Various Longer Documents
A collection of Longer Articles, Treatises and Essays
Confession of Faith Explained (pdf) by Robert Shaw
Louis Berkhof’s Manual of Christian Doctrine is a masterful condensation of the core tenets of Christian theology, meticulously crafted to offer clarity and accessibility. Designed as a companion to his larger work, Systematic Theology, this manual aims to equip high school and college students, as well as catechumens, with a robust understanding of Reformed Christian doctrine.
Professor Berkhof, who was the President of Calvin Seminary and professor of Systematic Theology at the same in the first half of the twentieth century, has given us an excellent compendium of Reformed theological thought in this hefty volume. The subject is treated in the classical style, moving through the Doctrines of God, Man in Relation to God, the Person and Work of Christ, the Application of the Work of Redemption, the Church and the Means of Grace, and the Last Things. For decades, Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology has remained one of the most important and widely-used systematic theologies. It provides the clearest and most succinct articulation of Reformed theology
With a decidedly Puritan flavor and representing Reformed experiential religion at its best, Wilhelmus à Brakel systematically moves through the major doctrines of the Bible in hopes of seeing the minds of God’s people renewed for the purpose of promoting godliness. Throughout his work, but particularly in the practical application of each doctrine, à Brakel strives unceasingly to exalt the name of Jesus as the name that the Father has given above every other name—there being no other name given under heaven among men whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
Some books today exegete the shining truths of the Holy Scriptures, others mine the treasures of Reformed orthodoxy, and yet others interact with influential theologians of the modern era. This book is one of the few that does all three, and does them well. Dr Fesko’s fulsome treatment of the pactum salutis between God and the Mediator – a subject seldom explored in depth – is sure to stimulate discussion about a subject that is crucial for a full orbed faith in Him whom God has sent (John 6:29)
by Thomas Hooker
The Poor Doubting Christian Drawn to Christ: In which the main hindrances which keep men from coming to Christ are revealed; with special helps to recover God’s favor.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
(Is. 55:1)
Poor Doubting Christian...(pdf)
Looking unto Jesus: A View of the Everlasting Gospel by Isaac Ambrose stands as one of the most extensive and spiritually searching Christ-centered works produced in the Puritan era. Written by the seventeenth-century English pastor and theologian Isaac Ambrose, this monumental ten-volume set unfolds a single governing aim: to lead believers into the continual, conscious, and affectionate exercise of faith by fixing the eyes of the soul upon Jesus Christ in every stage of His redemptive work. Ambrose does not treat Christ as a topic merely to be studied, but as a living Savior to be known, loved, trusted, and communed with from eternity past to eternity future. The work is deeply pastoral in tone, devotional in purpose, and rigorously biblical in structure.
This collection of the writings of the late Dr. B.B Warfield deals, with rare exegetical skill and unusual command of the relevant critical literature, with what the Bible teaches concerning the person of Christ and His work as Redeemer.
ohn Flavel's The Fountain of Life is a masterful exploration of the person and work of Jesus Christ, centered around His essential and mediatorial glory.