This post is the third in a series of 4. Calvin and Kline At its best, I don’t believe the Reformed tradition applies this tripartite division uncritically. It’s worth taking a look at two Reformed theologians, John Calvin and Meredith G. Kline. Calvin The work of John Calvin is significant, because he is the quintessential …
This post is the second in a series of 4. The Tripartite Division of the Law is Not Arbitrary It is claimed that the tripartite division is an arbitrary set of distinctions imposed upon scripture, and so shouldn’t be used to determine the exegesis of a passage. If Paul was not aware of the distinction …
Article VII is not one of those articles which gets evangelicals really excited about being confessionally Anglican. It is the article on the Old Testament, and its tripartite treatment of the law is not very fashionable among Evangelicals today. Indeed, the tripartite division of the law is considered by many to be one of the …
Calvin, commenting on Galatians 2:19, refers briefly to Romans 7 saying: There Paul describes beautifully, that no man lives to the law, but he to whom the law is dead, that is, has lost all power and efficacy; for, as soon as the law begins to live in us, it inflicts a fatal wound by …
For the last year, I have not taken an English Bible into chapel, church or Bible study, but instead have tried to follow along in Hebrew and Greek, in order to get as familiar with the languages as possible. Doing this, I have started noticing things. In church today during a sermon on Exodus 16, …