THE REFORMED CLASSICALIST

As Christians get older, not only does the allure of this world’s promises become increasingly hollow, but the imposing fangs of...

I.2.ii. Ontological or Lexical? 1. Ontology is the study of being (ontos). To consider something from an “ontological” perspective, then,...

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...

If God ordains all things, why is he not to blame for sin and evil entering the world? It is demonstrably false that God is to blame. The...

I.2.i. Theoretical or Practical? 1. Medieval Scholastics did not all agree on the question. Alexander of Hales, Bonaventure, and Duns...

I.1.ii. The Devolved Definition 1. Following Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (1781), it became universally accepted that reason...

I.1.i. The Classical Definition 1. Thomas Aquinas gave us the classical definition of theology as the science of God and all other things...

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 / The Thought of E. L. Mascall / Spring 2019 THE IRONY OF MODERN THEOLOGY In Christianity there is the irreformable and the...

RTS Papers / The Thought of E. L. Mascall / Spring 2019 THE FIRST UNION OF PERSONS IN THE DIVINE ESSENCE “Derived equality” is his via...

RTS Papers / The Thought of E. L. Mascall / Spring 2019 INTRODUCTION The works of E. L. Mascall, though mostly out of print, are much...

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 / Pauline Epistles / Summer 2018 HOW THE RESURRECTION IS ESSENTIAL TO CHRISTIAN BELIEF Many shudder at the thought of logic...

RTS Papers / Pauline Epistles / Summer 2018 Many things that puzzle the modern reader about Paul’s letters. One of them is his logic. By...

RTS Papers / Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics / Fall 2018 CONCLUDING SUMMARY What we have seen is a consistency among doctrines. A more...