Tony Arsenal holds Master of Arts degrees in Church History and Theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He co-hosts the Reformed Brotherhood Podcast and is a member of an Orthodox Presbyterian Church congregation. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Ashley, and their children.
In the previous articles, we observed the structural parallels between John Piper’s affectional model, what I have termed justification sola feels, and the errors of John MacArthur’s Lordship Salvation, as well as the historic Roman Catholic doctrine of faith formed by love. In . . . Continue reading →
In the previous article, I established that in his 2022 volume What Is Saving Faith?, John Piper is not merely interested in the fruits of faith. He is interested in the nature of faith. By insisting that affections like “treasuring” and “relishing” Christ are not . . . Continue reading →
For those of us who came of age in the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” era, the theological landscape was dominated by a specific triumvirate of voices. I cut my Reformed teeth, like so many others, on the ministries of R. C. Sproul, . . . Continue reading →
In the late sixteenth century, as the Reformed churches sought to consolidate their confession amid the tumult of the Counter-Reformation, a central tension emerged that continues to occupy the mind of the church today: the relationship between the binding of the conscience and the liberty of the Christian. It is a tension famously navigated by the Westminster divines, who confessed that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” in Westminster Confession of Faith 20.2, yet simultaneously affirmed the church’s authority to settle controversies of faith and strictly prohibit what contradicts the Word of God. Continue reading →
Recently a theological controversy that had been simmering in podcasts and blog articles for many months finally reached a painful, public climax. In the first week of November, ministries that had been respected pillars of the online Particular Baptist world fractured. Justin . . . Continue reading →