A survey of several beliefs one cannot consistently hold in addition to believing in the legitimacy of same-sex marriage.
Jared Oliphint
Jared Oliphint is regional coordinator for Westminster Theological Seminary and works out of Charlotte, NC. He is a graduate of Gordon College and Westminster Theological Seminary.
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 3)
In this third post on union with Christ (first post here, second post here), I want to highlight some of the realities that spill out from a full understanding of … Read more→
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 2)
Many 16th and 17th century theologians understood union with Christ as the context in which the Spirit justifies, adopts, and sanctifies. But what does a list of quotes illustrating the matter accomplish?
Union with Christ: Historically Most Basic (Part 1)
Jared Oliphint provides several quotations of Reformed theologians from the 16th and17th century who understood union with Christ as a foundational soteriological category.
Eschatology: A Help in Suffering
Jared Oliphint shares a number of helpful quotations from Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. on eschatology and suffering from his essay on theonomy and eschatology.
Does God Command Evil? Introducing Kline’s Intrusion Ethic
In discussions surrounding Old Testament ethics—Canaanite “genocide,” imprecatory Psalms, etc.—I have found Meredith Kline’s article “The Intrusion and the Decalogue” to be tremendously helpful. The problem of evil, and this … Read more→
Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics
While reading this new volume on hermeneutics, Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views, I was struck by how many theological issues “in the news” these days are addressed by this short piece, either … Read more→
Culture and Eschatology
One of the most perplexing brands of eschatology is “transformational” eschatology. A broad-brush way to describe this view is that the eschaton or last days will be triggered once Christians … Read more→
More Vossians and Neo-Calvinists Together?
Hart’s response to Jim Cassidy’s excellent post that addresses the consistency of Vos/Van Til/Kline has fueled some brief thoughts that I hope are helpful in clarifying some of the issues. … Read more→
This Week in the Reformed World
This episode is for July 14, 2010. We are pleased to release a pilot episode of our new weekly news show. We are certainly learning as we go, so we … Read more→
