While Amyraut posited that Christ hypothetically died for all, the Dort theologians taught that the sacrifice of Christ was sufficient for all but efficient only for the elect. According to the Dort theologians, therefore, Christ died only for the elect. Willem J. . . . Continue reading →
Atonement
Bavinck: The English Delegates To Dort Agreed In Substance With Amyraut And So Did Baxter
At the Synod of Dort, the foreign delegates spoke as broadly as possible about the worth and sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice. The English theologians even stated that Christ, in a sense, had died for all: “Christ so died for all that all . . . Continue reading →
Berkhof: Hypothetical Universalism Is Universalism
The Compromise of the School of Saumur. The School of Saumur represents an attempt to tone down the rigorous Calvinism of the Synod of Dort, and to avoid at the same time the error of Arminianism. This is seen especially in the . . . Continue reading →
John Owen Versus John Davenant On Hypothetical Universalism
Since not only the complete finishing of this treatise under my hand, which is now about five months ago, but also the printing of some part of it, the two dissertations of Dr Davenant, of the Death of Christ, and of Predestination . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (16): What Does “World” Mean in the Book of John?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (15): Did the Suffering Servant Suffer for Everyone Who Ever Lived?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (14): What Do We Mean When We Say Expiation and Propitiation?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (13): Why Was the Atonement Necessary?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (12): What Should We Say About the Atonement?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (11): What Did Three 19th-Century Theologians Say About Amyraldianism?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (10): Is Amyraldianism Compatible with the Westminster Confession of Faith? (Part 2)
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (9): Is Amyraldianism Compatible with the Westminster Confession of Faith?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (8): What Did Wilhelmus à Brakel Say About Amyraut?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (6): What Did Amyraut Say the First Time That He Was Put on Trial?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (5): Who Was Moses Amyraut?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (4): Scripture Teaches Both Definite Atonement and the Free Offer of the Gospel
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (3): Good News! The Atonement is Unconditional
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (2): What Was It That the Amyraldians Were Saying?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (1): Is Amyraut Okay?
In this episode Dr Clark begins a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →
Perkins On The Privilege Of Adoption
What is the excellency of this benefit [of adoption by God’s grace]? Answer. Great every way (John 1:12). He which is the child of God is heir and fellow-heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17), and that of the kingdom of heaven, and of . . . Continue reading →