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Biographical Introduction
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is infamous for his extreme Calvinist theology in general (according to the Oxford dictionary) and his doctrine of double predestination in particular exemplified by The Freedom of the Will (1754). Edwards famous fire and brimstone sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) we tremendously influential during the Great […]
Related: Aaron Burr, An Humble Inquiry, An Humble Inquiry into the Rules of the Word of God, Concerning the End for which God Created the World, David Brainerd, Discourse on the Trinity, freedom of the will, George Marsden, Great Awakening, infant baptism, infant communion, John Locke, Jonathan Edwards, misrepresentations corrected, Mohican Indians, narrative of communion controversy, Oliver Crisp, paedobaptism, paedocommunion, Panentheism, pantheism, postmillennialism, Sarah Pierpont, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Slavery, Slaves, Solomon Stoddard, Spider Letter, The Life of David Brainerd, Timothy Edwards, Unpublished Essay on the Trinity
Karl Barth’s Rejection of Universalism (August 18, 2016)
Since the stone-ages of Cornelius Van Til until modern times, many have claimed that Karl Barth's theology necessarily concludes universalism or else it is incoherent, as recently exemplified by Oliver Crisp's cavalier statement in his Deviant Calvinism, "that the scope of human salvation envisioned in the theology of Karl Barth either is […]
Oliver Crisp on How to Read Karl Barth (September 28, 2014)
Deviant Calvinism (source:fortress press)
In Oliver Crisp's exciting new book Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology, he provides a helpful summary on how to read Karl Barth. The description is particularly reminiscent of Barth's paragraph on the twofold election of Jesus Christ in the Church Dogmatics II/2 §33 that Jürgen Moltmann instructed the […]
Review of Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology (January 20, 2014)
Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology: Convergences and Divergences, edited by Sung Wook Chung, arrived via Interlibrary Loan, and after reading it, I have some comments about the best essays in this book, and will politely skip over the ones that I graciously that I did not, so to speak, enjoy. […]
Oliver Crisp on Edwardsian Panentheism (September 5, 2013)
Oliver Crisp draws swords in his book, "Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation", and assails all of Edward's most controversial ideas, including Edwards famous writings on Occasionalism, Idealism in the Trinity, Continuous Creationism, Panentheism, Double Predestination and more! This book contains excellent summaries and critiques of Jonathan Edward's speculative theology. […]