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Calvin Theological Seminary Forum, Mary S. Hulst, Wilbert M. Van Dyk, Lyle D. Bierma
Calvin Theological Seminary Forum, Mary S. Hulst, Wilbert M. Van Dyk, Lyle D. Bierma
Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )
Reflections on Baptism
3 - Remembering Baptism by Mary S. Hulst
6 - Grace Abounding: A Conversation on Baptism
10 - The Baptism of Babies: What Does the Bible Say? by Wilbert M. Van Dyk
12 - Infant Baptism in Our Reformed Confessions by Lyle D. Bierma
14 - Interview with David Gifford: Challenges of Baptism in a Missionary Setting
Departments
15 - Continuing Education
Calvin Theological Seminary Forum, Lyle D. Bierma, Henry De Moor, Kathy Smith
Calvin Theological Seminary Forum, Lyle D. Bierma, Henry De Moor, Kathy Smith
Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )
Reflections on Being a Confessional Church
3 - Why Be a Confessional Church? by Lyle D. Bierma
5 - Theology That Sings: A Discussion on the Confessions Today
9 - With Integrity of Heart and Spirit by Henry De Moor
11 - Is It Time for a New Confession? by Kathy Smith
Departments
13 - Formation for Ministry
15 - News
A Helper Of Thy Faith And Joy: Elnathan Parr As A Pastoral Teacher Of Predestination In Early Stuart England., David H. Kranendonk
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 …