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Baptist Theology
The First Reformed Baptist Theology
Free Grace Press is making A Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity from 1657, by Robert Purnell, available now for a discounted price. It appears to be the first Reformed…
Adversus Haereses
Reformed Thomists?
In the video above, James White does a good job discussing the growing number of so-called “Reformed Thomists” and the dangers of Thomism. It is well worth taking time to…
Church History
James White on the Divine Simplicity of God
In this video, James offers some helpful insights and cautions when we speak about such theological matters.
Baptist Theology
Toward a Proper Understanding of the Lord’s Supper as a Visible Word
Introduction In my own past study of the Lord’s Supper, some twenty six years ago now, I spent some time wrestling with John Calvin’s understanding of the Lord’s Supper, especially…
Atonement
New Edition of He Died for Me by Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson has released a new edition of his book, He Died For Me, which is now available in paperback. He describes the book as essentially about an “in-house debate…
Humility
Review of Greg Nichols’ Lectures in Systematic Theology, Vol. 2
I love systematic theology. In fact, I have a whole bookshelf dedicated to systematic theology. Some of my favorites are De Doctrina Christiana by Augustine and Peter Lombard’s Sentences. I…
Books
A Portrait of God by Daniel Chamberlin
Daniel Chamberlin’s book A Portrait of God is now available at Free Grace Press. Here is the description of the book on the website: Stephen Charnock’s Discourses Upon the Existence…
Baptist Theology
Download A. H. Strong’s Systematic Theology For Free
For any interested readers, here is a link to download or read online Augustus Hopkins Strong’s Systematic Theology: A Compendium Designed for the Use of Theological Students for free. For…
Apologetics
Simplicity and Trinity
Note: The following is taken from chapter 20 of the upcoming book The Absurdity of Unbelief, which may be pre-ordered here. It is true that God is a simple being…
Calvinism
"Jonathan Edwards on Freedom of the Will" by Philip Fisk
Immanuel Baptist Church, where I serve as the primary teaching elder, has been privileged to support Phil and Cindy Fisk in their ministry at the Evangelical Theological Faculty (ETF) in…
Bible Study
The Primacy of the Abrahamic Covenant by Jeff Johnson
As the description on the YouTube pages says, in this message “Pastor Jeff Johnson, author of The Fatal Flaw Behind The Theology of Infant Baptism, shows us how the Abrahamic Covenant…
Baptist Confession of 1689
Bob Gonzales on the Impassibility of God
Some of the blog’s longtime readers will remember that several years ago I had posted an article recommending a series of articles by Bob Gonzales, the Academic Dean and a professor…