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Westminster Theological Journal 71:2

Posted on 07. Nov, 2009 by Danny Hyde.

Last night I received Westminster Theological Journal 71:2 (Fall 2009) in the mail. There are several pieces worth mentioning for the purposes of this blog:

• The Pneumatology of the “Lost” Image in John Owen—Suzanne McDonald
• A Practical Scholasticism? Edward Leigh’s Theological Method—James E. Dolezal
• Samuel Rutherford and Liberty of Conscience—Crawford Gribben
• Marrow Theology and Secession Church History—William VanDoodewaard
• Review of Stephen Hampton, Anti-Arminian: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I—Kenneth J. Stewart

Tolle Lege.

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Debating Baptism @ The Westminster Assembly

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Mark Jones.

Debates on the efficacy, or lack thereof, of baptism are nothing new.  At the Westminster Assembly there were some interesting debates, one of which included how to view children who had been baptized.  The debate concerned how to understand the word “holy” in 1 Cor. 7:14.  Thanks to the work of Chad van Dixhoorn, we have better access to the Minutes of the Westminster Assembly and can better understand the dynamics of writing Confessions. [...]

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