Mark Roques on The Layman's Lounge Podcast

Listen to it here.

 

New books from Wordbridge Publishing

 Wordbridge Publishing has announced two new books:

Hoedemaker, P.J. 2021. The Politics of Antithesis

A translation of three short works by P. J. Hoedemaker that evaluate Abraham Kuyper’s prime ministry, along with Rudben Alvarado's commentary and contextualizing apparatus. Further information is available here  

Popma, K.J. 2021. Gospel and History

Translated and edited by Harry Van Dyke.

Further information is available here  

Abraham Kuyper's view of the natural sciences

 

My paper on Abraham Kuyper's view of the natural sciences has now been published in Koers. 

The pdf is available here.

Abraham Kuyper’s view of the natural sciences. KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 86(1). Available at: https://doi. org/10.19108/KOERS.86.1.2497

Four new and forthcoming neo-Calvinist books

 These four books will be coming soon:

Jonathan Chaplin 2021. Faith in Democracy. London: SCM

Jessica and Robert Joustra (eds) 2021. Calvinism for a Secular Age. Downers Grove: IVP

Hector Acero Ferrer et al. (eds) 2021. Seeking Stillness or the Sound of Wings. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock

Mathew Kaemingk (ed.) Reformed Public Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic.

Dooyeweerd's modal aspects

 Dooyeweerd identified 14 and later 15 modal aspects within creation.

Different terms have been used by Reformationals scholars over the years to describe these aspects - and some have modified the number and the order of them. I have attempted to show some of these changes in the diagram below.

(The order is from earlier to later aspects)

Nobody stands nowhere

Nobody stand nowhere - an excellent short YouTube on worldviews from the Theos Thinktank:

 

KLC's The Big Picture

 

The Kirby Laing Centre has produced the first issue of The Big Picture - and it is truly fantastic. It includes articles on Kuyper - what other reason is needed to read it?

KLC ONLINE CONCERT

KLC ONLINE CONCERT:

Full Circle: From Lament to Praise and Back Again

Zoom Event: Saturday 15 May, 7-9PM U.K. time 

Full details here:

https://kirbylaingcentre.co.uk/events/concert-full-circle/

Review of Work & Worship by Kaemingk and Willson from Baker Academic

My review of the excellent  Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy by Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson has been published in the Spring 2021 edition of Foundations.

You can read it here:

On being a Christian stonemason

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James  C. Schaap on being a Christian [stone]mason:

... writing is no different from, say, laying cement. If a Christian mason wanted to witness to the Lord's saving grace in all that he did, and if he determined therefore that he would only fashion crosses in cement, eventually the poor guy wouldn't have many customers. If he wanted to be the best mason he could be he'd have to know every last thing there to know about laying concrete and erecting block walls. He'd have to ensure that his driveways would be flat and smooth, that they'd hold their set for decades. He'd have to know the very best mix. In short, he'd be far better off studying masonry than preaching. That's also true for bassoon players, garbage collectors, stand up comedians, and Zamboni drivers.

            Schaap, James C. 1998. Our Family Album. Grand Rapids, MI: CRC Publications

You Should Know ... Dooyeweerd: The YouTube Version

 Gregory Baus has produced a YouTube based on the article he and I wrote on Herman Dooyeweerd:

 

ICS Online courses

 

You Should Know: Dooyeweerd

 

An introduction to Dooyeweerd by Gregory Baus and me is now live on Laymen's Lounge.

https://thelaymenslounge.com/you-should-know-dooyeweerd/

Mark Roques - Mary's worldview (Luke 1)

Mark Roques explores Mary's Biblical worldview (Luke 1)

You should know Vollenhoven

 Laymen's Lounge have posted my piece introducing the Dutch Christian philosopher D.H.Th. Vollenhoven - check it out here

Mark Roques on Goliath's worldview

 

Book reviews: Cotherman's To Think Christianly and Basden's Foundations and Practice of Research

The Journal for Christian Scholarship have posted online two of my book reviews:

Charles E. Cotherman To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement

Andrew Basden Foundations and Practice of Research: Adventures with Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy

You should know about "sphere sovereignty"

 

The Laymen's Lounge has posted an excellent article by Rudi Hayward on sphere sovereignty. 

It is well worth checking out.

Mark Roques discusses Iron Sharpens iron

 Mark Roques introduces Iron Sharpens Iron, and our new evangelism resource Slave Chronicles and Dangerous Faith.

   

For more information https://thinkfaith.net/events/iron-sharpens-iron

You should know neo-Calvinism

 The wonderful Laymen's Lounge has posted my short introduction to neo-Calvinism - you can read it here:  https://thelaymenslounge.com/you-should-know-neo-calvinism/

Also included is a tentative analysis of strands of Christianity and how they would answer key questions: