RSSEntries Tagged as 'Nature and Grace'
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 4
A Non-redemptive Providential Reign of Christ?
“The word of the Lord came to me: ‘Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and [...]
Those Wild, Wild, Whiggish Covenanters got me again!
My time as Chairman of the RPC Synod’s Committee for the Understanding the Times came to a very final conclusion at this evening’s session of Synod.
My attempt to send the committee to its eternal slumber was defeated by a vote of 53-47. This was the last year of my term. For what it is [...]
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 1
“To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations…just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star…To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and [...]
A Reformed Scholastic on Natural Law
Here is a fine example of a Reformed Thomist dealing with natural law.
Nature and Grace RedivivusW.H. ChellisDr. R. Sc…
Nature and Grace Redivivus
W.H. Chellis
Dr. R. Scott Clark from the Heidelblog commented on re: Rehabilitating Theonomy:
This is an interesting and significant discussion for which we’re all grateful.
At the end of your post you say, however, that grace both restores and “perfects” nature.
Did you mean to say the latter?
Didn’t the Reformation reject that notion? Why does [...]
The Paradox of Christianity and CultureW.H. Chell…
The Paradox of Christianity and Culture
W.H. Chellis
From the introduction to Christianity and European Culture: Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson:
“In many of Dawson’s books, there is a clear tension between the Christian virtue of hope and anxiety over the present world situation. Dawson expresses more doubt about the chances for a Christian civilization than [...]
On Grace and Nature…W.H. ChellisDarryl Hart w…
On Grace and Nature…
W.H. Chellis
Darryl Hart writes:
“If you really think that grace perfects nature, then we may have finally arrived at the chief difference (at least for me). I don’t think Calvinism is compatible with that construction of grace and nature (H. Richard Niebuhr didn’t think so), nor am I sure about Augustinianism.”
Chellis responds:
I know [...]