Reformed Churchmen: Honoring the 95th Birthday of Dr. Roger Nicole by Karisa Schlehr

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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Friday, December 10, 2010

Honoring the 95th Birthday of Dr. Roger Nicole by Karisa Schlehr | Ligonier Ministries Blog

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Honoring the 95th Birthday of Dr. Roger Nicole by Karisa Schlehr Ligonier Ministries Blog

Widely recognized as one of the great Reformed theologians of the last seventy years, we want to honor the 95th birthday of Dr. Roger R. Nicole.

A native Swiss Reformed theologian with an M.A. from Sorbonne, a Th.D. from Gordon Divinity School and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Dr. Nicole has long been regarded as one of the preeminent theologians in America. As a bibliophile and distinguished librarian, his personal collection includes Calvin’s Commentaries on the Gospels and Acts published during Calvin’s lifetime and many other rare volumes from the 1500s and 1600s. He was an associate editor for the New Geneva Study Bible and a corresponding editor for Christianity Today. He assisted in the translation of the NIV Bible, is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society, and was a founding member of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. Dr. Nicole is also professor emeritus of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla., He has written over 100 articles and contributed to 50 books and reference works. Students esteem him highly for his approachability and wisdom.

Articles by Dr. Nicole:

“Christ, Our Righteousness”
From the February 2010 issues of Tabletalk magazine dealing with “What N.T. Wright Really Said”, Dr. Nicole addresses Wright on the pastoral irrelevance of Jesus’ active obedience to the Law.

“Dealing with Differences”
Writing from the perspective of an older Christian addressing the upcoming generation, Dr. Nicole offer thoughts on how to deal with those who differ from us.

“God in the Dock: The Apologetics of C.S. Lewis”
C.S. Lewis defended the faith both from within the church and without. From The Screwtape Letters to Mere Christianity, The Abolition of Man, and God in the Dock, Lewis showed himself to be a man preeminently concerned with the veracity and virility of Christianity. In this article, Dr. Nicole examines the apologetics of C.S. Lewis.