THE REFORMED CLASSICALIST

It occurs to me that before we get any deeper into the Decalogue itself, two concepts need to be more deeply explored in order to avoid...

What is Meant by the “Two Tables” of the Law? I will briefly dispense with the criticism of Meredith Kline, who argues against the...

What is law? In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas wrote that “law is a rule and measure of acts, according to which someone is led...

Hebrews 1:3; 2:14 When Ligonier Ministries came out with its Statement on Christology, called “The Word Made Flesh,” in the weeks that we...

You know the drill—“Whosoever.” “All means all.” and “Those are your verses, but what about this one?” Without getting into why such an...

The following are a patchwork of some of my class notes from Systematic Theology III at RTS, with parts of two sermons preached in First...

Part 4 of Christian Orthodoxy and Personal Faith The journey to (and through) the house is also a metaphor for the development of...

Part 3 of Christian Orthodoxy and Personal Faith The front door to the house of Christian faith is orthodox, catholic, and reformed. How...

Part 2 of Christian Orthodoxy and Personal Faith We do have one more hurdle to clear before listing the essentials of the faith. Put...

Part 1 of Christian Orthodoxy and Personal Faith I am often asked for helpful resources on the question of the essentials of the...

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology 3 / Fall 2018 THE REFORMED MARKS: FROM THE INVISIBLE TO THE VISIBLE Calvin famously wrote that,...

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology 3 / Fall 2018 THE ESSENCE OF THE CHURCH: A CAUSAL ANALYSIS The church, Turretin said, is “the primary...

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology 3 / Fall 2018 The Nicene Creed is among the most famous statements of the Christian faith in the world....

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology II / Summer 2018 As this is not a defense of the orthodox view of the atonement in general, we will be...

RTS Papers / Advanced Exegesis / Spring 2019 INTEGRATION: A STUDY OF THEOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS Since Muller began his “path” to...

RTS Papers / Advanced Exegesis / Spring 2019 A SUMMARY OF THE WORK Richard Muller’s book on The Study of Theology takes on many...

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology 2 / Summer 2018 Donald MacLeod. “The Work of Christ Accomplished,” in Christian Dogmatics, 243-267...

RTS Papers / Systematic Theology 2 / Summer 2018 The following pages are what Michael Allen calls “reading briefs” assigned in the...