Son of an Ulsterman, born and raised in Nova Scotia, now living in Western PA. Pastor of Nashua OPC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸
Joined August 2020
- Tweets422
- Following99
- Followers535
- Likes890
Pinned Tweet
ICYMI: article on Covenant Theology
What Does Same in Substance but Different in Administration Mean?
"Understanding the proper meaning of the Reformed formula helps us to see that the modern notion of what is now called “administrative republication” is incoherent"
Link below
"...this may bee made good against the Antinomian, that a man is not Justified, till repenting and believing."
- Anthony Burgess
How can repentance be a consequent (as opposed to an antecedent or concomitant) condition of salvation if no one may expect forgiveness without it, and we are required to repent to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin?
PSA: Sola Fide does NOT mean that faith is the only thing we need to do or the only thing we are required to do to be saved.
Keeping the tenth commandment and being content are compatible with ambition (but not selfish ambition) and seeking to improve your life.
A.A. Hodge and J. Aspinwall Hodge:
When you are trained by a staunch Westminster Presbyterian in the Westminster Standards, this quote stands out because he hammered home the point that justification is an ACT of God, whereas sanctification is a WORK of God.
Not saying that the quote denies this, but this
“Justification, the work of God. Sanctification, the work of God.” @nocoradio
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
D. Patrick Ramsey retweeted
This week on Wisdom Wednesday, Dr. James Anderson, Professor of Theology and Philosophy and Academic Dean at RTS Charlotte, answers the question, “What is the transcendental argument?”
The transcendental argument maintains that even those who doubt God’s existence must presuppose him in order to reason and articulate that doubt. Dr. Anderson explains that the laws of reason ultimately require a personal, transcendent source and that human rationality depends upon the divine mind as the foundation of all rationality and truth.
Watch the full video at bit.ly/46XhMfo
.
.
.
Reformed Theological Seminary
James Anderson
Wisdom Wednesday
Transcendental Argument
Existence of God
Christian Apologetics
Cornelius Van Til
Aaron Denlinger in a MAJT article refers the reader to The Law Is Not of Faith for a response to my article.
But as Mark Jones noted in his review of TLNF: "Ramsey's work on this was never really engaged by the authors who referenced him but simply dismissed his argument."
That article originated from a pre-presbytery conference and it only focused on Karlberg. When I submitted it for publication I was asked to include Kline, which I did.
You can tell it is the work of a young man, but I do think the argument still stands today. As it might
still be of interest, I am posting it on blogger. Keep in mind the formatting isn't the best.
Here is the link:
patrickspensees.blogspot.com…
Covenant theology, and especially the Mosaic covenant, has been an interest of mine for a long time. My recent MAJT article is one of four articles that I hope to write on this subject.
In 2004, I wrote "In Defense of Moses: A Confessional Critique of Kline and Karlberg"
Sed Contra:
Sinai was not a covenantal offer of eternal life.
"as unto what it had of its own, it was confined unto things temporal."
google.com/books/edition/An_…
“For in this life Christ rules his Church through the intervening agencies of ecclesiastical administration by faithful pastors, and he protects it by the administration of devout political magistrates.”
J. Polyander
D. Patrick Ramsey retweeted
Today we're releasing a brand new resource called The Faith Received.
It's a massive online library and research tool featuring nearly 20,000 primary sources across church history.
You can see it here: thefaithreceived.com
And read about it here: mereorthodoxy.com/announcing…
“The man comes to Christ, and brings not his heart with him, but leaves it at home with his father or mother, &c. or keeps it still hugging and embracing his dear self, his life, so that he cannot embrace Christ, more than a man can take both heaven and earth in his arms at once”
Drew Martin thinks that we might speak of some sort of administrative (not substantial) republication.
He is not alone in this. But I don‘t think we can speak like this as I seek to show in my MAJT article, “Same but Different: The Meaning and (Mis)Use of a Reformed Formula.”
On this episode of "What Christians Believe," host Derek is joined by Drew Martin to tackle the Mosaic Covenant. ow.ly/Tw5R50ZPcyf
