by | Feb 14, 2013 | Books, History, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: In The Object and Acts of Justifying Faith…Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) wrote of an intimate connection between assurance of faith and communion with the Trinity: “Sometimes a man’s communion and...
by | Feb 12, 2013 | Books, History, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: [Sinclair] Ferguson wrote that in [John] Owen’s theology, “the Christian life is nothing less than fellowship with God the Trinity, leading to the full assurance of faith.” What did Owen mean by...
by | Feb 11, 2013 | Books, History, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: [Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680)] also notes this principle of orthodoxy: “It is a certain Rule, that Opera Trinitas ad extra sunt indivisa, all their works to us-ward of Creation and Redemption, and whatsoever else,...
by | Feb 8, 2013 | Books, History, Preaching, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: By the merits of Jesus Christ, sinners may escape the punishment due to them, but in reconciling sinners to Himself, in consistency with His essential attributes, God nevertheless displays His hatred for sin by...
by | Feb 7, 2013 | Books, History, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: The work of Christ manifests the wisdom of God as both just and the justifier of the ungodly; but the person of Christ also reveals the preeminent wisdom of God, for in the incarnation the finite is united with the...
by | Feb 7, 2013 | Books, Culture, History
I wrote yesterday about my initial reaction to David VanDrunen’s accessible introduction to Two Kingdoms Theology, Living in God’s Two Kingdoms. VanDrunen has also written a longer, more scholarly account of the history of Two Kingdoms Theology in a book...