Blog Posts on geerhardus vos

Westminster Wednesday: Vos on the Priority of Justification in Mystical Union by Underdog Theology on Nov 16, 2011Couldn't be more black and white: "Naturally the problem becomes most accentuated where it touches the center of Paul's teaching. This, we may still insist, is the doctrine of justification. Recent attempts to dislodge it from this position, and to...

Westminster Wednesday: Intrusion Ethics by Underdog Theology on Nov 9, 2011The Decalogue is Moral Law (henceforth, "Law"). It is the expression of God's moral will and is binding on every human being by virtue of the Covenant of Creation. When the reprobate is judged on the Last Day, he will be judged by virtue of his inab...

Vos on the Difference Between Eschatological Faith and Justifying Faith by Underdog Theology on May 17, 2011The Lord Jesus Christ exercised eschatological faith but never justifying faith. The Christian exercises both. More below: "The chapter from which our text is taken is preeminently the chapter on faith. It illustrates the nature, power and effects...

A Primer on Geerhardus Vos, Father of Reformed Biblical Theology by Underdog Theology on Feb 25, 2010Nineteen ninety-nine marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Geerhardus Vos, widely acknowledged as the father of Reformed Biblical theology. A descendent of French Huguenots, Vos was born in the Netherlands on March 14, 1862. He immigrated to...