Tag Archives: experimental Calvinism

What’s Up With Oaths and Vows?

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 13, 2012
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Historians may not be rocket scientists, but they can generally outwit the smartest of their interlocutors simply by knowing the origins of an idea, event, person, or argument. This is not to say that those who talk to historians understand when historical knowledge trumps philosophy, exegesis, or ideology. Some people are so committed to abstract… Read More→

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Orthodox Presbyterians Rival Gospel Co-Allies Enthusiasm for Enthusiasm

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 23, 2011

General Assemblies are not always like this but the recent OPC GA did assume more the character of a national preaching conference (of course, minus the celebrity pastors) than a regular meeting of the church’s highest judicial body. All of the presentations from the OPC’s standing committees included historical overviews as well as substantial edification… 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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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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With A Little Help from Our Experimental Calvinist Friends

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 26, 2011

Some of the critics of 2k have created the impression that it is a radical or non-mainstream position in the history of Reformed teaching. David VanDrunen’s recent publications suggest otherwise. Sometimes it seems that the debates are merely conflicting interpretations of history, with theology and exegesis, not to mention the church’s confession, waiting on the… Read More→

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What’s A Lay Person To Do?

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 31, 2010

One of the problems that Protestantism addressed at the beginning of the sixteenth century was the gap between monastic piety and the lives of ordinary Christians. The expectations in the Roman church were for the laity, without the support or environment of a monastic order, to maintain levels of holiness that monks and clergy supposedly… Read More→

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Calvin on Lloyd-Jones

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

Writing on Luke 12:14, Calvin argues: Secondly, our Lord intended to draw a distinction between the political kingdoms of this world and the government of his Church; for he had been appointed by the Father to be a Teacher, who should divide asunder, by the sword of the word, the thoughts and feelings, and penetrate… Read More→

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When This and That Comes Home

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 24, 2010

The best college basketball coach in the United States works in Philadelphia and no one knows about him. Congratulations to Herb Magee for winning his 903rd game at Philadelphia University. His closest competitor is Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski with 856 wins. But does Herb get to do ads for American Express? I don’t think so. Rabbi… Read More→

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