(also called Auburn Avenue Theology)
It is the controversial position within Reformed theology that seeks a redefinition of items such as covenant theology, trinitarian thinking, the sacraments of Baptism and Communion, biblical theology, typology, justification, and postmillennial eschatology.  While the proponents of this position maintain covenant theology, it differs in its view of the nature of […]

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The theory of translation that seeks to represent the original text by translating in a word-for-word paradigm, rather than a thought-for-thought paradigm (see Dynamic Equivalence). Formal Equivalence translations would include, among others, the KJV, NASB, ESV, and RSV.
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(Latin liberum arbitrium)
The belief that the human will is free from any necessitating constraint (necessitas coactio). This is often referred to as “the power of contrary choice.” In this, whatever decisions are made, its alternative decisions are viable options. The alternative to libertarianism is fatalism, divine determinism, or self-determinism. The reformers believed that the faculty […]

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The epistemological position believing that many beliefs are properly basic or foundational to humanity without the need of an outside source of information. An example of a properly basic belief would be the law of non-contradiction (i.e., a belief cannot be true and false at the same time and in the same relationship). 

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Originally fundamentalism referred to the early 20th century movement that opposed liberalism and took a decisive stand for the essentials or “fundamentals” of the Christian faith (e.g. virgin birth, miracles, deity of Christ, etc.). Later the term “fundamentalism” became associated with Christian legalism and radical conservatism. In this sense, it has become a derogatory term with […]

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[fee’-day-iz-um]
(Latin fides, “faith”)
Literally “faithism.” Fideism is the belief that faith is antithetical to reason. In Christian apologetics, fideists believe in a necessary dichotomy between rational intellectual conviction and spiritual emotional conviction. Faith, to them, is strongest in the absence of evidence. Many would critique this approach believing it misunderstands and misdefines faith as that which […]

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