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"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Findings 8 is out

 

 

Findings 8 has now been published and is available for download at https://www.thumbwidthpress.net/


Contents of this issue:

Chris Gousmett. Editorial: The Tenth Commandment and Nathan’s Parable
Keith C Sewell. Why Edmund Burke is Important
Keith C Sewell. Hendrik van Riessen: An Appreciation
Steve Bishop. Perceptions of Reformational Philosophy: Insights from a 2024 Survey
Roel Jongeneel. Economics/the economy must do better
Richard A Russell. Kierkegaard, Subjectivity, and Truth
‍Arnold Sikkema. Thomas Hertog on the Origin of Time. A Review Essay
Gillian Adsett Cameron. Some Poems


Friday, 23 May 2025

Kuyper's theses from his 1862 doctoral dissertation on Calvin and à Lasco


Particularly interesting are statements 1, 5, 11 and 12:

1. The difference between Calvin and Lasco on the doctrine of the Church is especially evident in this: that the former generally retained the traces of Judaism which remained in the Roman Church, whereas the latter attempted to eradicate them completely.

5. Church history should be cultivated only for this purpose: that, being instructed in God's counsel concerning the founding of the Church, we ourselves might cooperate with God in the propagation and perfection of the Church.

11. The doctrine of the invisible Church should be rejected.

12. That the Holy Spirit is a person is unjustly denied today by most people.



These are a provisional translation of the Latin.












Sunday, 13 April 2025

Kuyperania in 2021and 2023: An overview of English-language works on Kuyper

 My article  Kuyperania in 2021 and 2023: An overview of English-language works on Kuyper. KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 90(1). 

Available at: https://doi.org/10.19108/KOERS.90.1.2606

Has now been published