Category Archives: Controversies

The Neverending Discussion…

The commenting continues beneath the Wright post. I have just written one of the longest comments I have ever written in my life.

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Why is Wright Misrepresented and Misunderstood by so many of his Reformed Critics?

As one who appreciates N.T. Wright’s works, I am often challenged to explain the widespread opposition to him among Reformed theologians. I have often claimed that Wright has been widely misrepresented and misunderstood by his Reformed critics. Many see this … Continue reading

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Brief Thoughts on Redemptive Historical Preaching

Cornelis Pronk’s articles on ‘Preaching in the Dutch Calvinist Tradition’ (part 1, part 2) deal with the debate between the advocates of redemptive historical preaching and the advocates of exemplary preaching in the Netherlands. It is claimed that Dr. Klaas … Continue reading

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Lectures Update

I have listened to the next two parts in Alan Strange’s critique of the Federal Vision and it is woefully poor. A number of his criticisms fall so wide of the mark that I am almost embarrassed for him. Take, … Continue reading

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Why I Don’t Hold To The Doctrine of Limited Atonement

This post was destroyed by the infection of my old blog. This is a recovery of what I think was an earlier version of it. Over the last few days I have written over 15,000 words on the subject of … Continue reading

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An Important Reminder from Joel Garver

Of Grace

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Good Death?

Paul Duggan has some thoughts in response to some statements in the recently adopted Missouri Presbytery Federal Vision Study Report. The relevant section of the report reads as follows:— We affirm that Adam mediated the first covenant in the original … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on the Chalke/Wright Debate

The controversy surrounding Wright’s endorsement of Steve Chalke’s The Lost Message of Jesus has been a subject for discussion in a number of areas of the blogosphere following Justin Taylor and Rick Phillips’s posts on Reformation 21. I am relatively … Continue reading

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A Generous Orthodoxy

John Frame’s thoughts on Brian McLaren’s book are a model of how theological discussions should be engaged in. Unfortunately, such moderate voices seldom carry very far and are soon drowned out by the shrillness of others.

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Defending the Faith

Shamelessly taken from Garrett’s blog.

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