"But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil."- Hebrews 5:14

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Calvinism by Ben A. Warburton

 

I just found out that Ben A. Warburton's book Calvinism is freely online. It was one of the books I read that I found to clearly explain the basics of Calvinism. It's similar to the earlier published book by Loraine Boettner's titled, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, but doesn't go off into tangents and speculations like Boettner's does. I agree with some of the speculations and tangents Boettner makes in his book, and others I think are unnecessary, or false or are misleading. For example, I myself am  now a postmillennialist, but Boettner gives a false impression by speaking as if Calvinism and postmillennialism are necessarily linked. Boettner speaks about physics in a Newtonian fashion and correlates that with Calvinism's doctrine of God's exhaustive providence. But Newtonian physics has been replaced by quantum physics in the world of science, and so the correlation that Boettner makes no longer works. Though, I do not think that quantum mechanics undermines God's exhaustive providence. With qualifications like that (and others) I can recommend Boettner's book [linked above]. But I don't need to make such kindS of qualifications in Warburton's book. Here's the link:


Calvinism by Ben A. Warburton
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001594563

OR DOWNLOAD PDF HERE

 

 

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Mary’s Assumption Should Make You Protestant

 

Gavin Ortlund changed the name of the video from "Mary’s Assumption Should Make You Protestant" to "Why Mary’s Assumption Is Indefensible" One of the better reasons for changing the name of the video is that just because Roman Catholic beliefs about Mary's Assumption are false doesn't necessitate that Protestantism is true.

 

Why Mary’s Assumption Is Indefensible
(previous title of the video: "Mary’s Assumption Should Make You Protestant")
https://youtu.be/skuBFLns8WA



 

 

Why We Are Still Protesting Rome: Interview With Gavin Ortlund

 

Why We Are Still Protesting Rome: Interview With Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/inIIadwXAUk



 

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

 

A Protestant apologist and Anglican I appreciate, Sean Luke, wrote an aticle/blog disagreeing with an article by fellow Anglican Gillis J. Harp posted at TGC on Anglicanism. I'm not an Anglican, but I'm appreciative of conservative Anglicanism. Some of my favorite theological writers and heroes of the faith were Anglicans. I side more with TGC's views than Luke's. Though, there are areas where I think Luke has a good points.

 

Gillis J. Harp's article: Anglicans, Let’s Stay True to Our Confessional Heritage

Sean Luke's response article Anglicans: Let's Stay True to Our Reformational Catholic Heritage (A Response to The Gospel Coalition)



 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

"Saved by ‘Allegiance’ Alone? On a New Attempt to Revise the Reformation" -Book Review by Thomas Schreiner

 

 Calvinistic Baptist theologian and exegete Thomas Schreiner reviews Matthew Bates' book Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King.

  "Saved by ‘Allegiance’ Alone? On a New Attempt to Revise the Reformation" -Book Review by Thomas Schreiner