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The Decalogue Of Justice: A Covenantal Application Of Biblical Justice, Andrew Mark Adil

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation aims to establish a biblical theology of justice (מִשְׁפָּט), ascertaining the commands and references to justice in Scripture are comprehensively and exclusively rooted in the Moral Law of the Torah, summarized in the Ten Commandments, and embedded in the Covenant of Grace (Old and New), making it binding on New Covenant believers and inextricably attached to the church’s Great Commission mandate. To this end, the study examines the concept of justice in the OT and the Moral Law, contrasting Reformed evangelical hermeneutics with the modern iteration of Liberation Theology in connection with the application of biblical justice. Additionally, …

The Universal Tradition And The Clear Meaning Of Scripture: Benjamin Keach’S Understanding Of The Trinity, Jonathan W. Arnold

Biblical and Theological Studies Faculty Publications

Leading Particular Baptist theologian Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) came to prom-inence just as an antitrinitarian theology native to England gained a stronghold. What had pre-viously been deemed off-limits by the Establishment became a commonplace by the end of the seventeenth century based on a strict biblicism that eschewed the extra-biblical language of trin-itarian orthodoxy. As one who considered himself a strong biblicist, Keach deftly maneuvered his theological writings between what he saw as two extremes: the one that refused to consider any language that moved beyond the mere words of scripture, represented by many of his Gen-eral Baptist contemporaries and the …

On Insiders And Outsiders, Justin Bailey

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

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How Do We Do Our Science As Reformed Christians? The Debate Continues, John Zwart

Pro Rege

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Protestant Experience And Continuity Of Political Thought In Early America, 1630-1789, Stephen Michael Wolfe

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The debate on the continuity of American political thought from the 17^th century Puritan settlements to the 18^th century American founding assumes a bipolar spectrum, ranging from strong continuity to strong discontinuity. The degree that scholars recognize distinctively Christian, theological, or Protestant ideas operating in the founding era determines where they are placed on the spectrum. The most popular view today is the “amalgam” thesis, which is a moderate view, resulting from decades of debate. Amalgam theorists argue that the founders' political theory relied on a variety of sources, from classical to Protestant. The current debate centers on …

The Worldview Of The Synod Of Dordt, Richard Mouw

Pro Rege

Editor's Note: This article, originally published in Kerk en Theologie 70:1, (2019), 17-24, by KokBoekcentrum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, is published by permission of Dr. Alco Meesters, Editor.

Fifty Years Later, The Class Of '68 Remembers, James C. Schaap

The Voice

No abstract provided.

The Moral Fog Of War: Vietnam Through Cracked Reformed Glasses, Sylvan Gerritsma

Pro Rege

Editor’s Note: A version of this article was published in the proceedings of a biennial conference of the Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies (DUTCH AMERICANS AND WAR: UNITED STATED AND ABROAD, edited by Robert Swierenga, et.al., Van Raalte Press, 2014. They have granted us permission to publish this version, though we are responsible for any errors not in the original publication. Also, a part of this article was published in Christian Courier, November 14, 2016, no. 3044, which also gives us permission to publish, though we assume responsibility for all errors from the original.

The Common Thread In Kuyper, Kuhn And Cognitive Psychology: Interpretive Frameworks, Daniel F. A. Hitchcock

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

An Open Letter To Prof. Eduardo Echeverria, Roy A. Clouser

Pro Rege

Editor's Note: Dr. Roy Clouser's letter is a response to Dr. Eduardo Echeverria's article in Pro Rege, vol. 45, no. 1, September 2016.

Tyranny Of The "Or", Erik Hoekstra

The Voice

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선교지 기독교 대학의 코어 커리큘럼 작성 / Establishing Core Curriculum At Christian Colleges In The Mission Fields, Jay Shim

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

This paper deals with establishing Christian core-curriculum from a Reformed point of view (the paper also uses the term “college education that enables mission”) for Christian colleges and universities in the mission fields. The paper explores definition, content, and uses of core-curriculum, and relevant issues that must be deal with for the formation of it in the situation of the mission field. It also provides a plan and roadmap for the formation of three core-curriculum for PAUA member institutions. Faith and education/knowledge are two different tasks. From a Reformed view of life-system, however, they are considered to be structured and …

What Is Christianity? An Evangelical Catholic And Reformed View Of Faith And Culture, Eduardo Echeverria

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Tribute To E.L. Hebden Taylor (1925-2006): British Export To North America, Steve Bishop

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Discipleship And Metaphor, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"As an operative metaphor, 'kingdom' encourages an optimistic Christian engagement with the world, often grounded in a goal of transformation."

Posting about Biblical imagery that encourages vibrant faith from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/discipleship-and-metaphor/

John Knox, Scott Culpepper

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

One of seven articles written by Scott Culpepper for the book Encyclopedia of Christian Education, George Kurian and Mark Lamort, editors. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 3 volumes (xxxv, 1630 pages). ISBN: 9780810884922.

Answering Your Question: Calvinism And Reformed, Neal Deroo

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"'Reformed' is a larger umbrella term encompassing a strand of thought and church history that emerged in Christianity as a result of the Protestant Reformation."

Posting about terms used to define belief systems from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/answering-your-question-calvinism-and-reformed/

Experiencing Our Only Comfort: A Post-Reformation Refocus In The Heidelberg Catechism, Jan Van Vliet

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Last year marked the 450th anniversary of the publication of the Heidelberg Catechism. In celebration of this momentous occasion and as a reminder of the contemporary applicability of this highly-regarded confessional document, this essay examines the earliest and most complete Puritan commentary extant: that of second-generation Puritan thinker William Ames (1576–1633), protégé of William Perkins (1558–1602), the “father” of the Puritan movement. We examine methodological considerations and two topical issues that arise when the venerated Catechism is placed in the hands of a practically oriented, post-Reformation divine for whom theology was none other than “living to God”: Theologia est doctrina …

Reformed Theology As Worldview Theology: The Public Nature Of The Gospel And Spirituality, Jay Shim

Pro Rege

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Understanding The Mystery: Weighing Cessationist And Continuationist Debate Of Prophecy In The Pauline Epistles, Nicholas Bratcher

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The use of spiritual gifts such as tongues and prophecy has been a major source of controversy within Christianity over the past century. As its use flourishes in Africa, Asia and South America, many in the Western Church remain skeptical of its use, some even questioning the true conversion of these "charismatic" Christians. This thesis seeks to weigh the relevance of this cessationist debate with what Paul’s true concerns are in his letters. As such, it both praises and critiques cessationist and continuationist argument using modern scholarship to determine Paul’s actual, intended meaning of his words. It weighs the text …

Presentism And The Two Kingdoms Perspective, Ryan Mcilhenny

Pro Rege

Dr. Ryan McIlhenny recently offered a lecture at Covenant College entitled “Two Kingdoms and Christian Scholarship.” His participation at Covenant is a partial fulfillment of his ARCU lectureship for which he was appointed this year. A large portion of the talk focused on the historical reasons for why the Two Kingdoms perspective has become increasingly popular within the Reformed community.

Two-Kingdom Worldviews: Attempting A Translation, Renato Coletto

Pro Rege

The author provides a “translation” of several two-kingdom motifs into the biblical “language” of creation, fall, and redemption.

Serious Education For Serious Christians, Carl E. Zylstra

Pro Rege

This paper is based on the Convocation Address given by Dr. Carl Zylstra at Dordt College on August 27, 2010.

Reformed Hermeneutic: An Outline, Thomas R. Wolthuis

Pro Rege

Dr. Thomas R. Wolthuis presented this article at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 2010.

Our Multiple Calvinisms: Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Predicaments, And Contestable Futures, Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

Dr. Keith C. Sewell presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 2010.

A Helper Of Thy Faith And Joy: Elnathan Parr As A Pastoral Teacher Of Predestination In Early Stuart England., David H. Kranendonk

CTS Master of Theology (ThM) Theses

This thesis demonstrates that Elnathan Parr‟s (1577-1622) treatment of divine predestination in his homiletical commentary on Romans and in his catechism entitled Grounds of Divinity evidences a pastoral approach in which the scholastic precision characteristic of the era does not lead to speculative aridity but serves positive spiritual purposes. Parr was neither afraid of nor obsessed by this part of the “whole counsel of God.” While his popular teaching incorporated detailed theological argumentation, including an extended examination of the supralapsarian-infralapsarian issue, his concern was to apply this doctrine through multiple types of “uses” to his spiritually diverse readership with the …

Abraham Kuyper In The White House? Why Dordt Isn't So Far From Washington, Dc, Stanley Carlson-Thies

Pro Rege

This paper was originally an address, delivered by Dr. Stanley Carlson–Thies at the Dordt College Spring Convocation, January 12, 2006.

From Condition To State: Critical Reflections On Cornelius Van Til's Doctrine Of Common Grace, Jan Van Vliet

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

What Cornelius Van Til calls the "common grace problem" has received considerable attention in the theological discussions of, especially, the first half of the twentieth century. Beginning with an exhaustive (three volume) attempt by Abraham Kuyper to interpret all the implications of this doctrine for the individual and for society and through the various refinements of the Amsterdam School to the suggested overhaul by Cornelius Van Til, the doctrine remains an unsettled one upon which there is no mutual agreement.

Biblical Hermeneutics And Hebraism In The Early Seventeenth Century As Reflected In The Work Of John Weemse (1579-1636), Jay Shim

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This dissertation presents a contextual and historical understanding of hermeneutical works of post-Reformation Reformed orthodoxy, and the flow of exegetical tradition within orthodox theology from the Reformation to the early seventeenth century. Virtually all of the older modern studies interpreted post- Reformation theology and its biblical study as "dogmatic," "deductive," "rationalistic," and "unspiritual," descriptions allegedly made in a comparison and contrast of the characteristics of post-Reformation thought with the theology of the early sixteenth century. These pejorative descriptions typically state that post-Reformation biblical exegesis was a deductive reading of dogmas into Scripture using a predetermined dogmatic analogy of faith. This …

Faith-Based Learning: The Conjunction In Christian Scholarship, Carl E. Zylstra

Pro Rege

This article is based on the text of Dr. Zylstra's 1997 Convocation address.