Monthly Archives: July 2009

Ad Hominem or, How to Read Criticism

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 29, 2009

Here are a couple hypotheticals. Both have to do with the ways people may take offense selectively. First, say I am a political theorist who greatly admires the Federalist Papers (which I am not) and the arguments found there about the need for a Constitution that specifies the branches of a new federal government and… Read More→

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Machen Day 2009

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 28, 2009

    The man who was born on this day in 1881 is worth remembering if only because he could write as clearly as  and as courageously as the following:     If what we have said so far be correct, there is now living a Saviour who is worthy of our trust, even Christ… Read More→

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The Unconverted Calvin, Part Two

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 26, 2009

From the NTJ, October 2000 (concluded) Whatever the merits of Bouwsma’s historical scholarship, his point about Calvin’s conversion or, better, evolution should not come as a shock to those who claim to follow in the French Reformer’s spiritual footsteps. That it does amaze is testimony to the way that pietistic influences have eaten away Presbyterian… Read More→

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What Would Tim Keller Say to Wendell Berry?

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 21, 2009

Here are some thoughts about why the conversation would be interesting.

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The Unconverted Calvin, Part One

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 19, 2009

From the NTJ, October 2000 Ask any living Calvinist if he believed in conversion and ninety-nine percent of the responses would be unabashedly affirmative. And yet, if you followed up with a question about where the Reformed creeds and catechisms teach about conversion, the answer would probably not be so swift or positive. One reason… Read More→

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Geneva without Trueman

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 19, 2009

But this may fill the void.

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If Americans Drove Less, Would they Drink More Gas?

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 12, 2009

The breaks at the Calvin 500 conference in Geneva last week featured bottled water with and without “gas,” as the Swiss say. By the end of the week, the volunteers serving refreshments were no longer bringing out the “gas” because the conferees, most of whom were from the States, preferred the still as opposed to… Read More→

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Losing the Keys and Finding a World View

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 5, 2009

David Koyzis, over at Notes from a Byzantine-Rite Calvinist, takes issue with the two-kingdom critique of neo-Calvinism. The particular piece that provoked him was first published here. Koyzis is not moved by arguments about what the Bible does and does not reveal, or by what properly belongs or does not belong to the church’s authority.… Read More→

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