Category Archives: Scripture

John Frame, ethical integrationist

Posted on February 11, 2016 by

A fully Christian ethic accepts only God’s Word as final. That word is found preeminently in Scripture, the covenant constitution of the people of God (Deut. 6:6-9; Matt. 5:17-20; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:21), but is also revealed in … Continue reading →

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John Frame’s critique of Barth’s teaching on human language and divine words

Posted on November 4, 2015 by

This is from Frame’s chapter on epistemology in his book on the doctrine of God: More recent thinkers have also appealed to divine transcendence to show that there is something inappropriate about using human language to refer to God. Such … Continue reading →

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John Frame on whether biblical theology is more biblical than systematic theology

Posted on June 19, 2015 by

People often get excited about biblical theology (as opposed, particularly, to systematics) because it seem to them to be close to the biblical text. It uses more of the actual biblical vocabulary than does systematics, and it goes through the … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis on the simple missions of the (seemingly complex) Church and State

Posted on August 26, 2014 by

It is easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects–education, building, missions, holding services. Just as it is easy to think the State has a lot of different objects–military, political, economic, and what not. But in … Continue reading →

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Daniel Doriani on professing to submit to Scripture and actually submitting to Scripture

Posted on July 29, 2013 by

The submissive [or conservative] interpreter bows to the God who reveals himself in Scripture and accepts, in principle, whatever it says. If the Bible upsets a cherished conviction, we say, “I stand corrected,” not “I wonder.” Facing a difficult teaching, … Continue reading →

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John Calvin on “the proper fruit of heavenly doctrine”

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

From Calvin’s comments on Luke 24:32, “Did not our hearts burn within us while [Jesus] spoke to us on the road, while he opened up to us the Scriptures.” It cannot be doubted that he then engraved an uncommon mark … Continue reading →

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Packer, Wesley, and the coronation rites of the king of England on the preciousness of the Bible

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

What is called for now [in modern day theologizing] is the humility that bows before the Scriptures and accepts them as instruction from God. They are God preaching, God talking, God telling, God instructing, God setting before us the right way to … Continue reading →

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