Monthly Archives: February 2010

Thoughts on American Presbyterianism

By admin | Published: February 17, 2010

Darryl G. Hart recently joined Camden Bucey of Reformed Forum to share a few thoughts on American Presbyterianism.  The conversation is casual and covers a range of topics including the modernist-fundamentalist debates of the early 20th century and the historical developments of women in office. download the mp3

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What Biblicists Miss about the Bible

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 16, 2010

(or why we need creeds) W. G. T. Shedd stood courageously by Benjamin Warfield’s side in opposing revisions to the Westminster Standards. Shedd explains below why appealing to the Bible or to being biblical is unpersuasive. It also suggests that the individual with his Bible does not have the status (i.e. power) of God’s ordinance… Read More→

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Whither Wheaton?

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 15, 2010

Andrew Chignell, a graduate of Wheaton College and son of a former Wheaton professor, created a minor kerfuffle with a piece about the outgoing college president, A. Duane Litfin, and Wheaton’s search for his successor. Chignell argues that Wheaton, the flagship institution of American evangelicalism, is at a crossroads. He also seems to try relatively… Read More→

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Was Machen Wrong Not to Appeal to Union?

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 15, 2010

Writing on Gal. 2:19 (“For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God”), a verse smack dab in a passage where Paul talks a lot about being “in” Christ, Machen writes the following: The law . . . led men, by its clear revelation of what God requires, to… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Vos Weighs In

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 12, 2010

To [Paul’s] view the resurrection with all that clusters around it, has behind it a still more potential principle, a principle from which in fact it springs, and in whose depths it lies anchored. And this deeper principle is that of the acquisition of righteousness, a forensic principle through and through, and yet no less… Read More→

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Why Proponents of Christian America Need to Read John Frame

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 11, 2010

As part of his commitment to speaking the truth at length in love, John Frame has written a review of Scott Clark’s, Recovering the Reformed Confession for his website. (How long, O Lord, how long? Over 17,500 words not including 60 [!!] notes. Let me help with the math. At 250 words per page, that’s… Read More→

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The Return of This and That

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 10, 2010

Hide it under a bushel? No! But under camouflage? Yes. At least that the implied message of the new “Camo” edition of the American Patriot’s Bible. (Thanks to our mid-West correspondent.) This pocket version of the popular American Patriot’s Bible reminds Christians of the Bible’s living legacy in the history of America, a nation built… Read More→

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Epistemology and a Two-Kingdoms View

By admin | Published: February 10, 2010

Darryl G. Hart and Camden Bucey discuss the relationship of various Christian epistemologies to a two-kingdoms approach to Christ and culture.  The discussion has been posted at Reformed Forum. download the mp3 post photo by Joel Bedford

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The Noetic Effects of Regeneration and Christian America

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 8, 2010

Below are two clips with distinct views of religion in the American founding. One comes from a decidely Christian perspective, the other from a leading historian of the United States in the era of the Constitution — some might call it secular (I prefer learned). How Religious Were the American Founders? America\'s Christian Heritage The… Read More→

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Sixteen Reasons Not To Watch the Super Bowl

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 5, 2010

16. Remember the Sabbath day. 15. Keep it holy. 14. You have six days for all your work. 13. The Sabbath belongs to God. 12. Don’t work on it. 11. Don’t let your son work on it. 10. Or your daughter. 9. Or football players. 8. Or cheerleaders. 7. Or advertizing executives. 6. Or broadcasters.… Read More→

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