Articles
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The Music God Likes and the Calvinist Tradition John Barber
Delivered at The Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology, “Calvinism and Culture,” Princeton Theological Seminary, April 16th, 2011.
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The Need for the Biblical World and Life View to Reform African Culture John Barber
African traditional religion (ATR) is pluralistic in nature. One of the great problems facing the Christian reform of African culture is that Christianity in Africa is itself infected with the pluralism of ATR. What are the causes of pluralism in the African expression of Christianity? And what can be done to address the problem in order that African society can experience a true and lasting Christian reformation?
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The Plight of East African Children in Light of 2 Kings 4:1-7 John Barber
The Bible has much to say on the topic of suffering. Can one ancient text offer illumination on the suffering of children in Eastern Africa?
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Christian Activism Should be Built on Biblical Foundation Part I.
Christian Activism Should be Built on Biblical Foundation Part II.
Luther and Calvin on Music and Worship John Barber
“Few composers of church music have received more attention than has Martin Luther…Not only did Luther exercise a profound influence on the religious and cultural life of sixteenth century Europe, but also he freed music from the domination of the Roman Catholic Church, opening the door to a revolution in music and in the arts generally…”
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The Da Vinci Code: Is it John or Mary Magdalene? John Barber
Is the figure to the right of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper the apostle John or Mary Magdalene?
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Common Grace: a Critical Assessment of the Doctrine John Barber
What is common grace? Abraham Kuyper defines it as “that act of God by which negatively He curbs the operations of Satan, death, and sin, and by which positively He creates an intermediate state for this cosmos, as well as for our human race, which is and continues to be deeply and radically sinful, but in which sin cannot work out its end.” Kuyper’s definition is based on a distinction between God’s common, or non-saving grace, and his special, or redemptive grace…
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Subscribing to the Heart of Westminster John Barber
Do we as ministers embrace the heart of Westminster? In other words, are we true reformers? …
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Book Review: Dave Hunt’s What Love is This? John Barber
Dave Hunt’s new book, What Love is This? Calvinism’s Misrepresentation of God, turns this prolific author’s attention to Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Reformed Baptists — all those who embrace the biblical “doctrines of grace,” revived during the period of the Reformation and the birth of the Protestant church…
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The Ascendant Role of Divine Lordship in Framian Theology John Barber
This article represents the start of a book on aspects of the theology of John M. Frame
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Introduction to The Way of the Master by Ray Comfort John Barber
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Have Christians Lost the Culture-War? John Barber
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Revisiting Creation, Fall, and Redemption in the Biblical Worldview John Barber
This paper reshapes the traditional worldview model: “Creation, Fall, and Redemption” according to a new model: “Redemption, Creation, Fall, and Restoration” thus attributing to redemption a place of prime importance in the biblical worldview and in Christian cultural studies. SINCE WRITING THIS ARTICLE IN 2009, I NOW FIND RCFR LESS USABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING WORLDVIEW STUDIES THAN CFR. HOWEVER, I AM KEEPING THE ARTICLE FOR THE VALUABLE POINTS IT STILL OFFERS (entry: April 9th, 2011).
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