Morning Prayer

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1:” in “History of Higher Criticism,” Dean Dyson Hague opens with a discussion about higher and lower criticism, “inhouse” terms of the academy. Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” argues for the necessity of the Bible. Clear and superb for the laity (and vocational priests). For Psalm 27, Prof. Calvin comments on 27.1: The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear? The LORD is the [a]defense of my life; Whom should I dread? Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Deuteronomy:” discusses the covenant between God and Israel. ISBE on “Leviticus:” notes how incongruous it is to locate the date of Leviticus to the post-exilic period. For Genesis 17.1ff: Prof. Keil comments on the name, Abraham, father of the nations including kings. For Judges 9.1ff., Prof. Keil finishes the story on Abimelech, to wit, he and the Shecemites are judged and killed. For Isaiah 11.10-16, Prof. Henry comments on the dispersal of Jews from the northern tribes after Sennacherib’s Assyrian invasion. ISBE on Johannine Theology, Prof. I. Howard Marshall comments on Philo, Platonism and the Logos. For Mathew 10.1-5, Prof. Jamieson begins to discuss the third Galilean circuit. For Romans 6.12-23, Prof. Hodge brings this section to a close. Godliness and holiness is the fruit of union with Christ. No antinomianism from justification (ch. 5). For Acts 1.15-26, Prof. Henry comments on the situation of Judas—his pride in leading and fingering Jesus to the Sanhedrin’s goons. Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” comments on Anaxagoras’ metaphysics via Aristotle and Socrates. For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge is giving us Hume’s narcissism on the cosmological argument. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond hammers the nail into the Arminian coffin on divine election in Romans 9-11. For Eschatology (locus 7), Prof. Berkhof discusses the spectacularity of the Final Judgment—before or after the renewal of the heavens and earth? For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff discusses Paul’s post-conversion and his changed outlook. For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff discusses domestic life in the medieval period. For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff gives Calvin’s slam-dunk to Cardinal Sadolet who has alleged that the Reformers are motivated by greed and avarice. An imprudent remark made to a fugitive for the faith when, as Calvin notes, he could have followed the path to ecclesiastical preferments. Sadolet is slam-dunked, politely but efficaciously. For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch comments on the clerical grapevine that hustles around the term “ostler” for Cranmer. For the Creeds of Christendom, Vol. 1, Prof. Schaff discusses Melancthon’s posthumous reputation as a vacillator. 1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs #646-647 discusses Christ’s resurrection, outstripping decadent Protestants in the deadline. Westminster Confession of Faith 10.1: CHAPTER 10 Of Effectual Calling 1. All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and, by his almighty power, determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ: yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.