Tag Archives: covenant

Review: An Everlasting Covenant (Kamphuis)

Posted on September 23, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Kamphuis, J. An Everlasting Covenant. Launceston, Australia: Publication Organization of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, 1985. This summarizes the fallout between the true, Schilderite take on theology, and the post-Kuyperian subjectivism.  It differs from other defenses of Schilder, however, in … Continue reading →

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Old Van Til reviews

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

I know this is going to be a long post, but it is mainly for research purposes.  I am not a Van Tillian. I am closer to Klaas Schilder, so I sort of transcend these debates. Introduction to Systematic Theology … Continue reading →

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Horton: People and Place–A Covenant Ecclesiology

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

Horton finishes his unique project by examining the role that “covenant” plays in ecclesial discussions, yet the book is not simply another exercise in “how covenant theology proves infant baptism.” It is much more nuanced and detailed. Horton has demonstrated … Continue reading →

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Horton: Lord and Servant–A Covenant Christology

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

This is Mike Horton’s second installment in his Covenant series. He reframes Christology around “covenant” and is stunningly successful. His genius is in using the covenant to contrast two ontologies: overcoming estrangement (classical metaphysics) and meeting a Stranger. Horton shows … Continue reading →

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Study notes on Caspar Olevian and Substance

Posted on July 11, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I will write a formal review later.  R. Scott Clark has several fascinating sections reconstructing German Calvinism in the 16th century, along with rebutting the Heppe-thesis and such.  The review will cover those parts. This book is so useful on … Continue reading →

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Review: Schilder’s Struggle for the Unity of the Church

Posted on April 1, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Van Reest, Rudolf. trans. Theodore Plantinga. Schilder’s Struggle for the Unity of the Church. Neerlandia, Alberta, Canada: Inheritance Publications, 1990. The Golden Age of Dutch Theology came in the person of Kuyper, yet within Kuyper were the seeds of its own … Continue reading →

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Hal Lindsey and Biblical Prophecy

Posted on March 25, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

By Cornelis Vanderwaal. Vanderwaal was attacked for his rhetoric, but is it any worse than Lindsey or Hunt’s saying that anyone who disagrees with them wants to exterminate the Jews (Lindsey, Road to Holocaust, 332)? Let’s get beyond rhetoric and … Continue reading →

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Covenantal Relations in the Trinity

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

One of the Reformed Thomist criticisms of Kuyper, Vos, etc., is that they posited covenantal relations in the Trinity.  And this is bad because of Hegel or something.  I want to do two things: actually see what they say and … Continue reading →

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Review: Justification, God’s Plan (Wright)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I wrote this in 2011.  I don’t think everything Wright said is correct, but we should definitely go with the idea of righteousness as covenant faithfulness. This is Tom Wright’s response to John Piper’s recent work on justification, and we … Continue reading →

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Frame, Review: Doctrine of the Word of God

Posted on October 3, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

A fitting end to a fine series. This isn’t Frame’s best work ever (that would either be DG or DCL) but it is good and there are legitimate reasons for this volume’s limitations. Frame wanted to get his book on … Continue reading →

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