An edition of The Practical Calvinist (2003)

The Practical Calvinist

an introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage : in honor of Dr. D. Clair Davis on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and to acknowledge his more than thirty years of teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia

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An edition of The Practical Calvinist (2003)

The Practical Calvinist

an introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage : in honor of Dr. D. Clair Davis on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and to acknowledge his more than thirty years of teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia

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For Thirty Years D. Clair Davis taught Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. His influence will not be fully known until the next life, but as a measure of the esteem that he is held in. this remarkable volume has been prepared. Section 1 consists of 5 articles written by D. Clair Davis himself looking anew at the 5 points of Calvinism. Section 2 looks at the Reformed Heritage through Church History. Section 3 is a revealing, charming and often amusing collection of anecdotes by colleagues, students and friends of Dr. Davis. Section 4 is a bibliography of Dr Davis' wide and varied writings. - Publisher.

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Table of Contents

Biography of D. Clair Davis / Erik v. Davis
The practical implications of the five points of Calvinism / D. Clair Davis
Drawn eastwards : the attraction of Eastern Orthodoxy for Western Christians / James R. Payton
Theological light from the medieval era? : Anselm and the logic of the atonement / Peter A. Lillback
Christ the end of the law / John Calvin
Manifested in the flesh : Calvin on the reality of the incarnation / Sinclair B. Ferguson
Was Luther an evangelical? / Carl Trueman
Peter Martyr Vermigli : probing his Puritan influence / Frank A. James
Puritan preaching / Joseph A. Pipa, Jr.
William Perkins on predestination, preaching, and conversion / Joel Beeke
The clash of king and kirk : the 1690 revolution settlement in Presbyterian Scotland / Richard Gamble
Jonathan Edwards and the 1734-35 Northampton revival / Samuel t. Logan
Love as the foundation of theology : the practical implications of Jonathan Edwards' doctrine of the indwelling of the Spirit / John Hannah
The light of Schleiermacher in Restoration France : the test cases of Samuel Vincent and Merle d'Aubigné / William Edgar
The struggle for orthodoxy in the Christian Reformed Church / W. Robert Godfrey
An historical perspective on "Joining and receiving" and its impact on the OPC, PCA, and RPCES / William Barker
The justification of confessions and the logic of confessional subscription / David F. Coffin
J. Gresham Machen : confessionalism and the history of American Presbyterianism / Darryl G. Hart
Non sola ratione : threee Presbyterians and the postmodern mind / K. Scott Oliphint
The millennial study Bible of Heinrich Horch (1652-1729) : a case study in early modern Reformed hermeneutics / Douglas H. Shantz --Presbyterianism and dispensationalism / Vern S. Poythress
Biblical theology and the Westminster standards / Richard B. Gaffin
Pastoral ministry in union with Christ / Philip Graham Ryken
Practical Calvinism : grace, sonship and mission / Ronald E. Lutz and John v. Yenchko
Suffering in James / Dan G. McCartney
Biblical counseling and practical Calvinism / Jay E. Adams
Calvinism and contemporary Christian counseling / David Powlison
Anecdotes from the ministry and teaching career of Dr. Davis

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