Atonement

A. A. Hodge Contra Amyraut

by on December 9, 2020 | 2 Comments

11. What is the view of this subject entertained by the French Protestant theologians, Camero, Amyraut, and others? These theological professors at Saumur, during the second quarter of the seventeenth century, taught that God, 1st. Decreed to create man. 2d. To permit . . . Continue reading →

New Resource Page: On Amyraut, Amyraldianism, and Hypothetical Universalism

by on December 9, 2020

One of the more important debates that rocked the French Reformed Church in the 17th century was that concerning the doctrine of Moises Amyraut (1596–1664). He was part of a broader movement to revise Reformed theology among the French in a variety . . . Continue reading →

New Resource Page: On The Atonement

by on January 20, 2020

Few Christians doctrines have been as controverted, in the modern period, as the atonement. For whom did Christ die? What did he accomplish in his death? Should we say that Christ died for all? These are just some of the questions addressed . . . Continue reading →

Canons Of Dort (19): Unconditional Atonement

by on January 11, 2019 | 42 Comments

In 1611, Franciscus Gormarus (1563–1641), one of the principals in the controversy surrounding Arminius, resigned his position in theology faculty in the University of Leiden. He was frustrated that, after Arminius’ death, the governors of the University had appointed Conrad Vorstius (1569–1622), . . . Continue reading →

Canons Of Dort (18): It Was God’s Sovereign Will To Accomplish Complete Salvation For All The Elect

by on January 7, 2019 | 6 Comments

There are those, who one suspects, have spent little time investigating the actual differences between the Reformed Churches and their Remonstrant critics, who have attempted to position themselves between the Reformed and the Remonstrants. Some of these call themselves “tweeners.” There are . . . Continue reading →

Canons Of Dort (16): Scripture Teaches Both Definite Atonement And The Free Offer Of The Gospel

by on December 29, 2018 | 4 Comments

Rationalism is a word that gets tossed around rather casually at times. It is used without careful definition. E.g., sometimes Lutherans accuse the Reformed of rationalism because we do not accept their Christology or doctrine of the Supper. They accuse us of . . . Continue reading →

Canons Of Dort (14): Only We Sinned But Only God Saves

by on December 25, 2018 | 12 Comments

According to its critics, including the Remonstrants, the great fault of the Reformed doctrine of the atonement is that it is too exclusive. That, however, is not how the Reformed Churches presented their understanding of Scripture. Their opening note under the Second . . . Continue reading →

Is The Doctrine Of Penal Substitutionary Atonement A Late, Western Doctrine?

by on December 16, 2018 | 10 Comments

Recently on Twitter, Tim Keller wrote, The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion it is something else altogether. Religion makes law and moral obedience a means of salvation, while irreligion makes the individual a law to self. The gospel is that Jesus . . . Continue reading →

John Owen Society: The Glorious, Indivisible, Trinitarian Work of God in Christ

by on April 27, 2016

If you are near Oxford (UK) on 4 May 2016 and interested in confessional Reformed theology and piety then you may be interested in hearing, Dr Jonathan Gibson, Associate Minister at Cambridge Presbyterian Church and author of From Heaven He Came and . . . Continue reading →

Arminianism Or Amyraldianism?

by on November 13, 2015

V. They [the Remonstrants] distinguish therefore, between the obtaining of reconciliation and the application of it. They contend that reconciliation and remission of sins is obtained for all, which yet is applied only to them that believe, that all men are given . . . Continue reading →

Charles Hodge Contra Amyraut

by on November 10, 2015

According to the common doctrine of Augustinians, as expressed in the Westminster Catechism, “God, having … elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring . . . Continue reading →