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Herman Witsius on the Atonement
Herman Witsius (1636-1708) produced a classic work which is entitled “The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man.” In that work, which covers a broad range of subjects, there is a chapter devoted to the Reformed doctrine of Limited Atonement. This chapter is Chapter 9 of Book 2 in Volume 1. It is pages…
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Bad Exegesis Illustrated
I stumbled across an example of truly terrible exegesis today (link). It’s not exegesis of Scripture, but exegesis of another written document, the PCA’s Book of Church Order. The author of the post, Gabe Martini, argues that this restriction, “58-2. The ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper,” should bar…
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Response to Nick on Christmas Observance
In response to my previous post (link), Nick has provided some comments: There are many “home based” non-denominational churches that apply your logic and in effect take away any common day of worship for Christians. The “Lord’s Day” on Sunday is no more binding than say Saturday or Tuesday worship. On top of that, any…
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The Real Turretin on: Sacraments and the True Church
Kyle Borg at Synod of Saints has an interesting post on the importance of the sacraments. It particularly caught my eye because (though he omits Turretin’s icon from his synod of saints) he leads with a quotation from the real Turretin on the sacraments and the true church. (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the…
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Bavinck on Limited Atonement
Volume 3 of Herman Bavinck’s “Reformed Dogmatics” addresses the issue of Limited Atonement. Bavinck deals with the matter at #404-08 (pp. 455-75 in the Baker Academic 2008 printing). Bavinck approaches the matter in a way that I found very helpful in light of certain Amyraldian commentators of late, in that he discusses many of the…
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To the Lord, I will not be Celebrating Christ's Birth
As an exercise of my Christian liberty, I will not be celebrating Christ’s birthday on December 25, 2008. I will not be attending a “mass” or any substitute thereof. I do not plan to set aside any business concerns that would interfere with such religious exercises. Instead, by engaging in worldly employments and recreations, I…
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To the Lord, I will not be Celebrating Christ’s Birth
As an exercise of my Christian liberty, I will not be celebrating Christ’s birthday on December 25, 2008. I will not be attending a “mass” or any substitute thereof. I do not plan to set aside any business concerns that would interfere with such religious exercises. Instead, by engaging in worldly employments and recreations, I…
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Response to Mike Burgess on Mary and the Rosary
Mr. Mike Burgess has provided some thoughtful responses to my previous post on following Mary to Jesus (link). I’ll respond to his comments line-by-line, leaving off only the last two sentences in which he states his opinion regarding the wisdom of my posting my previous post. I apologize that the reader will note occasional changes…