Tag Archives: geerhardus vos

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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Vos: Redemptive History, Biblical Interpretation

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

While a collection of individual essays, in many ways this is a coherent whole of Vos’s larger theology.  We can review the material around several themes: biblical theology, covenant, and eschatology.  While the prose is dense, and Vos does spend … Continue reading →

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Review: Vos, Redemptive History

Posted on July 21, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Vos, Geerhardus.  Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation.  P&R, 1980. While a collection of individual essays, in many ways this is a coherent whole of Vos’s larger theology.  We can review the material around several themes: biblical theology, covenant, and eschatology. … Continue reading →

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Clowney review from 11 years ago

Posted on October 29, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

I found this in my old email archives. Jacob Aitken Sermon Preparation Prof. Alan Hix 29 April 2005 Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching and Biblical Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman’s, 1961), 124pp. Biographical Information The late Edmund Clowney is renowned throughout … Continue reading →

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Review of Dennison on Van Til

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

Dennison, William.  In Defense of the Eschaton.  Wipf and Stock, 2015. This is a collection of essays dealing with Van Til and Education, with a few other themes thrown in.   Some essays are quite good, particularly the one on … Continue reading →

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Van til and analytic philosophy

Posted on September 26, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This is from the first chapter of William Dennison’s In Defense of the Eschaton. Dennison’s first chapter places Van Til (hereafter CVT) within the context of Continental vs. Analytic philosophy and it begins on a promising note.  Few of CVT’s disciples … Continue reading →

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