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Excellent! I've always enjoyed spending my Lord's day reading sermons after church. Perhaps Turretin next year!
Due for release in 2026, Lord-willing: Francis Turretin's sermons from 1676 and 1686, newly translated from the French. 1676: Sermon 1: The happiness of God's people (Ps. 33.12) Sermon 2: The tears of Christ over Jerusalem (Luke 19.42) Sermon 3: The awakening & resurrection…
Just to clarify: Human, not AI translation.
Due for release in 2026, Lord-willing: Francis Turretin's sermons from 1676 and 1686, newly translated from the French. 1676: Sermon 1: The happiness of God's people (Ps. 33.12) Sermon 2: The tears of Christ over Jerusalem (Luke 19.42) Sermon 3: The awakening & resurrection…
James treads in the same path, and teaches that it is necessary that he who is justified by faith, should also be justified by works: that is, perform those works which are the evidences and effects of righteousness, and by which it is demonstrated not only before men, but also
One wonders whether his sermons are as scholastic and elenctic as his dogmatic theology! It'll be interesting to see a different side to Turretin.
“Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” Jesus Christ Luke 12:3
This is the sum of that doctrine which the apostle handles with the utmost accuracy - especially in the epistle to the Romans. The first proposition of which we find in chapter 1:16-17, where he extols the gospel of Christ as the power of God unto salvation, to every one who
"All the ancient fathers who were justified were justified by faith alone." Claudius of Turin 9th century A.D.
Went through volume 1 of this with my pastor and a group of guys. It was excellent.
This is not meant to be a hot take, but in my experience, antinomianism is much more common in the Reformed world than legalism. The concept of "evangelical obedience" scares us. Many seem to want to ignore the fact that there are over 1k imperatives in the NT.
One of my two first book projects (the other one being my dissertation) for the next year, Lord willing, will be on the subject of biblicism. The title idea (Against Biblicism) is polemical in tone, but the goal will be to sketch out what this really is. Anyway, I’d be interested…
"If the law justifies, then Abraham who lived long before the law was not justified. Since that cannot be admitted, one is compelled to acknowledge that man is not justified by works of the law but by faith. At the same time we are compelled also to realize that all the…
A 9th century witness against the veneration of icons.
The Apology of Claudius of Turin, early 9th century; a courtier of Louis I, the Holy Roman Emperor (pictured): "Those against whom we have undertaken the defense of God's church say, "We do not think that there anything divine is inherent in the image which we adore. We adore it…
