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In the early chapters of Acts, at the beginning of the New Covenant Church there was a joyous time where everyone shared all that they had will anyone else who was in need. Just a few months later we have seen jealousy, lying, and deceit with Ananias and Sapphire. We have seen persecution escalating from the Jewish leadership and now we see factions among the people....

The Essential Van Til — The Neo-Orthodox View of the Knowledge of God

26 Jun 2017

James J. Cassidy

Cornelius Van Til, Karl Barth

In his writings, Van Til used what has now become a defunct moniker to describe an early 20th century theological movement surrounding Karl Barth and Emil Brunner. That moniker is “neo-orthodox.” Space prevents us from getting into a history of the term here, but suffice it to say that the expression has come under significant scrutiny today and has been all but abandoned by Barth scholarship. ...

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Dan Ragusa shows how the Old Testament revelation with its types had to point forward to Christ as the antitype.… https://t.co/l6e0xHVpwo 3 days ago

Isaiah and God’s Kingdom

23 Jun 2017

Christ the Center

Prophets

Today, we speak with Andrew Abernethy about his book, The Book of Isaiah and God’s Kingdom: A Thematic-Theological Approach from IVP Academic‘s New Studies in Biblical Theology series. Abernethy contends that thematic points of reference can help one to encounter Isaiah and its rich theological message....

The Dogmatic Impulse within Scripture

22 Jun 2017

Ruben Zartman

Systematic Theology

Geerhardus Vos wisely observed that “on the line of historical progress there is at several points already a beginning of correlation among elements of truth in which the beginnings of the systematizing process can be discerned.”[i] In other words,...

Civil Disobedience

20 Jun 2017

Theology Simply Profound

Politics

What do we do when the government tells us that we must turn in people who are of a certain ethnic group so that they might be killed? Do we adhere to scripture that tells us to be obedient to the governing authorities or do we adhere to scripture that tells us that we should not murder?...

Our Newest Addition: Theology Simply Profound

20 Jun 2017

Special Edition

News

We are pleased to welcome Theology Simply Profound. Rob McKenzie and Bob Tarullo address issues of Reformed theology in an accessible manner. If Christ the Center is an advanced course, this is your prolegomena....

The Essential Van Til — As Suchness

19 Jun 2017

James J. Cassidy

Cornelius Van Til

Going hand-in-hand with what we said in a previous post about rendering God not God, Van Til points up how unbelieving thought assumes a neutral view of reality, and in so doing renders every aspect of reality as a final arbiter between God and man: “Now Romanism does not go nearly so far as this....

When the Exception Becomes the Rule: An Observation from the Recent PCA General Assembly

17 Jun 2017

James J. Cassidy

Practical Theology

The below observation is not a criticism of the PCA or the 2017 Assembly. I watched much of the Assembly on-line and was greatly blessed by so many of the things I saw and heard. So, this Assembly, for my purposes here,...

Discontent in the Ministry

16 Jun 2017

Christ the Center

Modern Church

Jim Cassidy and Camden Bucey revisit Paul Woolley’s article, “Discontent!” as it pertains to the ministry of the church. Woolley presents two forms of discontent in the church that lead either to pursuing a worldly or Christ-centered agenda....

Geerhardus Vos on Christology and Covenant

14 Jun 2017

Daniel Ragusa

Christology, Geerhardus Vos

In a previous post, we considered the way in which Geerhardus Vos’ doctrine of Christ impacted his redemptive-historical hermeneutic for reading the Old Testament. In the triune God’s eternal counsel of peace, the Son assumed his role as Mediator and Surety of the covenant of grace....

Deacons in Acts

The Essential Van Til — The Neo-Orthodox View of the Knowledge of God

Key Episodes

The Regulative Principle of Worship

Roman Catholic Theology and Practice

Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics, Divine Authorship, and the Christotelism Debate

Nature/Grace Dualism

Baptism, Covenant, and Election

God without Parts: The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity

The Clark/Van Til Controversy

N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 1

Deconstructing Evangelicalism

The Eschatological Views of the Westminster Divines