Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics

Author: François Turrettini

Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog

Published: 1997-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875524535

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Francis Turretin's 17th century classic contrasts Reformed understandings of Scripture with conflicting theological perspectives, particularly Roman Catholic, Arminian, and Socinian. Volume 3 treats the church, the sacraments, and last things.


Justification

Justification

Author: François Turrettini

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875527055

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Martin Luther contended that the church stands or falls on the doctrine of justification. With challenges to the Reformer's view coming from several directions today, R. C. Sproul finds the appearance of Francis Turretin's Justification "a welcome relief." Is the ground of our justification "the righteousness of Christ in us or the righteousness of Christ for us?" In the introduction, Sproul finds Turretin (1623-1687) to be "at his best" when addressing this key issue. Justification addresses ten questions, beginning with "Is the word justification always used in a forensic sense in this argument; or is it also used in a moral and physical sense?" "Perhaps Turretin's greatest strength was his acute intellect," writes Sproul. "He was the master of those fine distinctions that make for precision." Turretin's contemporaries celebrated not only his erudition, but also his eloquence and his ministries of mercy. His pastor's heart made him an evangelist who pled with sinners to be reconciled with God. "If we hold sacred the notion that God has created us with minds for the purpose of seeking understanding," Sproul writes, "then we will delight in the clarity and precision of thought Turretin's work presents to us." Book jacket.


Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation: 1552-1566

Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation: 1552-1566

Author: James T. Dennison

Publisher:

Published: 2010-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781601780874

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This is a multi-volume set, which compiles numerous Reformed confessions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries translated into English. For many of these texts, this is their debut in the Anglo-Saxon vernacular. It provides the English-speaking world a richer and more comprehensive view of the emergence and maturation of Reformed theology in these foundational centuries for Reformed thought and foundational summaries of Reformed doctrine for these centuries. Each confessional statement is preceded by a brief introduction containing necessary historical and bibliographical background. The confessions are arranged chronologically--Publisher.


Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition

Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition

Author: Nicholas A. Cumming

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9004348018

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In Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition, Nicholas A. Cumming provides a biography of Turretin and an intellectual history of Turretin’s major works. Cumming details, in particular, Turretin’s influence among the Reformed in the early modern and modern periods.


All That Is in God

All That Is in God

Author: James E. Dolezal

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2017-07-13

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1601785550

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Unknown to many, increasing numbers of conservative evangelicals are denying basic tenets of classical Christian teaching about God, with departures occurring even among those of the Calvinistic persuasion. James E. Dolezal’s All That Is in God provides an exposition of the historic Christian position while engaging with these contemporary deviations. His convincing critique of the newer position he styles “theistic mutualism” is philosophically robust, systematically nuanced, and biblically based. It demonstrates the need to maintain the traditional viewpoint, particularly on divine simplicity, and spotlights the unfortunate implications for other important Christian doctrines—such as divine eternality and the Trinity—if it were to be abandoned. Arguing carefully and cogently that “all that is in God is God Himself,” the work is sure to stimulate debate on the issue in years to come.


Biblical Theology

Biblical Theology

Author: Geerhardus Vos

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2003-07-10

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1592442919

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The aim of this book is no less than to provide an account of the unfolding of the mind of God in history, through the successive agents of his special revelation. Vos handles this under three main divisions: the Mosaic epoch of revelation, the prophetic epoch of revelation, and the New Testament. Such an historical approach is not meant to supplant the work of the systematic theologian; nevertheless, the Christian gospel is inextricably bound up with history, and the biblical theologian thus seeks to highlight uniqueness of each biblical document in that succession. The rich variety of Scripture is discovered anew as the progressive development of biblical themes is explicated. To read these pages--the fruit of Vos' 39 years of teaching biblical theology at Princeton - is to appreciate the late John Murray's suggestion that Geerhardus Vos was the most incisive exegete in the English-speaking world of the twentieth century.


Jonathan Edwards on Justification

Jonathan Edwards on Justification

Author: Hyun-Jin Cho

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0761856196

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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to the Native Americans. This book deals with Jonathan Edwards' doctrine of justification and its continuity with Reformed tradition. In his Reformed Theology, Edwards interprets the doctrine with scholastic as well as forensic terms such as "disposition," "habit," and "fitness." Due to his use of these concepts, some scholars suspect that he had a quasi-Roman Catholic view of salvation. According to them, Edwards' use of the terms indicates the intrinsic renovation or inherent righteousness of a saint. Contrary to this suspicion, Jonathan Edwards on Justification demonstrates that Edwards stands firmly on the Reformed tradition in the doctrine of justification. In this book, Hyun-Jin Cho presents a historical study on the theological connection between Edwards and his Reformed forebears. Based on Edwards' dispositional ontology, the concept of "dispositional transformation" with the Holy Spirit becomes an important theoretical foundation of his doctrine of justification. Cho discusses Edwards' attempts to explain his doctrine of justification in terms of disposition and its effects.


The Wonderful Decree

The Wonderful Decree

Author: Travis James Campbell

Publisher: Lexham Press

Published: 2020-01-03

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1683593332

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Unconditionally loving. Sovereign over all. How can God be sovereign over all things and loving towards all people while His creatures possess real freedom and responsibility for their choices? Theologians have wrestled with this question for centuries. But have our attempted solutions made the problem worse? In Wonderful Decree, Travis James Campbell suggests we cannot solve the problem by sacrificing either divine sovereignty and goodness on one hand or human responsibility on the other. While considering Arminian and Molinist alternatives, he concludes that the traditional Augustinian and Calvinist approach best allows these truths to remain in a healthy and biblically-faithful tension. Inspired by the example of Spurgeon, who preferred biblical mystery over human solutions, Campbell encourages readers to trust—even delight—in the harmony of God's love for all and sovereignty over all.


The Doctrine of Justification

The Doctrine of Justification

Author: James Buchanan

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published: 2013-02-17

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13:

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James Buchanan (1804–1870) was a Scottish minister and theologian. He joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1843, and succeeded Thomas Chalmers as professor of systematic theology at the New College of the Free Church in Edinburgh in 1847, a post he held for twenty-one years. Buchanan's magnum opus was The Doctrine of Justification, which still has great value as a classic treatment of the article by which Martin Luther says the church stands or falls. He covers biblical, systematic, and historical ground in his work, but is never far from a warm-hearted evangelical delight in the doctrines he is expounding.