Theology on the Go

Jonathan Edwards pastored a congregational church in Northampton, Massachusetts for many years. It would be easy to assume that Edwards was a Congregationalist at heart or that he therefore did not hold the Westminster Standards in high esteem. This would be a mistake. When it came to catechizing...

It is expected that denominations whose lifeblood is constituted by one of the great historic confessions should subscribe to them. The Church of England subscribes to the Thirty-Nine Articles, Lutherans to the Book of Concord, Dutch Reformed Calvinists to the Three Forms of Unity, and...

Have you ever wondered about the topical and logical order of the Westminster Confession of Faith? Not all of it; just the ordo salutis . After chapter nine lays out man’s fourfold state chapter ten begins with what we might think of as a typical ordering of those blessings which accompany a Spirit...

Today's episode of "Theology on the Go" features Dr. Chad VanDixhoorn, Associate Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington D.C. Dr. Van Dixhoorn is the author of an extensive study on the Westminster Assembly, the group of men who wrote the Westminster Confession of...

The word “simple” can be used in several ways in the English language. If we say a person is “simple” or “simple-minded,” it is pejorative. As an insult it lowers them in comparison to other human beings. However, if we speak of a ‘simple machine,’ we are not speaking of a machine’s value but its...

One might well ask why it is important to hold to the view that God is simple. Indeed, before one asks this question, one might ask a clarifying question: What in the world does it even mean to say that God is simple? The notion of simplicity is confusing because of how it is commonly understood in...

Brace yourself. I’m about to make quite a claim. Are you ready? What would you say if I told you that the doctrine of immutability, which Francis Turretin says is a proof for the doctrine of simplicity, helps us to understand the nature of God, which it most certainly does, but at least one New...

On this episode of Theology on the Go, Jonathan Master is joined by his colleague at Cairn University, Dr. James Dolezal, professor of church history, trinitarian theology, and philosophy. James is the author of God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness , and he...

Several years ago I was doing some street evangelism. Cruising around the park and hanging out in the empty lots in the small city where the church was situated was a weekend ritual for the young. So, for several years I made it a practice of engaging these weekend warriors in conversations about...

Introduction Because Christ is Lord of all, there is no one throughout the world who is not obligated to render to Jesus the glory that belongs to him as the crucified, risen, and ascended Savior and Judge. As Christians share the message of salvation, both near and far, the Lord uses their...