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Outline John Owen on the Christian Life

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

Ferguson, Sinclair.  John Owen on the Christian Life.  Banner of Truth. The Plan of Salvation Doctrine of the Covenant The Covenant of Works. The reward of eternal life succeeds strict justice, since it is in the nature of a promise.  Further, … Continue reading →

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Outline: Book 2, Calvin’s Institutes

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

Book 1. Summary of argument so far:  Doctrine of the Knowledge of God –> Man’s problem –> Ten Commandments –> Old and New Covenants  –> Person of the Mediator. BOOK 2: THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER IN CHRIST, FIRST … Continue reading →

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Outline, John Owen *Mortification of Sin*

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

https://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/SpiritualFormation/Texts/Owen_MortificationOfSin.pdf Foundation of the Discourse The relationship between justification and mortification is cause and effect (Owen 6). Our duty: The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all … Continue reading →

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Outline of Turretin, Topics 1 and 2

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

I read through Turretin a few years ago.  Now I have time to do a more thorough study. On Natural Theology It is partly innate (derived from conscience) and partly acquired (I.3). God (and divine things) is the object of … Continue reading →

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Witsius, Notes: Vol 1

Posted on May 22, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This is mainly Books 1-3 of The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man (Reformation Heritage reprint) Book 1 Chapter 1: Covenants in General Generally, covenants signify a mutual agreement between parties, with respect to something (43).  A covenant of … Continue reading →

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Outline of Calvin’s Institutes, Book 1

Posted on May 19, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Outline and Notes. Knowledge of God Calvin placed intuitive knowledge on a more direct footing.  We have direct knowledge of an actually present object:  Intuitive knowledge arises under the direct impact of the divine Being. Calvin: We know God through … 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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Analytical Outline of Freedom of the Will

Posted on December 8, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Terminology: Will: that by which the mind chooses anything (1.1). Act of will: act of choosing.  JE identifies volition with the prevailing act of the soul; what other writers call “voluntary.” Determined: under some influence to a fixed object. Thesis: … Continue reading →

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John Owen Communion With God (Works 2)

Posted on August 5, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

My copy of Owen was from his Works, volume 2.  Nonetheless, this review will also serve for the shorter Puritan Paperbacks edition.  following the review is an outline on the book. Owen gives us a dense, thorough, yet manageable snapshot, … Continue reading →

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Intro notes to Bahnsen

Posted on July 28, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

One of my goals this summer was to do an analytical outline to Bahnsen’s Van Til reader.  That demands more energy than time left in the summer.  But I didn’t want the project to hang suspended between heaven and earth, … Continue reading →

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