The Westminster Confession in the 21st Century

by Duncan, J. Ligon, III

• ISBN13: 9781857929928
• ISBN10: 1857929926
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-13
• Publisher: Stl Distribution North Amer

Summary

This important collection of essays seeks to place the work of the Westminster Assembly in its historical, theological, political and social setting and challenge inaccurate historical assertions that have since become commonplace. It places Westminster in its relation to earlier and later Reformed theology and provides a fresh evaluation of its contribution to the Calvinist tradition. It commends it to us as a faithful expression of clearheaded Christian thinking.

Author Biography

Ligon Duncan, PhD, is the General Editor, and is currently the Senior Minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Jackson, Mississippi and was moderator of the General Assembly of the PCA (2004-2005). He is Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary. He is Convener of the Twin Lakes Fellowship, President of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Chairman of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and on the Council of the Gospel Coalition. He also co-founded the Together for the Gospel Conference with Mark Dever, Al Mohler and C.J. Mahaney.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Acknowledgements	p. 17
The Westminster Assembly at Work	p. 19
Redemptive-Historical Themes in the Westminster Larger Catechism	p. 55
Subscription to the Confession	p. 77
The Thirty-Nine Articles at the Westminster Assembly	p. 139
Karl Barth and the Westminster Confession of Faith	p. 175
Natural Theology and the Westminster Confession of Faith	p. 223
The Westminster Consensus on the Decree: The Infra/Supra Lapsarian Debate	p. 267
The New Perspective: Paul, Luther, and Judaism	p. 291
A Missiological Analysis of the Westminster Confession of Faith	p. 327
The Nature of the Lord's Supper according to Calvin and the Westminster Assembly	p. 355
Calvin and Westminster on the Lord's Supper: Exegetical and Theological Considerations	p. 385
Improving the Means of Grace: The Larger Catechism on Spiritual Growth	p. 415
The Westminster Standards and the Structure of Christian Ethics	p. 441
Recemt Objections to Covenant Theology: A Description, Evaluation and Response	p. 467
Appendix: An Analysis of the Plenary Sessions of the Westminster Assembly	p. 501
Contributors' Biographical Information	p. 537
Index	p. 541
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