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Scott Oliphint

Dr. Scott Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. His latest book is Covenantal Apologetics (Crossway, 2013).
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The Bridge of Persuasion

Last month we explored the biblical notion of antithesis. It is important to see that this notion has its home in Reformed thinking. Because we confess that man, in Adam,…

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Crossing the Chasm

Last month we began to consider the mode of “persuasion” as a central aspect of our defense of Christianity. We ended our previous article with the affirmation that the Word…

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Crossing the Chasm

Last month we began to consider the mode of “persuasion” as a central aspect of our defense of Christianity. We ended our previous article with the affirmation that the Word…

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Chapter 7.3

iii. Man, by his fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace; wherein He…

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Chapter 7.2

ii. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam; and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.…

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Chapter 7.1, Part Three

i. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition…

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Chapter 7.1, Part Two

i. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition…

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Chapter 7.1, Part One

i. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition…