Category Archives: Piety with Excitement

Having His Confession and Feeling It Too

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 12, 2011

Whether he has too much time on his hands or is an outlier in the Gospel Coalition, Kevin DeYoung deserves kudos for reading books by Reformed confessionalists. Whether more reading will be sufficient to wean DeYoung off pietism is another matter. But he will have to spend more time on the topic if he is… Read More→

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The Gospel Coalition’s Thin-Skinned Long Arm

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 11, 2011

I did not see Kevin DeYoung’s post at his Gospel Coalition blog about confessionalism and pietism — and for good reason. Between the time you opened the page and blinked it was gone. (And it promised to be the first of a three-part series.) (UPDATE: For those old enough to remember the Tonight Show when… Read More→

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Is Edwards’ Question Even the Right Question?

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 7, 2011

Yes, I may be OCD but my apparent fixation on Edwards has as much to do with current writing projects as taking the pulse of experimental Calvinists. Edwards’ biography David Brainerd has occupied a few mornings this week for a chapter on Calvinism and foreign missions. So sue me. If Edwards’ defenders are still reading,… Read More→

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WWDED? (Defenders of Edwards)

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 2, 2011

So here I am, a revived Reformed Protestant, sitting in an average Presbyterian worship service and I am not comfortable. Granted, they are singing hymns and so not guilty of that strange insistence on psalm-singing that plagued Calvin and Knox. But these tunes and words just don’t resonate with my soul. Then there is the… Read More→

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Huh?!?

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 31, 2011

Over at Ref21, Ligon Duncan supplies a drive-by quote from Herman Bavinck that the Mississippi pastor directs against John Williamson Nevin. Here is the the Bavinck quote: In a comparatively sound church life, it is possible to assume that as a rule the children of the covenant will be born again in their youth and… Read More→

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Did Warfield Make the World Safe for Piper?

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 14, 2011

Are Lutherans different from Reformed Protestants? Duh! The odd aspect of the arguments that distinguish Lutheranism from Reformed Protestantism is that the arguers don’t seem to be so conscientious when it comes to Baptists. Are Baptists Calvinistic? Some are. Lots aren’t. So when it comes to drawing distinctions among Protestants why the urge to draw… Read More→

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A Proposal On Which All Anti-2kers May Unite

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 20, 2011

I know that not all anti-2kers get along. Heck, the Baylys seem to have banned Rabbi Bret from participating in all the fun over at their free wheeling discussions. Meanwhile, Dr. K., who may be the longest winded of 2k critics has appeal to Bret but may be too Dutch for the Baylys. Then there… Read More→

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Weaker Bayly Brothers

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 4, 2011

I have apparently offended a weaker set of brothers. Since the offense occurred on-line, perhaps an on-line mea culpa is in order. The problem though, as is usually the case with weaker brothers, is that these brothers don’t think they are weaker. They think I am. My error happened during a discussion of what sort… Read More→

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The Gates of Hell Won’t, But Netflix Might

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

I have recently been wondering what a dinner that included Tim Keller, John Piper, and Woody Allen might look like. This is not a major stretch since my apologetics paper for John Frame as a junior at Westminster was a dialogue between Woody and Corny (as in Cornelius Van Til). I can imagine that Keller… Read More→

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If the Gospel Coalition Embraces It, Will 2k Lose Its Edge?

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

One of the smarter moves by 2k proponents was David VanDrunen’s to publish his sequel to Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms with Crossway, the firm with the most direct ties to the Gospel Coalition, thanks to Justin Taylor’s footprint in both organizations. So far 2k has come into print through outlier publishers, such as… Read More→

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