Why Do Reformed Churches Baptize Infants? (Horton)
There are several different biblical reasons why Reformed churches baptize both infants and adults. Louis Berkhof, Francis Turretin, Charles Hodge, John Calvin, and others have pointed out the...
View ArticleThe Death of Christ for Us (Turretin)
Francis Turretin (d. 1687) did a very good job of summarizing Scripture’s account of Christ’s atonement as satisfying the justice of God. In his section called “The Necessity of the Satisfaction,” he...
View ArticleDenying Hell? (Turretin)
The last section of Francis Turretin's Institutes appropriately covers the doctrine of the last things (eschatology). Turretin's seventh question is this: "Is there a hell? And what are its...
View ArticleDivine Mercy, Divine Goodness (Muller)
One thing I very much appreciate about historic Reformed theology is how it's applicable to everyday life. For one example, I was just reading Richard Muller's summary of how the Reformers and Reformed...
View ArticleThe Law/Gospel Distinction in Reformed Theology
This is a re-post from October, 2009. I've posted on this before, but it is something that needs to be said more than a few times: the law/gospel distinction is right there in the fabric of historic...
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