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A Truly Christo-Centric Church

Posted in Biblical Theology, Christology, Steven Wedgeworth on April 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

The book of Acts presents an informative view of the Church, as well as an informative view of the way in which the Church read the Scriptures. As they saw that all things spoke of Jesus Christ, they also went on to apply those things to themselves. They lived the life of Christ.
This [...]

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Infinity, Condescension, and Covenant

Posted in Steven Wedgeworth, Theology Proper, Trinity on March 4, 2008 | 15 Comments »

The Reformed faith has traditionally spoken of God condescending to reveal himself in creation. Presupposed in this assertion is that God is infinite in his own essence, both qualitatively and quantitatively. God is of a different type of “being” altogether, existing wholly within himself, outside of our plane of space and time. [...]

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Justification and Theopoesis in Calvin

Posted in Christology, Steven Wedgeworth on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In denying the efficacy of human works in our justification before God, Calvin makes this passing, but nevertheless interesting, remark about angels:
Although he refers to that spotless righteousness of God, before which even angels are not clean, he however shows, that when brought to the bar of Gods all that mortals can do is to [...]

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Rationalism v. Humor or Typology

Posted in Mark Horne, Steven Wedgeworth on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Our own Steven thinks that he has the freedom to post BH quality insights on his own blog.  So I’m linking him.  Let us comment here and teach Steven a lesson.  OK?

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John Davenant and Calvinism

Posted in Church History, Steven Wedgeworth on February 5, 2008 | 9 Comments »

(I originally posted this at my personal blog.)
John Davenant was perhaps the single most influential delegate at the Synod of Dort (particularly for what he kept out of the final Canons). Much of his influence was examined in my previous post on the subject, but it is certainly the case that he remains a neglected [...]

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The Synod of Dort and the Complexities of Being Reformed

Posted in Church History, Reformed Tradition, Steven Wedgeworth on January 31, 2008 | 61 Comments »

When I was first introduced to Reformed theology, I encountered “the five points of Calvinism” and “TULIP.” I was told that these came from the Synod of Dort, which essentially decided that Calvinism would be the accepted religion of the Reformed churches in Europe. Calvinism and TULIP were for the most part equivalent.
As [...]

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The Structure of the Jacob Narrative

Posted in Biblical Theology, Steven Wedgeworth on January 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is an exploratory attempt to plot the structure of the Jacob narrative. I have been working through the book of Genesis for a Sunday School class, and this section was inspired by the Biblical Horizons Newsletter 109, Crisis Time: Patriarchal Prologue, Part 1.
A. Naming of Jacob (25:19-28)
  B. Esau Despises his Birthright (25:29-34)
    C. Abimelech [...]

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