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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 10 – On The Magnitude of The Soul

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 9 – Breaking The Silence of Augustine

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 8 – Council of Carthage

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 7 – What If We Rewrite the Stars?

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 6 – The Depths of Augustine’s Manichaeism

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 5 – Using Equal Scales in the Discussion

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 4 – Athanasius and Original Sin

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 3 – Some Earlier Comments from Augustine on Original Sin

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 2 – Augustine, 412, and Original Sin

Chris Whisonant

  Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 1 – Clement and Free Will

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 1

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …

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A Wrinkle in the Practice of Reformed Infant Baptism

Chris Whisonant

Briefly today, I would like to respond to the statements in a paragraph in Dr. Clark’s latest blog post. After posing a question that he received from someone, Dr. Clark gives us an introductory paragraph in which he is laying out the early evidence that infant baptism was an established practice received from the Apostles …

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The Covenant of Works in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Chris Whisonant

I am uncertain why it is the case, but for some reason there has been a belief spread over the years that the Particular/Reformed Baptists do not Confess or believe in a “Covenant of Works”. A cursory read of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (i.e. the 1689) shows that there are both implicit …

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Further Clarification on the Belgic Confession’s Article 34

Chris Whisonant

Dr. Clark, thank you for reaching out to me regarding my comment on your blog with a link to my initial response to you. As that brief comment may not get approved, I will post some more clarification here. Hopefully this will further underscore the point that my original post regarding The Belgic (and Westminster) …

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Roundup of Some Recent Blog Posts from Reformed Baptists – Updated 4/7/20

Chris Whisonant

In addition to my 3 recent posts, and a third forthcoming, we have several other posts that should prove to be extremely helpful in understanding Reformed Baptist thought related to covenants, typology, and other related doctrines. On Sam Renihan’s blog, we have the following 3 recent articles that he has written. Typology and Communication in …

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An Initial Response to A Critique of my Latest Post on the Belgic Confession

Chris Whisonant

In my last post, I made the argument that the wording of the Belgic Confession (as well as the Westminster Confession) is problematic as it links the efficacious blood of Christ having been shed for the “children of believers” without qualification. The Westminster Confession also states that baptism is a sign and symbol of ingrafting …

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The Belgic Confession, Like Westminster, Says Too Much Regarding Infant Baptism

Chris Whisonant

Introduction In the latest episode of The New Geneva Podcast, the discussion of Baptist and Presbyterian Covenant Theology was continued as it relates to Baptism. We got to witness another good discussion between Pastors Michael G. Brown and Samuel Renihan. Go check out both parts of this podcast! At one point (around 27 minutes in …

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Calvin and the Dichotomous Nature of the Abrahamic Covenant

Chris Whisonant

In Presbyterian and Reformed Covenant Theology, there is a hesitancy (to put it mildly) to find any germ of “a” Covenant of Works in the Abrahamic Covenant. One can even be shamed for suggesting that “a works element” is possibly seen in the Abrahamic Covenant. For a recent example, see this thread by Nathan White …

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Augustine (412) – On the Spirit and the Letter, Part 2 – Covenant Theology and Free Will

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Spirit and the Letter, comes in at around 109 pages. As mentioned in Part 1, he states that he wrote this to discuss Paul’s statement that “The letter kills, but the spirit …

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In Response to “A Coptic Overview of Saint Augustine’s Retractions” by Daniel Michalski, Part 1 – Augustine the Platonist

Chris Whisonant

This is the first part (I have no idea when or if I might get around to a second part) of a response to a post by a Coptic Orthodox person named Daniel Michalski regarding Augustine’s “Retractationes” as it relates to Augustine being Orthodox in some respects. The original post was something of what I …

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Augustine (401) – Of Holy Virginity – Discussion of Mary and the Purpose of Children

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “Of Holy Virginity” is stated by the editor as follows “This treatise, [and the previous “Of the Good of Marriage”], were written against somewhat that still remained of the heresy of Jovinian… That Augustine …

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Augustine (408) – Letter 98 to Boniface Regarding The Elements of Communion

Chris Whisonant

  Recently, there has been some renewed focus on church history and what we believe regarding the presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Francis Chan made some statements to the effect that he didn’t know that for basically 1,500 years of church history – up to the Reformation – that everyone believed …

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Augustine (392) – Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus – Some Free Will Discussion

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus (or sometimes Debate with Fortunatus, the Manichee), is 32 pages. There were a couple of days that Augustine debated with Fortunatus and the proceedings are related to us in …

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Augustine (412) – On the Spirit and the Letter, Part 1 – Sabbath, Typology, and Covenant Theology included

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Spirit and the Letter, comes in at around 109 pages. As seen below from his “Retractions”, he states that he wrote this to discuss Paul’s statement that “The letter kills, but the …

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