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The fallacy of science
I came across Clark’s analysis of the problem of science many years ago in college. I got a lot of liberal Baptists upset and uncomfortable with just one argument. It looked like I was attacking...
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Problems in Person-Nature apologetics
I’ve documented difficulties here before. I keep seeing this phrase bandied about on internet message boards. While I appreciate the truth in it, I really don’t think it delivers all its proponents...
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An apologist arose who knew not Turretin…
If you ever read the debates between Orthos, Catholics, and Reformed, you can always guess what the next argument will be. All players literally follow a script. I think one of the reasons Drake got...
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A convertskii checklist
The following issues need to be answered satisfactorily from the neo-neo-Palamite bloggers: Before you accuse us of violating the person-nature distinction, are you entirely clear from the charges?...
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The nominalist charge has to go
One of the more common canards against Protestantism is that the Reformation sprung out of the philosophical nominalism of the late Middle Ages. Mind you, this charge has weight only to people who...
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Summary of Edwards on Free Will
This is taken from Perry Miller’s exposition. I will place letters (a, b…z) throughout the paragraph to better order the argument. They are not original to Miller. If the will determines its own act...
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Are we Together? A Protestant looks at Roman Catholicism
I think the best way to describe this book is as a continuation of earlier treatises that Sproul wrote in the late 90s and early 00s. Compared to those books (Getting the Gospel Right and By Faith...
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On why Perry Miller wanted Jonathan Edwards to be John Locke
Regarding Miller’s landmark study on John Locke Jonathan Edwards… Miller, Perry. Jonathan Edwards. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1949 [2005]. The late John Gerstner described this book as...
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Initial Thoughts on Farrell’s Two Faced God
Foseph Jarrell (name deliberately changed) has recently written a book critiquing the Christian notion of Yahweh (to put it in Marcionite terms, that meany Old Testament God). For those who have no...
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How to evaluate “dreams and vision”
Theologically, if someone comes to you with a “vision” from God, it’s not always easy to make sense of the situation. A lot of conservative evangelicals will write off any claim to dreams, prophecy,...
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Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of sin
Crisp advances Edwardsian discussion and clarifies a number of key points that are often overlooked by some pietistic or literary readings of Edwards. He argues that Edwards (hereafter JE) doctrine of...
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This could have been an important question (if it were answered)
At OrthodoxBridge an EO guy wrote, Outlaw Covenator wrote, “Fair enough, but how do I adjudicate between Romanist claims of tradition and Orthodox ones? I have to use something like my autonomous...
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Pop analyses of Church History will no longer work
Have you seen those tracts that give timelines of church history, usually starting with the apostles and then demonstrating all the schisms as the centuries go on? If it is a Romanist work, then it...
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A Natural Law Challenge
I don’t reject natural law, per se. I have my own theory on it. Rutherford used it in Lex, Rex. That said, could a natural law advocate please define the content of natural law?
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Do Calvinists Exist?
This was not written by Jay Dyer, but by “M.B.” Since he only posted his initials, that’s how I will refer to him. He begins: The funny thing about the Calvinism vs. Arminianism debate is that there...
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Physical Labor and the Manliness of Soul
For the godly man, work is a delight and often provides godly manliness. Dabney writes, History shows also, than an artificial and luxurious mode of living surely affects the literary taste of a...
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Zero-Sum Glory
Robin Phillips has written a facebook article seeking to note the connections between philosophical nominalism and Reformed Eucharistic thought. I plan to address that in due time. One argument he...
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Rejoinder to Plucking the Tulip
Robert Arakaki has since given a fuller reply to my initial critique of his “Plucking the TULIP.” I will try to clarify some initial points and note instances where he advanced the argument. My...
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Reflecting on an old debate
About three or four years ago, “J.D.” issued a number of challenges to Reformed Theology that he figured were deal-breakers. They were along the lines of “if you believe this, then the following...
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A Bibliographical Reflection on a recent debate
I keep coming back to the recent debate between OrthoBridge and myself. I was puzzled by the admin’s insistence that I prove my case using only Calvin and Confessional documents (though he was fuzzy...
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