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 6, 2013 | Books, History, Preaching, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: In the person and work of Jesus Christ, wisdom shines forth with a luster seen nowhere else in God’s dealings with creation (Col. 2:3). In the gospel, the wisdom of God is described in several ways, all of which...
by | Feb 6, 2013 | Bible, Books, Culture, Theology
A few weeks ago, I finished David VanDrunen’s Living in God’s Two Kingdoms. On the whole, I thought that VanDrunen built a very strong case for Two Kingdoms Theology, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. Like I mentioned in an earlier article, I feel...
by | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, History, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: As noted above, God knows Himself, which has reference to His speculative and practical knowledge. Knowledge is speculative, [Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)] says, “when the truth of a thing is known without a...
by | Feb 4, 2013 | Bible, Books, History, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: The covenant of grace is both conditional, for faith is required, and absolute, for the condition required by the covenant is also promised by the covenant. On the one hand, [William Ames (1576-1633)] said one cannot...
by | Jan 31, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: “With regard to Adam, [Thomas] Goodwin argues that because Adam was a type of Christ other particulars also come into the picture: Adam’s fall, you know, was in a garden; Satan there encountered him, and...