MacLean James Durham (1622–1658)

And the Gospel Offer in its Seventeenth-Century Context
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-647-55087-9
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 031, 317 Seiten

Reihe: Reformed Historical Theology

The free offer of the gospel has been a matter of significant debate within Reformed theology. However, despite this controversy, Reformed theologians such as James Durham preached a gospel offer which was a sincere and free invitation from God to all, to embrace Jesus Christ as Saviour. This gospel offer expressed God's grace and goodness to all. Donald MacLean argues that Durham's doctrinal position is representative of the Westminster Standards and embraced by his contemporaries and evidenced by the later disputes concerning the meaning of the teaching of the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Donald John MacLean is Research Supervisor at Wales Evangelical School of Theology and Visiting Lecturer at City University in London.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacLean, Donald John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Reformierte Kirchen, Calvinisten, presbyterianische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Title Page;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Body;8
6;List of Abbreviations;8
7;Introduction;12
8;Chapter One: The Free Offer of the Gospel in Reformed Theology and Creeds;20
8.1;The Free Offer in Early Seventeenth-Century Reformed Creeds;22
8.2;William Ames (1576–1633);38
8.3;John Ball (1585–1640);41
8.4;The Westminster Assembly and the “Free Offer”;44
8.5;Scotland and the Free Offer before Durham;57
8.6;Conclusion;62
9;Chapter Two: James Durham: Life, Writings and Theology;64
9.1;James Durham's Life and Times;64
9.2;Durham's Writings;76
9.3;Durham's Significance;79
9.4;Durham's Theology;83
9.5;Conclusion;126
10;Chapter Three: James Durham and the Free Offer of the Gospel;128
10.1;Preaching and Covenant Theology: The Context of the Gospel Offer;128
10.2;The Free Offer in the Theology of Durham;130
10.3;The Rejection of the Offer;155
10.4;Objections to the Gospel Offer;156
10.5;The Free Offer in Durham's Preaching;159
10.6;Conclusion;173
11;Chapter Four: Durham's Contemporaries and the Free Offer;174
11.1;Contemporary Challenges to the Gospel Offer;175
11.2;Obadiah Sedgwick (1599/1600–1658);179
11.3;Thomas Manton (1620–1677);198
11.4;David Dickson (1583–1662);215
11.5;Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661);229
11.6;Durham, His Contemporaries, and the Confessional Doctrine of the Free Offer;256
12;Chapter Five: Later Controversies concerning the Free Offer of the Gospel;260
12.1;Of Marrows and Men: The Free Offer in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland;261
12.2;The New World, Old Controversies;271
12.3;Hoeksema, the Christian Reformed Church and the Free Offer;275
12.4;Conclusion;284
13;Conclusion;286
14;Bibliography;296
15;Index of proper names;314

Über Autor(innen)

MacLean, Donald John
Donald John MacLean is Research Supervisor at Wales Evangelical School of Theology and Visiting Lecturer at City University in London.