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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...

Westminster Wednesday: Luther's Underdogism by Underdog Theology on Oct 27, 2011Martin Luther first made mention of the theology of the cross (theologia crucis) in the Heidelberg Disputation. In it, he listed the following theses: 1. The law of God, the most salutary doctrine of life, cannot advance man on his way to righteousn...

Westminster Wednesday: Refreshment for the Weary by Underdog Theology on Oct 19, 2011The Lord's Day assembly is the day, the place and time, when the Christian hears from the Lord, "You are in My favor, My child. My Son, your Lord and Savior, has satisfied My covenant requirements. Be comforted, and live in the benefits that He has p...

Westminster Wednesday: Some Big Van Tillian Words by Underdog Theology on Oct 12, 2011References: (Bahnsen = Greg L. Bahnsen, Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis (Phillipsburg: P&R, 1998). Frame = John M. Frame, Cornelius Van Til: an Analysis of His Thought (Phillipsburg: P&R, 1995). VT= Van Til) Absolute Personali...

Westminster Wednesday: G. I. Williamson on the Offices in the Church by Underdog Theology on Oct 5, 2011After meticulous consideration, he favors the 3-office view. I want to begin this article by frankly admitting that I've long hesitated on this issue. The fact that Paul only speaks of elders and deacons in 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 has alway...

Westminster Wednesday: Where Have the Great Men Gone? by Underdog Theology on Sep 27, 2011Scientific advancement and the industrial revolution have produced a new criterion for judging man as successful. A man is made when he has contributed significantly to industry, and a man who has thus contributed is rewarded handsomely in financial...

Westminster Wednesday: Beauty by Underdog Theology on Sep 21, 2011In the following WTJ article, Dr. William Edgar discusses the role that beauty played, and still plays, in the intellectual developments of various contexts. Noteworthy is the observation that scientific breakthroughs arose not chiefly out of utilit...

Westminster Wednesday: Is History Important? True, Man! by Underdog Theology on Sep 14, 2011Dr. Carl Trueman makes the case here. I haven't finished going through the whole piece, but what I've read thus far has convinced me of its blog-worthiness.

Westminster Wednesday: Trueman on a Much-Abused Phrase by Underdog Theology on Sep 7, 2011Anti-confessionalists almost always have this phrase, "semper reformanda," ready on their lips. As a justifying smokescreen for almost every innovation in the area of church polity, worship, preaching, evangelism, etc., it really is anemic. The thin...