Category Archives: Geerhardus Vos

The father of orthodox Reformed Biblical Theology as a study. Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary.

No deliberation…Nor bargaining…

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

However bilateral the arrangement may be in its outcome, to God alone belongs the prerogative of initiating it and with Him alone lies the right of determining its content. God never deliberates or bargains with man as to the terms … Continue reading →

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God’s justice is His holiness…

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Geerharddus Vos on God’s justice in Isaiah… The vindicatory justice of God is but the absolute intensity of His holiness translated into action. We see this reflected most clearly in the peculiar emotion which the disclosure of Jehovah’s ethical holiness … Continue reading →

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There is none beside Thee…

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Geerhardus Vos on idols in Isaiah… To be sure, all this is said of images; but the underlying thought is that the material product constitutes all the reality which the deities represented by these images possess. Isaiah knows of no … Continue reading →

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