Valiant for Truth Blog http://wscal.edu/ Valiant for Truth blog posts en Copyright 2012 2012-02-22T15:33:30+00:00 <![CDATA[Westminster Seminary California Faculty Response to John Frame]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/westminster-seminary-california-faculty-response-to-john-frame http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/westminster-seminary-california-faculty-response-to-john-frame All of us on the faculty of Westminster Seminary California are shocked and saddened by John Frame’s book, The Escondido Theology.  Several of us were colleagues with John and several had been his students.  We have appreciated particularly over the years his teaching of the apologetics of Cornelius Van Til, his critique of open theism, and his strong defense of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy.  (The statement of Andrew Sandlin on p. xxxi of this book claiming that John had been a polemicist against inerrancy is surely a mistake.)

]]> 2012-02-07T18:44:36+00:00 <![CDATA[License to Learn]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/license-to-learn http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/license-to-learn I remember that when I received my post-graduate degree I was excited and contacted a number of former professors who sent along congratulatory words. But one of my professors wrote back, “Congratulations, now you have a license to learn!” My professor had given me a new perspective on the ministry with that simple statement.

]]> 2012-02-22T15:33:30+00:00 <![CDATA[Basics of the Reformed Faith: Election]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-election http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-election As Americans raised in a democratic republic, we cling tenaciously to the principle “one person, one vote.” It is very easy (and almost natural) to carry over this principle to our understanding of the doctrine of salvation. 

]]> 2012-02-21T17:53:44+00:00 <![CDATA[Richard Muller Convocation Lectures!]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/richard-muller-convocation-lectures http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/richard-muller-convocation-lectures On February 28-29, 2012, Dr. Richard A. Muller, P.J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary will deliver two lectures to the WSC student body, faculty, and staff.

]]> 2012-02-20T21:51:18+00:00 <![CDATA[A Letter to the Editor About John Frame’s Book]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/a-letter-to-the-editor-about-john-frames-book http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/a-letter-to-the-editor-about-john-frames-book Dr. Godfrey & Faculty,

I was deeply saddened last weekend to hear of the publication of The Escondido Theology. I have appreciated the firm yet controlled responses posted by Dr. Godfrey at the seminary website and by Dr. Horton at his own website.

]]> 2012-02-14T16:53:02+00:00 <![CDATA[Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Order of Salvation]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-th-order-of-salvation http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-th-order-of-salvation When Christians speak of the “ordo salutis” we are referring to the “order of salvation.” While we should qualify any discussion of such an “order” by affirming that an omniscient God does not need to do things in sequential order as we do, nevertheless there is a logical order to the way in which God saves us from sin and its consequences. 

]]> 2012-02-14T16:51:53+00:00 <![CDATA[Office Hours Desert Island Books with Ryan Glomsrud]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/office-hours-desert-island-books-with-ryan-glomsrud http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/office-hours-desert-island-books-with-ryan-glomsrud Imagine yourself on a beautiful desert island. You've unplugged from the digital world. No cellphone, no Twitter, no Facebook, no radio, and no TV.

]]> 2012-02-07T16:45:43+00:00 <![CDATA[Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Law and the Gospel]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-the-law-and-the-gospel http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/basics-of-the-reformed-faith-the-law-and-the-gospel Although often identified as a Lutheran distinctive, the law-gospel distinction has been recognized by the Reformed tradition as well. Reformed theologians such as Louis Berkhof have spoken of the Bible as containing two parts–the law and the gospel. 

]]> 2012-02-07T16:36:27+00:00 <![CDATA[Book Review: The God Who Is There by D. A. Carson]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/book-review-the-god-who-is-there-by-d.-a.-carson http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/book-review-the-god-who-is-there-by-d.-a.-carson At a time when most popular Christian books are left to question, New Testament scholar D.A. Carson writes The God Who is There to strengthen the believer and educate the non-believer about the God of the Bible.

]]> 2012-02-06T15:46:20+00:00 <![CDATA[Dr. Fesko Speaking at Local Conference]]> http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/rethinking-arminius-conference-february-24-25 http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/rethinking-arminius-conference-february-24-25 For those of you interested in all things 16th and 17th century, you won't want to miss the upcoming Rethinking Arminius Conference being held at Point Loma Nazarene University in downtown San Diego. There is a terrific line-up of speakers

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