. Young’s (WTS bio) self study guide to Genesis (download PDF; 3mb).
Purpose of Young’s Book
This book is designed to be useful for Sunday School teachers leading a class on Genesis, or individuals seeking to study the Scriptures on their own. Cornelius Van Til’s foreword (quoted [...]
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When a seasoned and respected theologian such as John Frame makes the claim that Cornelius Van Til is “perhaps the most important Christian thinker since John Calvin,” theology students would do well to listen.
Nevertheless, for all of Van Til’s weaknesses he is an important thinker indeed, perhaps the most important Christian thinker since John [...]
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