Reformata

Reformata on Hold

Camden Bucey — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:00:41 +0000

As much as we enjoy posting here on Reformata, we haven’t been keeping up with it. Jeff and I have been working on developing the content at Castle Church and are going to continue focusing our efforts over there. Chris has really been busy as well and hasn’t posted anything new for quite some time. If you would like to keep up with what we’re writing and recording, please visit http://www.castlechurch.org or http://feedingonchrist.blogspot.com. Thanks for reading.

OPC General Assembly

Camden Bucey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:26:59 +0000

Jim Cassidy is writing a running daily report at the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. You can find the report at the OPC’s website.

A Quick Note on Machen

Camden Bucey — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:11:36 +0000

Here’s a handy tip for you: Machen’s middle name (his mother’s maiden name) is pronounced like “Gressam.” Not many people actually pronounce the name correctly, even at Westminster Theological Seminary.

A Bird’s Eye View of Barth

Camden Bucey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:00:43 +0000

The most recent episode of Christ the Center has been published over at Castle Church. The episode is a brief introduction to the theology of Karl Barth. Previous episodes have covered several interesting topics.

Biblical Theology and the Westminster Standards
The Spirituality of the Church
Choosing a Commentary
Building a Theological Library Part 1, Part 2
The New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament

Exposing Autonomy

Camden Bucey — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:06:57 +0000

As presuppositionalists, we should constantly seek to expose autonomous reasoning and argumentation. I recently listened to an interesting unveiling of autonomous thought on a Mars Hill audio journal. The speaker was talking about the various pro-life arguments and demonstrated how pro-life apologists typically appeal to autonomy. Often, the pro-life argument is presented as such:

We need to stand up for the unborn child because they don’t have a voice of their own. We must protect them because no one asked them about taking their life.

This reasoning fails within a proper Christian epistemology. Consider the context of euthanasia, in which the “patient” desires to be killed (assisted suicide). The patient has a voice and is saying they want to die. The common pro-life apologetic must permit it. The sanctity of life has therefore not been maintained.

As Christians, we must always seek to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This includes not only what we think, but how we think. If we employ autonomous reasoning as opposed to a proper analogical epistemology founded on the knowledge of God that has been revealed to us, we have already failed. It behooves us to seek to sanctify our reasoning in order to provide a God-honoring apologetic.