Category Archives: Reformed Theology

Why Evangelicals, the Classically Reformed, and the Post-Reformed orthodox Are Suspicious of After Barth Thinkers

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

If you don’t find yourself in agreement with mainstream evangelical reformed theology you might find yourself placed into a role that plays like the antitriniarian biblicists of 17th and 18th century Western Europeans. In other words, and this helps explain … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, Critiquing Classic Calvinism, Reformed Theology, Richard Muller | 1 Comment

The Prius of God’s Life IS God’s Life of Triune Personal Love: An Alternative Account of Predestination Referred to God’s Life

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

Predestination that shibboleth of Reformed theology; it has been shibboleth to me as well. Predestination is the idea that God arbitrarily elects particular people to eternal life, and chooses that others either remain (passive) reprobate or are (active) reprobate with … Continue reading →

Posted in Critiquing Classic Calvinism, Doctrine Of God, Paul Molnar, Reformed Theology, Salvation, T. F. Torrance

‘He Descended to Hell’: How Historic Protestants Interpreted this Phrase in the Apostles’ Creed

Posted on March 29, 2018 by

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Holiday, Reformation, Reformed Theology, Richard Muller

The Character of God in Election. Miscellanies

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

At a personal existential level thought about election and reprobation is no small matter, or it shouldn’t be. It says much about whom God is; viz. the way God works in this area, or at least the way we conceive … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, Bruce McCormack, David Congdon, Doctrine Of God, Election, Probing, Reformed Theology, Salvation

Reforming the Protestant Reformation for the 21st Century: Getting Past Fundy-Fear and Pressing into the Faith of the Gospel

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

I don’t think folks really appreciate, fully, what we as Evangelical Calvinists are attempting; some do, but most I would suggest don’t. It isn’t that we are trying something brand new, but instead the attempt is to expose folks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelical Calvinism, Reformed Theology, T. F. Torrance | 2 Comments

The Real Reason for Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation: And How that Confronts and Contradicts what is Known as Reformed Orthodoxy Today

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

I was first introduced to Martin Luther’s theology, for real, in my 2002 Reformation theology class, during seminary, under the tutelage of Dr. Ron Frost (who I would later serve as a TA for, and be mentored by). Ron had … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Theism, Critiquing Classic Calvinism, Evangelical Calvinism, Martin Luther, Reformation, Reformed Theology, Ron Frost, T. F. Torrance | 14 Comments

What is God? No. Who is God? The Impasse that Gave Us a Stillborn Evangelical and Reformed Faith

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

Who is God? Or maybe the question is: What is God? The latter question is what the Post Reformed orthodox theologians were concerned with, and it is this question that we receive an answer for in the Westminster Confession of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cornelius van der Kooi, Critiquing Classic Calvinism, Doctrine Of God, Gijsbert van den Brink, Historical Christianity, Historical Theology, Martin Luther, Reformation, Reformed Theology, Ron Frost | 1 Comment

My 2002 Synopsis of Melanchthon’s Loci Communes, 1521

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

The following is a synopsis I wrote for my Reformation Theology class in seminary on Melanchthon’s, Loci Communes, 1521. Forgive me for some of my grammatical sloppiness. At this point I had never read any Karl Barth nor Thomas Torrance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Theology, Martin Luther, Melanchthon, Reformed Theology | 1 Comment

The Relationship Between Philosophy and Christian Theology: A Theology of the Word

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

What is it that I have against Philosophy; I mean what did it ever do to me? Nothing really. Except when it is used in place of or even as Christian Theology, proper, it’s at that point that it starts … Continue reading →

Posted in Barth, Evangelical Calvinism, Reformed Theology, Systematic Theology | 7 Comments

Christian Aristotelianism: Understanding the Reformed and evangelical Intellectual and Theological History

Posted on February 15, 2017 by

I originally wrote this post on September 5th, 2010, I thought I’d share it again. It’s relevance hasn’t gone away in these last seven years, and remains unchanged for many folks either just cutting their teeth on Reformed theology, and/or … Continue reading →

Posted in Aristotle, Classical Theism, Critiquing Classic Calvinism, Reformed Theology, Richard Muller, Theology Of Glory, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism | 1 Comment