The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (3)

Chapter 3 of Boettner’s book is entitled, “God has a plan”: “The very essence of consistent theism is that God would have an exact plan for the world, would foreknow the actions of all the creatures He proposed to create, and through His all-inclusive providence would control the whole system” (p. 23). In view of [...]

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (2)

Chapter 2 is called, “Statement of the doctrine,” the doctrine being referred to of course, is predestination. Boettner: “In the Westminster Confession, which sets forth the beliefs of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches and which is the most perfect expression of the Reformed Faith, we read: ‘God from all eternity did by the most wise [...]

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (1)

Mr. Loraine Boettner was born March 7th 1901 in Linden, Missouri. One of his most popular books, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (published in 1932), is said by some to have been a significant factor in the popularizing of Calvinism — particularly what has been referred to by some, as “high Calvinism.” I plan to [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (4)

Part 4 (and final) of, “Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?”: I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of shame”. May I ask you why you first decided to have such a page on the website? First of all, there was no website [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (3)

Part 3 of, “Why we have a Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?” (slightly edited for clarity): Hi again Marc I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of shame”. May I ask you why you first decided to have such a page on the website? [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (2)

This is part 2 of the “why do we have a Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?,” series: I suspect that that page and the people on it can get too much attention. Controversy can be both good and bad. Instead of real issues, Jean Calvin and his works are discussed etc. I hope you understand what [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (1)

The following discussion took place in May of 2010 regarding why we have the “Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?” (http://www.outsidethecamp.org/heterodoxy.htm) at the Outside the Camp website (this will be posted in multiple parts, the Lord willing): I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of [...]

Genuine Historical Calvinism (1)

[The following brief discussion took place on a Calvinist internet forum in December of 2006. It will be slightly edited for the purpose of readability.] Chris, You make some interesting points on your new web sight (http://www.calvinism.us/intro.htm), but it also raises a few questions. You wrote: Different Calvinists believed different things down through history. They [...]

James White: Hypocrite

James White mentioned Marc Carpenter in his July 2, 2009 “Dividing Line” broadcast (http://www.aomin.org/podcasts/20090702.mp3). Here’s a transcript of part of it (with Marc’s comments afterwards): Caller: If they were truly of the elect, wouldn’t God at some point bring them to a clearer understanding of Scripture” James White (JW): Well, uh, you have to be [...]

A question about adultery (1)

The following e-mail correspondence took place in October of 2009 (slightly edited for readability): Hello– I’ll intersperse my comments below. But before I do, I need to say that since I do not know what your beliefs are, then I do not know if you are truly a Christian or not. And since I do [...]