Here’s a talk on Olevianus that I gave at Christ Reformed (URC) Anaheim. At Green Baggins. I’m glad that Lane took the time to read the book and that he found it helpful. He asks some important questions. By way of preface, . . . Continue reading →
Academic Stuff
Guy and the Lutherans
Certainly we have our differences with confessional Lutherans. It seems evident that they determined long ago to view the confessional Reformed as Schwärmer.
The Afscheiding and Pietism
Interesting stuff from an MA thesis.
Interview with David Hall on A Theological Guide to Calvin's Institutes
At the RHB blog.
The Sophistication of Puritan Exegesis
Sinclair Ferguson made the same point in his lecture on baptism in the assembly. The English (and more broadly British) Reformed were more sophisticated in their reading of Scripture than we sometime think.
Sinclair Ferguson: Baptism and the Assembly
Audio here. (HT: Michael)
Rutherford on the Free Offer
At James Durham Thesis
A French Reformed Pastor in the High Orthodox Period
Good stuff from Wes White.
Helm: Calvin v the Calvinists?
Paul Helm was one of the first to challenge the Calvin v Calvinists thesis so his recent post on Calvin and covenant theology is a little surprising.
Luther's Theology of the Cross
You need to know this.
Pastor as CEO, Therapist?
Not according to Francis Turretin
Cocceius And Abrogations
Mark Jones summarizes Van Asselt’s survey of Cocceius.
Henry Chadwick (1920-2008)
Thanks to Carl for letting us know about about Rowan Williams’ obituary.
Carl Reviews Olson on Arminianism
Here
Fish: No Politics in the Classroom
I wonder if Stanley Fish is defining “politics” very narrowly as “party politics”? For a fellow who wrote, There is No Text in This Class he seems pretty naive about what happens to cultural conservatives in contemporary academia. Does ISI exist for nothing? . . . Continue reading →
We're All Puritans
I’m more and more convinced that we should stop talking about “Puritans” as if they were some distinct species of Reformed theology. They were English and Scots Reformed theologians and pastors. Shane Lems has more good stuff that illustrates that confessional Reformed . . . Continue reading →
More on Computers in the Classroom
This has been a topic of discussion previously on the HB: Part 1 Part 2 Thanks to the good offices of our Academic Dean, Dennis Johnson, I see that the latest news on this front is from The Chronicles of Higher Education . . . Continue reading →
Sweetness from the "Sweet Dropper"
Andrew Compton has some choice quotes
Academic Respectability or Responsibility?
Lee Irons has a provocative and helpful post for would-be evangelical scholars.
Study Melanchthon and Calvin Electronically
From Herman Selderhuis: After the successful publication and enthusiastic reception of the Calvini Opera Database in 2006, now the Institute for Reformation Research (IR) at Apeldoorn (The Netherlands), in co-operation with the Melanchthonhaus in Bretten (Germany), publishes the complete works of the . . . Continue reading →