04 Jun 2012 
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth and Peter Escalante
The recent news of Jason Stellman’s defection from the Reformed faith (and his presumedly Roman destination, being now, it seems, effectually “called to confusion”) is gaining a good deal of attention. The “headline” quality of the story comes from the fact that Mr. Stellman was an ordained...
Read more → 29 May 2012 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth and Peter Escalante
The investigation and application of classical evangelical political doctrine is one of our main commitments, and it is therefore important to us to ensure that Calvin is correctly read in his proper context of common Reformation principles. Anyone familiar with the American Reformed world knows that...
Read more → 29 May 2012 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth and Peter Escalante
This is a continuation of our previous essay. Now we move to our own consideration of John Calvin. We will first treat his theoretical principles and then examine his particular application of those principles, noting his unique political application, but also showing the way in which it does...
Read more → 14 May 2012 Posted by W. Bradford Littlejohn
Another recent essay on the two-kingdoms doctrine that has been getting some attention across the web comes from Matt Tuininga, a Ph.D student of John Witte's at Emory University. Tuininga's essay, "Two Kingdoms and the Reformed Tradition," is a clear example of why, as we have been contending, the dispute...
Read more → 12 May 2012 Posted by Peter Escalante
Our friend and collaborator Mr Littlejohn is the general editor of the Mercersburg Theology Study Series, the central project of the Mercersburg Research Fellowship. The first volume, John Williamson Nevin's The Mystical Presence and the Doctrine of the Reformed Church on the Lord's Supper, has just...
Read more → 09 May 2012 Posted by Peter Escalante Dr Andrew Sandlin is a friend of our forum, and, although we disagree with him markedly on a number of important political and theological points, we do esteem his honesty, intelligence, and his positive contributions to Reformed discourse- most notably, his influential essay Toward a Catholic Calvinism,...
Read more → 07 May 2012 Posted by Peter Escalante
At last Darryl Hart admits that we’re the consistent Protestants, but with the proviso that in this case consistency is not a virtue. It is nevertheless quite a concession from the redoubtable Dr Hart, first, because it is an admission regarding our position which he’s never before granted, and second,...
Read more → 02 May 2012 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
Recent years have enjoyed a great renewal in theological conversations on the Trinity. As new questions arise, we find theologians turning to classic authors to help answer these questions. Reformed theologians have not failed to enter this conversation. Recently, several theologians have claimed...
Read more → 26 Apr 2012 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
King James VI of Scotland and I of England has a split reputation among Christians. Some have nearly divinized him because of his association with the Authorized Version of the Bible. Others, typically those taking themselves to be heirs of the stricter Puritans, have reacted strongly against this...
Read more → 24 Apr 2012 Posted by Peter EscalanteOur friend Keith Brooks at City of God excerpts here a useful reflection from Kevin Vanhoozer on the problems of communitarian theology and its promotion of eisegesis from fallacy to the status of postmodern revelation.
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