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Review: Beeke and Jones, Puritan theology

Posted on March 24, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Old review.  I am just moving it to this site. Beeke, Joel.  and Jones, Mark.  Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life.  Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books. This is one of those “game-changer” books.  Beeke provides decades of pastoral reflection from … Continue reading →

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Athanasius, Orations Against the Arians

Posted on February 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This work is a step up from Athanasius’s smaller treaty on the Incarnation.  Here we begin to see a fully worked-out theological ontology.  This review, however, will not deal with the controversies concerning Proverbs 8 in the Nicene world.  That … Continue reading →

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Analytic Outline, Balthasar’s Cosmic Liturgy

Posted on January 17, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This isn’t an outline of the whole book–only the first half.  That is where Balthasar’s discussion on Person and Nature is.  I first read this book in 2010 when I was new to Maximus the Confessor.  Those were heady days.  … Continue reading →

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Review: What Sort of Human Nature?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Medieval analytic philosophy gets to the heart of the problem:  If Christ has two natures, one of which he assumed as a human nature, and if he is consubstantial with us in our humanity, yet our nature is sinful, how … Continue reading →

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Review: God Incarnate

Posted on January 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I’ve gotten to the point that if someone asks me for a basic book on Christology, I point them to Oliver Crisp. Any of his works. I learned more Christology from this book than in my week long Christology course … Continue reading →

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Review Thomas V Morris Idea of God

Posted on December 30, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is a toned-down version of his Logic of God Incarnate and in many ways it is just as powerful and more accessible..  With the exception of his take on foreknowledge and eternity, I whole-heartedly recommend this book. Furthermore, this book is … Continue reading →

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Review: The Logic of God Incarnate

Posted on November 7, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

by Thomas Morris. This is an incredible primer in analytic theology. Not the first intro text to be sure (that would be McCall), but indispensable nonetheless. Does the claim “Jesus is God the Son” introduce incoherence into the Incarnation? Morris … Continue reading →

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Turretin vol. 2, review

Posted on December 15, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Turretin, Francis.  Institutes of Elenctic Theology vol 2. Hard to know where to start. Turretin is simply majestic. He was the greatest Reformed theologian of all time. Ideally, this review would give an indepth analysis of all of Turretin’s key … Continue reading →

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Messiah: Governor of the Nations

Posted on November 28, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Messiah: Governor of the Nations of the Earth by Alexander McLeod, D.D. This is a lengthy pamphlet outlining the basic Covenanter (and Reformed) view of Christ the Mediator and what this doctrine entails for the civil magistrate.  It is no … Continue reading →

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A Faith Worth Teaching (notes)

Posted on November 8, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This book was given to me courtesy of a dear friend. The historical essays are interesting but nothing earth-shattering.  The true “money” is in the doctrinal essays, especially the ones by Horton and Jones.   Washed from my sins Standard … Continue reading →

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