Do the Standards Downplay Union with Christ?
Many consider the Westminster Standards an excellent summary of Reformed theology. At first glance, however, it appears that this legacy of 17th-century Puritanism has little to say about union with…
Bob McKelvey
Themes in Puritan Theology: God’s Law
Editor’s Note: To read previous posts in this series, follow the links at the bottom of this post. We have previously considered the doctrines of justification and sanctification in our…
Movie Review: The Pilgrim’s Progress
This post takes a look at the new animated production of The Pilgrim’s Progress, produced jointly by Cat in the Mill Studio, Herald Entertainment, Revelation Media, and Vision Video. This…
Saved from Idolatry
David Clarkson and Soul Idolatry, Part 2: The Remedy Applied Our last post identified the problem of soul idolatry from David Clarkson’s book, Soul Idolatry Excludes Men out of Heaven. For…
David Clarkson and Soul Idolatry
David Clarkson and Soul Idolatry, Part 1: The Problem Identified Recently, I was preaching from 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, where we learn of the church turning “to God from idols to…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (10)
His Sacramental Theology – The Lord’s Supper In our last post, we started on Tyndale’s theology of the sacraments first generally and then specifically with baptism. We will now finish…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (9)
His Sacramental Theology – Baptism In our last post, we looked at Tyndale’s covenant theology, which contributed to the development of a mature Englished Reformed theology in the following century.…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (8)
His Covenant Theology In our last post, we compared William Tyndale’s doctrine of justification with Augustine and Luther. This time, we will consider his Tyndale’s covenant theology, which played a…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (7)
His Theology of Justification Compared We’ve considered William Tyndale’s doctrine of justification; now we’ll compare him with Augustine and Luther. Particularly, we’ll view Luther’s prologue to Romans alongside Tyndale, since…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (6)
His Theology of Justification Considered In our last post, we looked at William Tyndale’s foundational theology of the Word of God. In this post, we make a start on his…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (5)
His Theology of the Word In our last post, we considered William Tyndale’s writings and will now examine his theology more closely touching on key themes. It was my intention…
Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (4)
His Writings In our last post, we considered William Tyndale as a translator and will now look at some of his writings before examining his theology more closely next time.…