[PDF] High Calvinism eBook

Author : Ian J. Shaw
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 2003-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0191530581

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This valuable contribution to the debate about the relation of religion to the modern city fills an important gap in the historiography of early nineteenth-century religious life. Although there is some evidence that strict doctrine led to a more restricted response to urban problems, extensive local and personal variations mean that simple generalizations should be avoided. Ian J.Shaw argues against earlier prejudiced views and shows that high Calvinists played a vigorous and successful part in the response of early nineteenth-century churches to the process of urbanization. The study includes six substantial case studies of ministers and their churches in Manchester and London. Four high Calvinist ministers are considered, with two studies of ministers holding to an evangelical Calvinist doctrine also included to provide instructive contrasts. Detailed social analysis of the congregations is based upon extensive use of manuscript and printed sources, sermons, and local and denominational press.

Author : David J. Engelsma
Publisher : Reformed Free Pub Assn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781936054350

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Is there a "well-meant offer" of salvation to all men? Or is the call of the gospel restricted to the elect only? Is there an alternative to these two extremes? This book sets forth and defends the Reformed position of the gospel call to all mankind.

Author : Sonny Hernandez
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2018-05-16
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ISBN : 9781718792807

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Debates about Calvinism often suffer from a lack of clarity. In this book Sonny Hernandez sets the record straight and explains what true Calvinism is. He has done the church a great service and his book should be widely read. DR. GERALD BRAY, Research Professor, Beeson Divinity School With this book, Dr. Hernandez speaks to the heart of every lover of what the author calls "high Calvinism" (clearly distinguished from "hyper-Calvinism") and what is, in reality, the sound, unadulterated gospel of (sovereign) grace. Necessarily, therefore, the book will offend all who are offended by the gospel, particularly the many who exert themselves in the unholy tasks of "moderating" the gospel of grace or of redoing it as a "new Calvinism." Hernandez' polemics against these "bastardizations" of creedal Calvinism (as Hernandez describes the apostasy) and against traditional Arminianism are vigorous. Thus, he proves himself the rare, genuine defender of Calvinism, and the equally rare contender for the faith, in our day (cf. Jude 3). DAVID J. ENGELSMA, Emeritus Professor, Protestant Reformed Seminary

Author : Peter Toon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1608996883

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Peter Toon published articles dealing with various facets of Calvinistic theology in the Age of Reason. These articles were by-products of research he was conducting at London University into the origins of a logical, arid form of Calvinism (hyper-Calvinism) found among Congregationalists and Baptists in the first half of the 18th century. Though his study has particular relevance to Strict Baptists, who have become the custodians of hyper-Calvinism, it is also a contribution to our knowledge of the 18thcentury Nonconformity as well as the history of the development of Reformed doctrine. --from publisher description

Author : Roger E. Olson
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310575958

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Calvinist theology has been debated and promoted for centuries. But is it a theology that should last? Roger Olson suggests that Calvinism, also commonly known as Reformed theology, holds an unwarranted place in our list of accepted theologies. In Against Calvinism, readers will find scholarly arguments explaining why Calvinist theology is incorrect and how it affects God’s reputation. Olson draws on a variety of sources, including Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience, to support his critique of Calvinism and the more historically rich, biblically faithful alternative theologies he proposes. Addressing what many evangelical Christians are concerned about today—so-called “new Calvinism,” a movement embraced by a generation labeled as “young, restless, Reformed” —Against Calvinism is the only book of its kind to offer objections from a non-Calvinist perspective to the current wave of Calvinism among Christian youth. As a companion to Michael Horton’s For Calvinism, readers will be able to compare contrasting perspectives and form their own opinions on the merits and weaknesses of Calvinism.

Author : John S. Knox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532633718

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On October 30, 1608, Jacobus Arminius presented his Declaration of Sentiments to the Assembly of the States of Holland and West Friesland in the Binnenhof at The Hague. First, Arminius sought to defend himself and his theological views from the spirited attacks of opponents such as Gomarus, Lubbertus, and Plancius. Second, Arminius hoped to bring to light the wrongdoings of the European church and its extremist understanding of certain Christian doctrines. Having trained in Geneva under Jean Calvin’s successor, Theodore Beza (1519–1605), and having further expanded and honed his theology at the University of Leyden from both lectern and the pulpit, Arminius thoroughly presented his theological views in both oral and written form. He spoke in his native Dutch language to an assembly of his peers and religious authorities with the hopes of avoiding a theological rift in Holland—while at the same time hoping to remove a long-standing conflict with the Supralapsarian faction warring against him. Thus, Arminius’ Declaration of Sentiments is a sophisticated, passionate appeal to reason, scripture, and community. With each section, Arminius seeks not only to demonstrate the error of the attacks on him, but also to point out how and why reconciliation can take place through a careful examination of various precepts of Christian thought.

Author : Greg Dutcher
Publisher : Cruciform Press
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2012-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 193676055X

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Are we actually living the message of grace? "When a corrective like this comes from within a movement, it is a sign of health" -John Piper Something wonderful is happening in Western Evangelicalism. A resurgence of Calvinism is changing lives, transforming churches, and spreading the gospel. The books are great, the sermons are life-changing, the music is inspirational, and the conferences are astonishing. Will this continue or will we, who are part of it all, end up destroying it? That depends on how we live the message. As "insiders" of the Calvinist resurgence, there are at least eight ways we can mess everything up. Learn what they are and how to avoid killing off a perfectly good theology.

Author : Peter Naylor
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597527408

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This book is concerned with English Calvinistic Baptist churches from the later 1600s until the early 1800s, arguing that there was then no connection between restricted communion and hyper- or high Calvinism. A minimal definition of restricted communion would be the reception at the Baptist communion of those alone who had been immersed in water upon a profession of faith. A sketch of English Calvinistic Baptists in the years preceding and following the 1689 Act of Toleration stresses that they were a denomination other than that of the General Baptists, and that most Baptists, irrespective of party lines, were de facto Strict Baptists. Historical arguments for and against restricted communion will demonstrate that during that period there was no definitive link between the Particular Baptists' communion discipline and their interpretations of Calvinism. Attention is given to John Gill's and Andrew Fuller's interpretations of the relation between the atonement and evangelism.

Author : Darryl G. Hart
Publisher : P & R Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 38,37 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This biography, written by a provocative, prolific historian, gives readers insights into Nevin's critique of the revivalist tradition and shows how it applies today. Hart recovers a nearly forgotten nineteenth-century theologian and demonstrates his ongoing relevance. This book is extensively documented, and includes a substantial bibliographical essay and an index. Nevin (1803-1886) taught at Mercersburg Seminary when he wrote The Anxious Bench (1843) and The Mystical Presence (1846), volumes dealing with revivalism and the Lord's Supper, respectively. The last ten years have seen a revival of interest in this theologian, who was a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and who substituted for Hodge during his two-year study-leave in Europe.