Greetings, all.
I just purchased the 10-volume set of James Henley Thornwell's works on Logos. As a short first read, I read his small treatise "Antinomianism" (vol. 1, pp. 381-394) and thought it was fantastic. He is a very thoughtful theologian with an excellent ability to turn a phrase. Here is an example:
Thornwell also does a very good job of explaining important distinctions in a easy-to-understand manner—for example, the distinction between a "condition of connection" and a condition of causality.
I greatly enjoyed the read, and it makes me look forward to reading more from this man.
I am just curious, who else here has read Thornwell? For those of you who have, what do you think of him? What do you think he contributes to theology? What makes him special? I would love to hear some thoughts!
I just purchased the 10-volume set of James Henley Thornwell's works on Logos. As a short first read, I read his small treatise "Antinomianism" (vol. 1, pp. 381-394) and thought it was fantastic. He is a very thoughtful theologian with an excellent ability to turn a phrase. Here is an example:
The natural vibration of the mind is from the extreme of legalism to that of licentiousness, and nothing but the grace of God can fix it in the proper medium of Divine truth. The Gospel, like its blessed Master, is always crucified between two thieves—legalists of all sorts on the one hand and Antinomians on the other; the former robbing the Saviour of the glory of his work for us, and the other robbing him of the glory of his work within us.
Thornwell also does a very good job of explaining important distinctions in a easy-to-understand manner—for example, the distinction between a "condition of connection" and a condition of causality.
I greatly enjoyed the read, and it makes me look forward to reading more from this man.
I am just curious, who else here has read Thornwell? For those of you who have, what do you think of him? What do you think he contributes to theology? What makes him special? I would love to hear some thoughts!