Pyatcast

Category: Quotation

  • The real Turretin on: Old Testament Salvation

    JetBrane at Iron Ink has a nice post providing a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the topic of the salvation of believers in the Old Testament (link). Although their temporal relationship to the true atonement was different than ours, Old Testament saints were saved the same way that we, New Testament saints, are.…

  • The Real Turretin on: Covenant of Works – Reward for Obedience

    Joshua Lim at Reformed Blogging has provided an interesting quotation from the real Turretin on the Reward of Life that would have been given to Adam for his obedience for as long as he continued in obedience (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The real Turretin on: Effectual Calling

    Michael at Pot and Torch has provided an interesting blog post on Irresistible Grace, in which he leads off with a short quotation from the Real Turretin on Effectual Calling (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • Dabney on J.A. Alexander

    Joshua Lim at Reformed Blogging has provided an interesting quotation from Dabney about Hodge (link). It’s worth noting that the idiom Dabney employs is a bit outdated and might seem confusing to modern readers. “Man of the closet” means someone who studies a lot, which we might today refer to as a person who lives…

  • Plantinga on Naturalism and Evolutionism

    Melinda at Stand to Reason, has posted an interesting quotation from Alvin Plantinga on the relation between Naturalism and Evolutionism (link). Prof. Plantinga makes an excellent point regarding the fact that naturalism and evolutionism are not allies but enemies. To God be the Glory!

  • Steve and Turretin vs. Bryan Cross

    I enjoyed a recent article by Steve Hays of Triablogue taking Bryan Cross to task on the issue of the perspicuity of Scripture, and relying on Turretin’s excellent summary of that issue. (link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • Shedd – On the Atonement

    Shedd writes: Before leaving the subject of vicarious atonement, it is in place here to notice its relation to the soul of man. For, while Christ’s atonement has primarily this objective relation to the Divine nature, it has also a secondary subjective relation to the nature of the guilty creature for whom it is made.…

  • Archibald Alexander on the Study of Theology

    Joshua Lim at Reformed Blogging has provided some useful thoughts of Archibald Alexander on the study of theology. (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Duty of the King Toward Religion

    JetBrane at Iron Ink has provide a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of the duty of the Christian magistrate. (link) JetBrane goes on to make an application to the so-called R2KT (Radical Two-Kingdom Theology) viewpoint. Without getting embroiled (for now) with that topic, I can of course commend Turretin’s comments as…

  • The Real Turretin on: Perseverance and the Law

    Josh Lim at Reformed Blogging, has posted a nice selection from the real Francis Turretin on the relationship between Perseverance of the Saints and the Law. (link) As you can imagine, Turretin insists that certainty of salvation does not give us license to sin freely. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!