Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 11

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 11 (March 14 to March 20, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Necessity of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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The Current Intellectual State of Affairs in America
An Article
By: Tim Keller
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Introduction to 1 Corinthians
A Sermon
By: Scott Lindsay
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Original Sin
Depravity Infects Everyone
By: J. I. Packer
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The Rent Veil
The True Veil
By: Horatius Bonar
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The Bondage of the Will
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, Part II
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 09

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 09 (February 28 to March 6, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
Bible Problems
By: John M. Frame
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The Gospel in All its Forms
An Article
By: Tim Keller
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Our Need of Scripture
An Article
By: J. I. Packer
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Presenting Evidence within a Van Tillian Framework
An Article
By: Jimmy Li
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The Rent Veil
How There Came to be a Veil
By: Horatius Bonar
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The Bondage of the Will
THE NECESSITY OF KNOWING GOD AND HIS POWER, Part II
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 08

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 08 (February 21 to February 27, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Phenomena of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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The Gnostics and Jesus
An Article
By: Tim Keller
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Incarnation - God Sent His Son, to Save Us
An Article
By: J. I. Packer
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How Can I Be Sure
I Haven't Committed the Unpardonable Sin?
By: Richard Phillips
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The Rent Veil
Open Intercourse with God
By: Horatius Bonar
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The Bondage of the Will
THE NECESSITY OF KNOWING GOD AND HIS POWER, Part I
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 07

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 07 (February 14 to February 20, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Inerrancy of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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Tim Keller Reasons with America
An Article
By: Tim Keller
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Knowledge of One's Sins a Difficult Question
An Article
By: Edward Payson
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The Rent Veil
Preface to the Rent Veil
By: Horatius Bonar
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The Bondage of the Will
ERASMUS’ SCEPTICISM, Part VI
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 06

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 06 (February 7 to February 13 , 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
Scripture’s Authority, its Content and its Purpose
By: John M. Frame
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Night of the Talking Dead
Apologetics Dialogue
By: Donald Dewitt
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The Pleasure of God in Justifying the Wicked
An Article
By: Matt Perman
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An Earnest Ministry the Need of the Times
An Article
By: John Angell James
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Joy in Heaven Over Repenting Sinners
An Article
By: Edward Payson
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The Necessity of Word & Spirit in Conversion
An Article
By: John Calvin
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The Bondage of the Will
ERASMUS’ SCEPTICISM, Part V
By: Martin Luther
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J.I.Packer Unpacked

From Christianity Today online

Packer, Unpacked

Timothy George attempts to interpret the great 'theologizer.'

Reviewed by Christopher A. Castaldo | posted 1/26/2010 09:43AM

J. I. Packer and Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought
by Timothy George, Editor
Baker Academic, October 2009
253 pp., $15.99

When historians look back on the life of J. I. Packer, this volume may serve as a useful starting point. An accomplished group of contributors, including Timothy George, Alister McGrath, Chuck Colson, Mark Dever, and the late Richard John Neuhaus, come together in its pages to reflect on Packer's legacy. Their conclusion: the Anglican scholar should be seen fundamentally as a "theologizer," a "latter-day catechist," a Reformed prophet standing in the tradition of Irenaeus, Augustine, Calvin, Baxter, and Owen.

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J.I.Packer is one of my favourite Puritan and Reformed theologian and I look forward to reading this book.

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 05

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 05 (January 31 to February 6, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Content of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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The Greatness and Miserableness of Man
An Article
By: Herman Bavinck
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Inability
An Article
By: A. A. Hodge
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The Authority & Power of the Word upon the Heart
An Article
By: J. C. Philpot
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The Iniquity of the Fathers visited Upon Their Children
An Article
By: Edward Payson
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Selected from the Writings of Martin Luther
An Article
By: Martin Luther

The Bondage of the Will
ERASMUS’ SCEPTICISM, Part IV
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 04

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 04 (January 24 to January 30, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Inspiration of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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Give us Faith So We’ll Be Safe
A Theological and Pastoral Response to the Tragedy in Haiti
By: Michael Milton
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The Fall of Man
An Article
By: J. Gresham Machen
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The Active Obedience of Christ
An Article
By: J. Gresham Machen
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Free Will and Man’s Four-fold State, Part II
An Article
By: Ernest C. Reisinger
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The Guilt and Consequences of Parental Unfaithfulness
An Article
By: Edward Payson
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THE IMPUTATION OF THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST
An Article
By: John Owen
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The Bondage of the Will
ERASMUS’ SCEPTICISM, Part III
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 03

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 12, Number 03 (January 17 to January 23, 2010), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
The Canon of Scripture
By: John M. Frame
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1 Timothy 6:13-16
A Sermon
By: Scott Lindsay
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Free Will and Man’s Four-fold State, Part I
An Article
By: Ernest C. Reisinger
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The Guilt of Indifference to Divine Threatening
An Article
By: Edward Payson
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Human Sinfulness
An Article
By: Gardiner Spring
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Calvin on Christ’s Active Obedience
An Article
By: John Calvin
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The Bondage of the Will
ERASMUS’ SCEPTICISM, Part II
By: Martin Luther
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 41

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 41 (October 11 to October 17, 2009), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
What is the Word of God?
By: John M. Frame
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God's Foreknowledge
An Article
By: Loraine Boettner
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Befriending the Soul to Live the Good Life, Part I
An Article
By: Mark A. Pinson
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A Basket of Fragments, Part VI
An Article
By: Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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The Ten Commandments, Part I
Sermons from the Heidelberg Catechism
By: G. Van Reenen
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Freedom of the Will, Part XXI
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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Justfication a la John Calvin

Justification á la John Calvin
Compiled and introduced by Tony Lane

Justification remains a controversial doctrine. New Testament scholars are reexamining Paul's teaching. Lutherans and Roman Catholics have produced a Joint Declaration on the topic. The excerpts from John Calvin's writings below give us a glimpse into the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith.

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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 34

The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
Orientation: The Personal Word Model
By: John M. Frame
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The Subsistence of God
An Article
By: William Ames
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Treatise on Grace
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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Freedom of the Will, Part XIV
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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A Divine Cordial, III
An Article
By: Thomas Watson
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 33

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 33 (August 16 to August 22, 2009), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Doctrine of the Word of God
Preface
By: John M. Frame
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The Doctrine of the Word of God
Study Guide
By: John M. Frame
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Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy in the Epistle of James
An Article
By: Cary Paulk
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Treatise on Grace, II
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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Freedom of the Will, Part XIII
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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A Divine Cordial, II
An Article
By: Thomas Watson
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 31

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 31 (August 2 to August 8, 2009), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

1 Timothy 3:14-16
A Sermon
By: Scott Lindsay
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The Once and Future Calvin
An Article
By: Mike Milton
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Experiencing the Love of God
An Article
By: William Webster
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The Best Things Reserved for Last
An Article
By: Thomas Brooks
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Freedom of the Will, Part XI
An Article
By: Jonathan Edwards
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The Morality of Everlasting Punishment
An Article
By: Mark R. Talbot
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Behold, I Am Coming Soon
An Article
By: Kim Riddlebarger
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 20

Some interesting reading here

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 20 (May 17 to May 23, 2009), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

1 Timothy 2:3-7
A Sermon
By: Scott Lindsay
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The Assurance of Salvation
An Article
By: Sinclair B. Ferguson
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The Heavenly Foretaste
A Sermon
By: Murdoch Campbell
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The Lord’s Prayer, X
An Article
By: Robert Traill
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His Number is 666
An Article
By: Kim Riddlebarger
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 20

Some interesting reading here

Reformed Perspectives Magazine Volume 11, Number 20 (May 17 to May 23, 2009), is now available. The following articles are featured in this issue:

1 Timothy 2:3-7
A Sermon
By: Scott Lindsay
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The Assurance of Salvation
An Article
By: Sinclair B. Ferguson
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The Heavenly Foretaste
A Sermon
By: Murdoch Campbell
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The Lord’s Prayer, X
An Article
By: Robert Traill
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His Number is 666
An Article
By: Kim Riddlebarger
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Reformed Perspectives Magazine, Volume 9, Number 8, February 18 to February 24, 2007

The Piety of John Calvin

By Ford Lewis Battles

At the time that this book from which this article was taken, The Piety of John Calvin: An Anthology Illustrative of the Spirituality of the Reformer, Ford Lewis Battles was visiting professor of church history at Calvin Theological Seminary. He has also taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Hartford Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. from the latter school. He has translated the definitive English edition of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, the only complete English edition of the Institution of 1536, and Calvin’s Commentary on Seneca’s "De Clementia." Among his many other published works is A Computerized Concordance to Calvin’s "Instituties of the Christian Religion." He is widely recognized as one of the foremost Calvin scholars today.

The central themes of Calvin’s piety are the honoring of God and being thankful to Him; they are interwoven in the recital of his conversion in the preface to the Commentary on the Psalms and in the account of the Reformed Christian’s confession before God’s judgment seat in Calvin’s Reply to Cardinal Sadolet...

Conversely, to understand Calvin’s view of Christian discipleship, we must for the moment open our minds to certain basic assumptions that he makes: (1) man’s total dependence upon God; (2) nature’s being ours to use and enjoy, but with moderation and accountability; (3) God’s providential care; (4) the contrast between philosophers and Scripture; (5) the after-life’s being not only the goal of the present life, but its nourishment in hope; (6) all goods as the gifts of God’s kindness to us; and (7) the account we will at the end render to God of their use.

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Reformed Perspectives Magazine, Volume 9, Number 8, February 18 to February 24, 2007

The Piety of John Calvin

By Ford Lewis Battles

At the time that this book from which this article was taken, The Piety of John Calvin: An Anthology Illustrative of the Spirituality of the Reformer, Ford Lewis Battles was visiting professor of church history at Calvin Theological Seminary. He has also taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Hartford Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. from the latter school. He has translated the definitive English edition of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, the only complete English edition of the Institution of 1536, and Calvin’s Commentary on Seneca’s "De Clementia." Among his many other published works is A Computerized Concordance to Calvin’s "Instituties of the Christian Religion." He is widely recognized as one of the foremost Calvin scholars today.

The central themes of Calvin’s piety are the honoring of God and being thankful to Him; they are interwoven in the recital of his conversion in the preface to the Commentary on the Psalms and in the account of the Reformed Christian’s confession before God’s judgment seat in Calvin’s Reply to Cardinal Sadolet...

Conversely, to understand Calvin’s view of Christian discipleship, we must for the moment open our minds to certain basic assumptions that he makes: (1) man’s total dependence upon God; (2) nature’s being ours to use and enjoy, but with moderation and accountability; (3) God’s providential care; (4) the contrast between philosophers and Scripture; (5) the after-life’s being not only the goal of the present life, but its nourishment in hope; (6) all goods as the gifts of God’s kindness to us; and (7) the account we will at the end render to God of their use.

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