Category Archives: The Hinge

Forensic Friday

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

For even though the law requires perfect righteousness from believers, they refer the demanding law to Christ, in whom they have become the righteousness of God; that is, a righteousness that is acceptable to God (Col. 1:14). If the law demands that believers shall pay for their sins, they refer the law again to Christ… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Reformed and Lutherans Make Music

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 9, 2010

Reformed Protestants these days tend to be absorbed with the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards and for good reason. These are the confessions of most extant Reformed and Presbyterian communions. But as the current project of Jim Dennison indicates, the confessional output of Protestantism was vast and many of the Reformed churches’… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday

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

From Calvin’s sermon on Ephesians 1: 7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses….” Now it remains to be seen how God receives us into his favor by means of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is what St. Paul means by adding that “in him we have redemption through… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Dominie Clark on Semi-Pelagianism

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 2, 2010

One of the great misconceptions about the Western church before the Reformation and therefore about the Reformation reaction to it is that the medieval church taught “salvation by works” or, more precisely, “justification by works” whereas the Reformation taught “salvation by grace” or, more precisely, “justification by grace.” There are a couple of reasons why… Read More→

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Hard or Soft, The Anti-2K Position Displays the Judaic Folly

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 25, 2010

(Or, how to blow Dr. Ortlund’s mind.) The hits keep coming. The line grows of people wanting to take a swipe at the two kingdom doctrine (while the silence on Lillback’s strange fire of Sacred Fire is deafening). A while back, Comment magazine published a piece by David Koyzis that critiques the 2k position, and… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: The URCNA’s Nine Points

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 25, 2010

THE NINE POINTS OF (URCNA) SYNOD (SCHERERVILLE) 2007 Synod affirms that the Scriptures and confessions teach the doctrine of justification by grace alone, through faith alone and that nothing that is taught under the rubric of covenant theology in our churches may contradict this fundamental doctrine. Therefore Synod rejects the errors of those: 1. who… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Calvin on Osiander

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 18, 2010

Osiander objects that is would be insulting to God and contrary to this nature that he should justify those who actually remain wicked. Yet we must bear in mind what I have already said, that the grace of justification is not separated from regeneration, although they are things distinct. But because it is very well… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Christ’s Priestly Office

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

Priest is a strong and lovely word. There is no lovelier or sweeter name on earth. It is much better to hear that Christ is called “Priest”, than Lord, or any other name. Priesthood is a spiritual power which means no other than that the priest steps forth, and takes all the iniquities of the… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: Warfield (the Lutheran?) On Lutheran Theology

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

There is no evidence presented here that the New Testament represents sanctification as received immediately by faith. In point of fact there is no direct statement to that effect in the New Testament. It is to Jellinghaus’* credit that he does not adduce for it either Acts xv.9 or xxvi.18, which are often made to… Read More→

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Forensic Friday (night): Hodge on Paul on the Gospel

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 28, 2010

The apostle, in unfolding the plan of redemption proceeds on the assumption that men are under a law or covenant which demands perfect obedience, and which threatens death in case of transgression. He then shows that no man, whether Jew or Gentile, can fulfill the conditions of that covenant, or so obey the law as… Read More→

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