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===cornelius van til===========
Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics. Van Til was born in Groningen, Netherlands, and moved to the United States in his youth. He graduated from Calvin College and received his PhD from Princeton University, where he taught before co-founding and teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary until his retirement. Van Til and his work heavily influenced Christian reconstructionist theologians like Greg Bahnsen and R.J. Rushdoony.
We’re All in This Together: Meindert De Jong’s Classic Tale
My alma mater, Calvin University (“College” when I was there), celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. For most of its history, this little school founded by Dutch Calvinists punched far above its weight class intellectually. Many people know it for the scholars it has produced: distinguished historians such as Harry Stout and John Van Engen; theologians such as Lewis Smedes, Cornelius Plantinga, James Vanderkam, and Cornelius Van Til; and, above all, philosophers including Willam Frankena, Peter Kreeft, Alvin Plantinga, Calvin Seerveld, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. Despite the Calvinist reputation for dourness and strict systematic thinking, the school has also produced a great many artists of literature and film over the years. Legendary comic novelist and New Yorker writer Peter DeVries was an alum, as was National Book Award finalist Frederick Manfred (né Frederick Feikes Feikema IV). Paul Schrader, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ is an alum. Ranking highest in this list, however, is probably the writer of children’s books Meindert De Jong, class of 1928. (The Imaginative Conservative; 4.8.26)READMORE>>>>>>
My alma mater, Calvin University (“College” when I was there), celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. For most of its history, this little school founded by Dutch Calvinists punched far above its weight class intellectually. Many people know it for the scholars it has produced: distinguished historians such as Harry Stout and John Van Engen; theologians such as Lewis Smedes, Cornelius Plantinga, James Vanderkam, and Cornelius Van Til; and, above all, philosophers including Willam Frankena, Peter Kreeft, Alvin Plantinga, Calvin Seerveld, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. Despite the Calvinist reputation for dourness and strict systematic thinking, the school has also produced a great many artists of literature and film over the years. Legendary comic novelist and New Yorker writer Peter DeVries was an alum, as was National Book Award finalist Frederick Manfred (né Frederick Feikes Feikema IV). Paul Schrader, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ is an alum. Ranking highest in this list, however, is probably the writer of children’s books Meindert De Jong, class of 1928. (The Imaginative Conservative; 4.8.26)READMORE>>>>>>
==George verwer======
April 20, 2023: Evangelical Focus Europe: Remembering George Verwer (1938-2023)
George Verwer went to heaven on 14th April 2023. So many memories are swirling as I remember all that George has meant to me and my family. It is hard to overstate how much God has used George in our lives.
George Verwer went to heaven on 14th April 2023. So many memories are swirling as I remember all that George has meant to me and my family. It is hard to overstate how much God has used George in our lives.
==we vine======
W.E. Vine, M.A., was known in his day (1873-1949) as a classical scholar, a skilled expositor, and an acute theologian. Recognized as one of the world's foremost Greek scholars, his Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, first published in 1939, now available in Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, represents the fruit of his lifetime labors and is an unsurpassed classic in its field.
WE Vine
"The apostle now seeks to give his readers a means of assurance that what has been ministered is the truth, in contrast to the errors advanced by false teachers. He shows that there are two spirits in the world, and sets these in sharp contrast. The one is the Holy Spirit who abides in the believer, as mentioned at the end of the third chapter. The other is the spirit of the Antichrist which is in the world. The one is the Spirit of Truth, the other is the spirit of error. We are to be assured as to whether we are being led by the Spirit of God, or by the spirit of error. We are therefore to prove the spirits whether they are of God, that is, whether they proceed from God. The main connection between this chapter and the preceding one is that chapter three shows the necessity of proving our relationship to God by our actions; the beginning of chapter four continues the theme, but puts it another way, namely, that confession of truth attests the fact of relationship to God. The immediate connection between the two chapters lies in the mention of the Spirit of God."