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The Attributes of God

Jim Cassidy
Jul 8, 2021
Gerald Bray, The Attributes of God: An Introduction (Crossway, 2021), 160 pp., Paperback, $15.99. Orientation to the Book This is the first volume in the new Short Studies in Systematic Theology series by Crossway. The series editors, Graham Cole and Oren Martin, aim to get at the essence of each...

Van Til's Critique of Barth's Christology (Part 2)

Jim Cassidy
Sep 28, 2016
In the first post in this series , we gave consideration to Van Til's assessment of Barth's Christology. In this post we wish to examine Barth's own teaching on Christology. The key to understanding Barth's Christology is to understand where he places the act of the incarnation. To use Van Til's...

Van Til's Critique of Barth's Christology (Part 1)

Jim Cassidy
Sep 14, 2016
In the recent resurgence of interest in the theology of Karl Barth--particularly among evangelicals1--theologians of no mean significance have opined on Cornelius Van Til's writings about the dialectical theologian. Van Til, according to some, offered an "absurd"2 and "inept analysis"3 of Barth's...

Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?

Jim Cassidy
Aug 22, 2016
I. Introduction "What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?" This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are those who claim that Calvin taught "baptismal regeneration" - at least...

Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?

Jim Cassidy
Aug 22, 2016
I. Introduction "What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?" This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are those who claim that Calvin taught "baptismal regeneration" - at least...

The Law: Its Kinds and Uses

Jim Cassidy
Jan 18, 2015
When discussing the Law of God it is helpful to make distinctions for the sake of clarification. To that end, we will discuss here the “types of law” and the “uses of the law.” The types of law given to us in the Old Testament are three fold: ceremonial, civil, and moral. The civil laws are those...

Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton

Jim Cassidy
Jun 19, 2012
W. Andrew Hoffecker, Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton (P&R Publishing, 2011), 460pp. Introduction One hardly needs to say that having two biographies on the same historical figure published within the same year (2011) invites comparison between the two works. Of course, an entire review...

Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe

Jim Cassidy
Feb 6, 2012
Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe (Crossway Publishers, 464 p). One of the tricky things with writing book reviews is not repeating what other reviewers have already said. A very fine article has already been published on this volume here . I am in...