Reformed Theology and Faith

Theological debates surrounding the nature of salvation have been ongoing for centuries and have resulted in a diversity of perspectives among Christian traditions. Four major viewpoints in this regard are Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, Arminianism, and Augustinianism. While all four perspectives share a few similarities, they differ significantly in their understanding of the role of human will..

The Calling: The Relationship between the Word and the Spirit by Herman Bavinck To make us partakers of this communion with his person and his benefits, Christ makes use not only of the Spirit, whom he poured out in the congregation, but also of the Word, which he gave to instruct and instruct it. He has linked the two in such a way that together they serve in the exercise of His prophetic, prie..

Reformed Worship - A Primer It’s easy to get a fight started within most churches these days. Mention that the hymn books in the pews ought to be replaced. Or suggest that the elders revise the liturgy. Or raise a question over the celebration of Christmas. In other words, say “worship” and you have declared a fighting word. Reformed Christians, staunchly united on the God they confess, able to ..

Pastor Martin regularly taught Pastoral Theology at the Trinity Ministerial Academy in Montville, New Jersey. His lectures, spanning eight semesters of material, have assisted many pastors unable to obtain this type of training through other avenues. Unit 1: Essential Elements of a Biblical Call Unit 2: Essential Elements of Effective Pastoral Ministry:In the Man Unit 3: Essential Elements of Ef..

What kind of men does the church draw to and set apart for its official ministry? The answer to this question provides a sure index of the state of that church. In the light of this fact, few things are of greater importance in the practical life of any congregation or denomination than its understanding of what constitutes a Biblical call to the work of the ministry. Those who are vitally conce..

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Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set) by Jean Calvin (Author), John T. McNeill (Editor), Ford Lewis Battles (Translator) Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (Author), Henry Beveridge (Translator) Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 vols.) by Jean Calvin (Author), John Allen (Translator)

OF PREDESTINATION. Part I EPH. 1.11. "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." - Rom ,ix. 22, 23. "What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; and that he might make known the rich..

Resources On The Covenant Of Works https://heidelblog.net/resources-on-the-covenant-of-works/ Resources On The Covenant Of Works We might say that the Reformed doctrine of the covenant of works, or better, adherence to the doctrine, is recovering from an illness. The doctrine itself is fine. It is what it has long been but f… heidelblog.net

Contemporary Reformation Theology Essays in the Historic Christain Faith From a Classic Reformed/Evangelical Perspective https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/contemporary.html Contemporary Reformation Theology Page Welcome to the Contemporary Reformation Theology Page. Essays in the Historic Christain Faith From a Classic Reformed/Evangelical Perspective The Hall of Contemporary Reformers ..

REFORMED STANDARDS All the reformed documents in one tidy package Reformed Standards Home - Reformed Standards All the reformed documents in one tidy package reformedstandards.com Resources for the study of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms https://www.pcahistory.org/HCLibrary/catalog/westminster.html

Indeed, to know God does not consist of knowing a great deal about Him, but of this, rather, that we have seen Him in the person Christ, that we have encountered Him on our life’s way, and that in the experience of our soul we have come to know His virtues, His righteousness and holiness, His compassion and His grace. - Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck on the use of non-Christian philosophy in the service of Christian theology: Initially the Reformation assumed a hostile posture toward scholasticism and philosophy. But it soon changed its mind. Because it was not, nor wanted to be, a sect, it could not do without theology. Even Luther andMelanchthon, therefore, already resumed the use of philosophy and recognized its usefulness...

The exact formulation of the formative principle of Calvinism, as I have said, has taxed the acumen of a longline of distinguished thinkers. Many modes of stating it have been proposed. Perhaps after all, however, its simplest statement is the best. It lies then, let me repeat, in a profound apprehension of God in His majesty, with the poignant realization which inevitably accompanies this appre..

The Emotional Life of our Lord by B.B. Warfield It belongs to the truth of our Lord’s humanity, that he was subject to all sinless human emotions.l In the accounts which the Evangelists give us of the crowded activities which filled the few years of his ministry, the play of a great variety of emotions is depicted. It has nevertheless not proved easy to form a universally acceptable conception o..