Monthly Archives: May 2010

Which is More Troubling?

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

Charismatics who sway and wave their arms during congregational singing, or evangelicals who think charismatics swaying and waving are a sign of the Spirit? I can’t help but wonder after reading David Neff’s wishing happy birthday to the charimsatic movement in his editorial for Christianity Today. He writes: In April 1960, I was a seventh… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Calvin on Conscience

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 14, 2010

We must take our definition from the etymology of the word. When men grasp the conception of things with the mind and the understanding they are said “to know,” from which the word “knowledge” is derived. In like manner, when men have an awareness of divine judgment adjoined to them as a witness which does… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday: How the Forensic Makes Union Intelligible

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

At a conference last weekend on the family and liberty in the early American republic, I read the following from James Wilson’s Lectures on Law (Wilson was, of course, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and one of George Washington’s original appointees to the Supreme Court). When I read it I couldn’t… Read More→

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What Would Jesus Bake?

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

The obvious answer is manna. But thanks to this piece from our mid-West correspondent, I am less confident of that answer. The Jesus Cookie is either a hoax or a vehicle for evangelism. According to the website: We are a family owned business, dedicated to furthering the kingdom of Jesus Christ. It is our mission… Read More→

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Another Reason Why Evangelicals Aren’t Conservative

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

Gordon McDonald, the evangelical pastor and now Leadership editor at large (do editors ever work at medium?) has written in support of the Obama health care bill (hat tip to John Fea). His reasoning has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with Jesus. McDonald is glad for the bill “not because I… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: You Say Klinean, I Say Repristination

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 7, 2010

In the current issue of the Westminster Theological Journal, William Evans from Esrkine College, has an article offering a taxonomy of the current debates over the doctrine of union. In the repristinationist wing he puts Westminster California. He even specifies that the revisionism of Shepherd and Federal Vision provoked the repristinationist effort. The other group… Read More→

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The Fight Against Tyranny

By admin | Published: May 5, 2010
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Darryl G. Hart continues his teaching series on J. Gresham Machen with a look at Machen’s views about politics and the relation between the church and state.  This lesson was taught at Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Glenside, PA where Dr. Hart serves as elder. Download the audio

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday: No Getting Around Antinomianism (if you are monergistic)

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

Some union advocates don’t like the theological approach of asking what problem a specific doctrine solves (sorry Matt). But since we are in the arena of salvation, which is supposed to be a remedy for sin, inquiries about effects of certain doctrines, whether doctrinal or personal, seems fair. So as near as I can tell,… Read More→

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Muslims and Protestants Together?

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 4, 2010

Among the many juicy bits of history packed into Philip Benedict’s Christ’s Churches Purely Reformed comes the item about the Ottoman insurgence into the Holy Roman Empire. Turns out the influx of Muslims into formerly Roman Catholic territories was a boon to the Reformed faith, especially in Hungary which gave us the Magyar Reformed Church.… Read More→

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Why Evangelicals Aren’t Conservative

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 3, 2010

Nothing like ending a good political argument by inserting divine wrath into the debate. Arizona’s new laws on illegal immigration are attracting attention on a variety of fronts. One of my favorite radio hosts, Phil Hendrie, who is by no means a conservative (and the funniest man on air), thinks the law is sane even… Read More→

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