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Calvin and the Covenant: Unity and Continuity

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  • Paul Helm

Helm argues in this paper that John Calvin's theology and the covenant theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith are in essential doctrinal agreement. He describes what he understands covenant theology to be and what Calvin's conception was of the relationship between Adam and the human race, and compares that with Calvin's English successors.

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Why? The Nagging Question

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  • Paul Helm

The article struggles with the problem of the existence of evil in the world and presents it both as a Christian problem and as an atheistic problem. Amid the various perspectives, the author seeks a more God-centred perspective that will recognize that God has purposes beyond those that we can presently understand.

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The Call That Brings a Response

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  • Paul Helm

Effectual calling refers to the activity of God, who makes a person receptive and responsive to the truth he hears. This article explains how effectual calling relates to preaching and how it should shape the view of those preached to.

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Faith and Assurance

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  • Paul Helm

This article is about John Calvin's view of faith and the assurance of faith. 

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The Derailing of Apologetics

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  • Paul Helm

This article focuses on the task of apologetics, the difference between presuppositionalism and evidentialism, negative apologetics, and the context of apologetics.

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Reformation and Mediaeval Views on Justification

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  • Paul Helm

This article looks at the Reformation's view of justification by faith in light of the teachings of the Middle ages on this topic. The relation of justification and sanctification is also discussed.

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Repentance and faith are both humbling graces; by repentance a man abhors himself, by faith he goes out of himself Thomas Watson
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