Category Archives: Canons of Dort

The Scriptures’ Guardrails on Divine Sovereignty, Human Responsibility, etc.

By John D. Chitty on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

Westminster Seminary California has posted what is probably my favorite article by Dr. Michael Horton, their J. Gresham Machen professor of apologetics and systematic theology. The title is “Reformed Theology vs. Hyper-Calvinism.” It deals with how Scripture presents passages that relate both concepts. The great contribution of Reformed theology has been to attempt to properly interpret each in the light of the other, allowing, for example, the passages on the sovereignty of God to prevent us from falling off one side into sheer Pelagianism, and the passages on human responsibility from falling off into Hyper-Calvinism.

Many foes of Reformed theology are guilty of mis-characterizing it in terms of what is formally classified as Hyper-Calvinism. They refuse to notice that Calvinists are just as critical of Hyper-Calvinism as moderate Calvinists and Arminians are. This article helps the reader see the difference between the two.

Posted in: Biblical Commentary, Canons of Dort, Hyper-Calvinism, Reformed Theology, Westminster Confession of Faith

Notice the similar color schemes? Interesting match!

John Calvin

“Johnny Mac” at the lectern

Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible

John Knox

A collection of color sheets and other informative handouts given to the attendees of the 2017 Reformation Party at Mid-Cities OPC.

First blogging buddy Bob Hayton

K. Scott and Kyle Oliphint

The Reformation Station

Kyle Oliphint and David Garner

with Kim Riddlebarger

Shrine of the Book Museum

Yours truly teaches the youngsters of Mid-Cities OPC how sixteenth-century printing presses operated, and how instrumental they were in spreading the gospel of the Protestant Reformation.