1) Is Christ’s taking away “the legal claims of the law” of any ultimate benefit to the reprobate? If so, what? 2) Ransom is deliverance language, true, but it specifically is deliverance by payment (in English, anyhow – cf. Proverbs 6:35 or 13:8 or Psalm 49:7 or Job 36:18). Is your claim that this is…

After reflecting on our debate, it has occurred to me that perhaps our original resolution(s) was(were) not very well defined: You posted this statement of the resolution: *** QUOTE *** Resolved: Christ’s sacrifice has saved or will save each person upon whose behalf it was offered.I will be denying that [assertion] and affirming that Christ…

The real Turretin’s comments on the covenant of grace in its two-fold economy are summarized by Nathan Lewis, here(link). -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!

I don’t read much of the language of Indonesia, but this list (link) of theologians places Turretin in the top 10 (with Augustine taking the top spot). I doubt Turretin would approve of his own inclusion in the list, but would certainly approve of Augustine and Calvin taking positions higher than him in the list.…

Pastor Wes White has provided an interesting exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:15, intended to encourage woman (link), while explaining the difficult phrase “she shall be saved in childbearing.” I’m not fully persuaded by Brother White’s exegesis, mostly because it seems to create dicontinuity with “εαν μεινωσιν εν πιστει και αγαπη και αγιασμω μετα σωφροσυνης” at…

This chocolate is apparently sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly (link). Calvin would not approve, as the disclaimer on the web site indicates: These items were not produced, nor are they collected to venerate a man, but rather, to commemorate the life of one whom God used mightily to bring the light…

This interesting news article (link) states that it may soon be that a celbration of TULIP (or at least of a tulip) will soon grace (ha!) the North Sea. -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!

I found this list of reading ideas (general Bible Studies – not some particular topic) from Reformed Musings (link), to be helpful. Enjoy! -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!

Here is an interesting review of his major work: “Institutes of Elenctic Theology,” (link – you have to scroll down a little bit to get to the actual review), andHere is some portion of said Institutes, dealing with the issue of original sin and imputation (link), which is a continuation from last week’s quotation (link).…

Here is an interesting review of his major work: “Institutes of Elenctic Theology,” (link – you have to scroll down a little bit to get to the actual review), andHere is some portion of said Institutes, dealing with the issue of original sin and imputation (link), which is a continuation from last week’s quotation (link).…