From the Preface: "This study, written for the 100th anniversay of J. Gresham Machen on 28 July 1981, first appeared as a two-part article, uner the title, 'Old Amsterdam and Inerrancy?,' in the Westminster Theological Journal.... It is reprinted here with minor revisions...I offer it here confident that the views of Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck on Scriptrure it considers have perennial value for the well-being of Reformed and evangelical theology and church life and so make a singularly important contribution to the crucial debate about Scripture that continues unabated today within evangelical circles, further complicated as they currently are by recently emergent 'post-conservative evangelical' impulses."

God's Word in Servant-Form: Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck and the Doctrine of Scripture

Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

Reformed Academic Press

God is infinitely excellent, and that excellence is most profoundly displayed in the person and saving work of Jesus Christ.  The heart of Edwards' theology radiates the glory of God as displayed in Christ's saving of unworthy sinners through perfect obedience to God's unchanging rule of righteousness.  The whole of Edwards' theology stands on the beauty and redemptive work of Christ as revealing and communicating the marvelous perfections of the Trinity.  Salvation of a single soul apart from perfect conformity to God's rule of righteousness would render God unrighteous and abolish His ultimate purpose to display and communicate His glory. Indeed, God could not be God. Revisionist interpretations of Edwards' soteriology as inclusive or Catholic, therefore, are untenable without an overthrow and rewrite of the entirety of Edwards' theology. Chapter One examines the ultimate Trinitarian purpose to display and communicate His glory through the Father's gift of a bride for His Son, and the Son's purchase of His bride by His perfect obedience to God's rule of righteousness. Indeed, all of creation serves as the stage of God's purpose and plan in Christ, leading to the ultimate goal of the saints' happiness in heaven as they enjoy the infinite blessings of Christ's exaltation and glory. Chapter Two probes the pre-temporal Trinitarian and covenantal foundation of Christ's obedience, highlighting the Father's love in His purpose to save a people, and the Son's love in freely undertaking to accomplish it. Initiated by the Father, and mutually accepted by Christ and the Father, the terms of the Covenant of Redemption provide for the purchase of Christ's bride without injury to God's perfections, most notably His righteous justice. And as Christ voluntarily accepted the terms of the covenant, the entirety of Christ's saving work earned infinite merit for those He represented and purchased.  Chapter Three examines the command to Adam as representative of God's unchanging rule of righteousness that requires perfect obedience for the obtaining of eternal life. All of God's commands are comprehended in this one great and unchanging rule of righteousness, as it reflects the very character of God.   Chapter Four probes the absolute need for Christ's perfect obedience in light of Adam's sin as the representative of mankind, the immutability of God's righteousness and law despite Adam's sin, the infinite guilt of sin and the need of an infinite remedy, God's requirement of a perfect positive righteousness and exclusion of an imperfect righteousness for justification, Christ's perfect satisfaction of God's unalterable rule of righteousness, and God's nature as a righteous judge to uphold eternally His rule of perfect righteousness. Considered apart from Christ, the best of our works are sinful and unable to satisfy God's requirement of righteousness.  And as a righteous judge, God can never justify an imperfect righteousness.  Chapter Five examines the basis and infinite extent of the merit Christ earned by His obedience, the obedience comprising the righteousness by which sinners are justified, the free act of Christ giving His life as His greatest meritorious act, the propitiatory and meritorious nature of all of Christ's incarnate acts, and the rewards earned on behalf of the elect. In these, Christ accomplished God's ultimate purpose to display and communicate His glory, consummated in heaven in the marriage of Christ to His bride, to the enjoyment of God's glory forever.

The Infinite Merit of Christ: The Glory of Christ's Obedience in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards

Craig Biehl

The Reformers and Puritans believed that how we worship is just as important as how we are saved. They taught this because they understood (perhaps better than any Christians who ever lived) that the way worship, to a large extent, determines the God we worship. This is why biblical worship is always the response of the redeemed to God's initiative of self-revelation. If we worship according to our own imaginations and traditions, we will worship (at least to some degree) a God of our own imagination. But when we worship according to God's own instruction, we worship the God who is - the only true God.

Reformed Worship: Worship That Is According to Scripture

Religion & Spirituality

Johnson, Terry L.

Christian Books & Bibles

A Short History of the Westminster Assembly

William Beveridge

The federal theology: Its import and its regulative influence

Girardeau, John L.

A method for prayer: With Scripture expressions and directions for daily communion with God

Matthew, Henry

Scottish theology in relation to church history since the Reformation

MacLEOD, John

From the back cover: Our aim in compiling this booklet is to provide you with a concise and up-to-date annotated bibliography of essential commentaries on each book of the Bible. Special attention is given to exegetical and expositional commentaries that may prove particularly helpful for sermon preparation. We hope our recommendations will serve as a reference tool for any individual who is a teacher and/or student of God s Word, but especially pastors, elders, seminary and college students, Sunday school teachers, and serious Bible students. This booklet is a revision and expansion of The Essential Commentaries for a Preacher s Library by Derek Thomas, which was published in 1996 by Reformed Academic Press (RAP). Since its original publication a host of new commentaries have emerged and are emerging seemingly daily! So, like the first edition, this update is by no means an exhaustive list but an essential list. Though the basic format has remained, several additions have been included. We hope this reference aid will assist you in your study as you prepare to teach and preach God s Word. Ultimately, we want not just your love for commentaries to grow but your love for the Scriptures.

The essential commentaries for a preacher's library

Thomas, Derek

The Atonement: In Its Relations To The Covenant, The Priesthood, The Intercession Of Our Lord

The atonement: In its relations to the covenant, the priesthood, the intercession of our Lord

Martin, Hugh

Reformed worship: Worship that is according to the Scripture (Truth for life)

Johnson, Terry

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