In this second section of Richard Muller’s, Christ and the Decree, he investigates three influential reformers who were contemporaries of John Calvin: Bullinger, Musculus, and Vermigli. Unlike the Lutheran tradition, of whom Martin Luther was the source, the Reformed tradition had many influences apart of John Calvin. Since this is the case, an investigation into …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
Dec
17
Advent Thoughts #2: Destruction
From looking at Water as the first metaphor Peter employs to speak of cataclysmic return of Christ, we saw that the destruction of Noah’s day was not an annihilation, but we were left with a question: what sort of flood-destruction is coming on the Day of the Lord? Is it a complete annhilation, with the …
Dec
16
Christ and the Decree: Calvin
Richard Muller‘s Christ and the Decree is an historical account of the development of theological thought from the Reformation through to the Post-Reformation, more precisely, of Christology and Predestination from Calvin to Perkins. I’m reading this with a bunch of good fellas from college during the holidays, and hoping to summarise my findings here! Sorry …
Dec
15
Pilgrim’s Podcast #22: Ryan Smartt, Chaplaincy at Scots College, and Leadership in Life
Well, we’re back on the Poddy after a short hiatus sitting exams. Oh, and a well-deserved holiday of course! But we’ve been scheming the next year’s Pilgrim’s Podcast plan of action! Exciting. This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Smartt, who is the head of Christian studies at Scots College in Sydney. He’s …
Dec
14
Advent Thoughts #1: Water
One of the things which I used to believe was that when the Lord Jesus returns, the present physical universe would cease to exist. That it would be obliterated! And this all prior to the new creation forming out of nothing, ex nihilo as per the Genesis account of creation. I fair while ago I …





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