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(September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Theologian, author</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Theology of Lordship</i> series, <i>Van Til: The Theologian</i>, <i>Introduction to Presuppositional Apologetics</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary Grace</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Era</th><td class="infobox-data category">Late 20th and early 21st centuries</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data category">US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main interests</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Van_Til" title="Cornelius Van Til">Cornelius Van Til</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">epistemology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presuppositional_apologetics" title="Presuppositional apologetics">presuppositional apologetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Systematic_theology" title="Systematic theology">systematic theology</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable ideas</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multiperspectivalism" title="Multiperspectivalism">Multiperspectivalism</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John McElphatrick Frame</b> (born April 8, 1939) is a retired American <a href="/wiki/Christian_philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian philosopher">Christian philosopher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a> <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a> especially noted for his work in <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">epistemology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presuppositional_apologetics" title="Presuppositional apologetics">presuppositional apologetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Systematic_theology" title="Systematic theology">systematic theology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a>. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Van_Til" title="Cornelius Van Til">Cornelius Van Til</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frame was born in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a><sup id="cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnFrame-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became a Christian at the age of 13 through the ministry of Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the <a href="/wiki/United_Presbyterian_Church_of_North_America" title="United Presbyterian Church of North America">United Presbyterian Church of North America</a> in Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, where he was involved in the <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Christian_Fellowship" title="Princeton Christian Fellowship">Princeton Evangelical Fellowship</a> (PEF) and <a href="/wiki/Westerly_Road_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Westerly Road Church">Westerly Road Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PEF and Westerly Road had a profound impact on forming Frame's faith and theology. He says of their impact: </p> <blockquote><p>I owe much to PEF ... <a href="/wiki/Donald_B._Fullerton" title="Donald B. Fullerton">Fullerton</a> and PEF cared deeply about people, spending hours in mutual prayer, exhortation, counseling, gospel witness. I never experienced that depth of fellowship in any <a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed</a> church or institution ... So I am not much impressed by people who want to set up an adversary relation between "Reformed" and "<a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">evangelical</a>." Today, Reformed writers often disparage evangelical ministries as circuses, as clubs that will do anything at all to gain members, who pander to the basest lusts of modern culture. That was not true of PEF, or of Westerly Road Church ... PEF would never have imagined the effect their ministry had on me: they turned me into a Reformed ecumenist!<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>Frame received degrees from Princeton University (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">A.B.</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Theological_Seminary" title="Westminster Theological Seminary">Westminster Theological Seminary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_Degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor's Degree">BD</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master%27s_Degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Master's Degree">AM</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/M.Phil." class="mw-redirect" title="M.Phil.">M.Phil.</a><sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began work on a doctoral <a href="/wiki/Dissertation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissertation">dissertation</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received an honorary doctorate of divinity in 2003 from Belhaven College.<sup id="cite_ref-BelhavenPressRelease_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BelhavenPressRelease-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has served on the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary,<sup id="cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a founding faculty member of their <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> campus;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Frame is an emeritus faculty member at <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Theological_Seminary" title="Reformed Theological Seminary">Reformed Theological Seminary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is an ordained minister in the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_America" title="Presbyterian Church in America">Presbyterian Church in America</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_to_other_scholars:_polemics_and_critical_reviews">Relations to other scholars: polemics and critical reviews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Relations to other scholars: polemics and critical reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frame is known for his critical view of historical modes of theology, including his criticism of such scholars as <a href="/wiki/David_F._Wells" title="David F. Wells">David F. Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Bloesch" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Bloesch">Donald Bloesch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Noll" title="Mark Noll">Mark Noll</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Marsden" title="George Marsden">George Marsden</a>, <a href="/wiki/D.G._Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="D.G. Hart">D.G. Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Muller_(theologian)" title="Richard Muller (theologian)">Richard Muller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Horton_(theologian)" title="Michael Horton (theologian)">Michael Horton</a>. Particularly notable amongst Frame's critical analyses is "<a href="/wiki/J._Gresham_Machen" title="J. Gresham Machen">Machen</a>'s Warrior Children", originally published in <i>Alister E. McGrath and Evangelical Theology: a Dynamic Engagement</i> (Paternoster Press, 2003).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, Frame reviewed <a href="/wiki/Michael_Horton_(theologian)" title="Michael Horton (theologian)">Horton</a>'s book <i>Christless Christianity</i> with a similar analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he debated then librarian <a href="/wiki/D.G._Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="D.G. Hart">D.G. Hart</a> in a student-organized discussion of the <a href="/wiki/Regulative_principle_of_worship" title="Regulative principle of worship">regulative principle of worship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multiperspectival_epistemology">Multiperspectival epistemology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Multiperspectival epistemology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Contradicts_other plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Accuracy dispute"><img alt="Accuracy dispute" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/40px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/60px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/80px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>appears to contradict the article <a href="/wiki/Multiperspectivalism" title="Multiperspectivalism">Multiperspectivalism</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please discuss at the <a href="/wiki/Talk:John_Frame_(theologian)" title="Talk:John Frame (theologian)">talk page</a> and do not remove this message until the contradictions are resolved.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2007</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Multiperspectivalism" title="Multiperspectivalism">Multiperspectivalism</a></div> <p>Frame has elaborated a Christian <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">epistemology</a> in his 1987 work <i>The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God</i>. In this work, he develops what he calls <i>triperspectivalism</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Multiperspectivalism" title="Multiperspectivalism">multiperspectivalism</a></i> which says that in every act of knowing, the knower is in constant contact with three things (or "perspectives") – the knowing subject himself, the object of <a href="/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a>, and the standard or criteria by which knowledge is attained. He argues that each perspective is interrelated to the others in such a fashion that, in knowing one of these, one actually knows the other two, also. His student and collaborator <a href="/wiki/Vern_Poythress" title="Vern Poythress">Vern Poythress</a> has further developed this idea with respect to <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>. Reformed theologian <a href="/wiki/Meredith_Kline" title="Meredith Kline">Meredith Kline</a> wrote a critique of this view, explaining that Poythress and Frame had used multiperspectivalism in ways that had led to what he considered incorrect conclusions in regards to the relation of Kline's position and <a href="/wiki/Greg_L._Bahnsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg L. Bahnsen">Greg L. Bahnsen</a>'s on <a href="/wiki/Covenant_theology" title="Covenant theology">covenant theology</a> (more specifically <a href="/wiki/Theonomy" title="Theonomy">theonomy</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (July 2019)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presuppositions">Presuppositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presuppositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a former student of Van Til, Frame is supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Presuppositional_apologetics" title="Presuppositional apologetics">presuppositionalist</a> school of Christian <a href="/wiki/Apologetics" title="Apologetics">apologetics</a>. He defines a presupposition as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A presupposition is a belief that takes precedence over another and therefore serves as a criterion for another. An ultimate presupposition is a belief over which no other takes precedence. For a Christian, the content of Scripture must serve as his ultimate presupposition. ... This doctrine is merely the outworking of the lordship of God in the area of human thought. It merely applies the doctrine of scriptural infallibility to the realm of knowing.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (July 2019)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rationalism_and_irrationalism_in_non-Christian_thought">Rationalism and irrationalism in non-Christian thought</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rationalism and irrationalism in non-Christian thought"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frame, developing the thought of his mentor Cornelius Van Til, has asserted in both his <i>Apologetics to the Glory of God</i> and his <i>Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought</i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (July 2019)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> that all non-Christian thought can be categorized as the ebb and flow of <a href="/wiki/Rationalism" title="Rationalism">rationalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irrationalism" title="Irrationalism">irrationalism</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rationalism">Rationalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rationalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this context Frame defines rationalism as any attempt to establish the finite human mind as the ultimate standard of truth and falsity. This establishing of the autonomous intellect occurs within the context of rejecting God's <a href="/wiki/Revelation" title="Revelation">revelation</a> of himself in both <a href="/wiki/Nature" title="Nature">nature</a> and the Bible; a rationalist, in this sense, states that the human mind is able to fully and exhaustively explain reality.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Yet, when Frame speaks of "exhaustive explanations" he does not mean these systems seek omniscience; rather, he means<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (July 2019)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> that the history of non-Christian thought (though, admittedly, his focus is <a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a>) is the history of various attempts to construct systems that account for everything (a distinctive metaphysic, epistemology and value theory). </p><p>According to Frame, examples of attempts to explain reality are found in <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>'s form/matter <a href="/wiki/Mind-body_dualism#Plato_and_Aristotle" class="mw-redirect" title="Mind-body dualism">dualism</a>; the debate between the <a href="/wiki/Nominalism" title="Nominalism">nominalists</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philosophical_realism" title="Philosophical realism">realists</a> over the status of universals and particulars, and the "all is ... [fire, water, atoms,etc]" of the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Socratic_philosophy" title="Pre-Socratic philosophy">pre-Socratics</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> More examples would include <a href="/wiki/Descartes" class="mw-redirect" title="Descartes">Descartes</a>' mind/body dualism, <a href="/wiki/Spinoza" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinoza">Spinoza</a>'s God or nature, and <a href="/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz" title="Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz">Leibniz</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Monadology" title="Monadology">monadology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plotinus" title="Plotinus">Plotinus</a>' "The One" and his teaching on <a href="/wiki/Emanationism" title="Emanationism">emanation</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Empiricism" title="Empiricism">empiricists</a>' attempts to limit knowledge and possibility to that which can be empirically verified, <a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Kant" title="Immanuel Kant">Kant</a>'s worlds of the <a href="/wiki/Noumenon" title="Noumenon">noumena</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Phenomenon" title="Phenomenon">phenomena</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hegel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hegel">Hegel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dialectic" title="Dialectic">dialectic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b> with: independent, third-party-sourced coverage of the full scope of Frame's awards, etc.. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Belhaven_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Belhaven College">Belhaven College</a> awarded Frame an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Divinity" title="Doctor of Divinity">Doctor of Divinity</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-BelhavenPressRelease_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BelhavenPressRelease-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frame married Mary Grace Cummings in 1984, and has two sons and three stepchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnFrame-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024, he lives in Orlando, Florida.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The text near this tag is dated. (July 2019)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnFrame-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Selected works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Introduction to Presuppositional Apologetics Part 1 & 2<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (July 2019)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Van Til: The Theologian</i>, 1976 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-916034-02-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-916034-02-X">0-916034-02-X</a></li> <li><i>Medical Ethics</i>, 1988 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-261-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-261-0">0-87552-261-0</a></li> <li><i>Perspectives on the Word of God: An Introduction to Christian Ethics</i>, 1990 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8010-3557-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8010-3557-0">0-8010-3557-0</a></li> <li><i>Evangelical Reunion</i>, 1991 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8010-3560-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8010-3560-0">0-8010-3560-0</a></li> <li><i>Apologetics to the Glory of God</i>, 1994 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-243-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-243-2">0-87552-243-2</a></li> <li><i>Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of his Thought</i>, 1995 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-245-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-245-9">0-87552-245-9</a></li> <li><i>Worship in Spirit and Truth</i>, 1996 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-242-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-242-4">0-87552-242-4</a></li> <li><i>Contemporary Worship Music: A Biblical Defense</i>, 1997 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-212-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-212-2">0-87552-212-2</a></li> <li><i>No Other God: A Response to Open Theism</i>, 2001 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-185-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-185-1">0-87552-185-1</a></li> <li><i>Salvation Belongs To The Lord: An Introduction To Systematic Theology</i>, 2006 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59638-018-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-59638-018-7">1-59638-018-7</a></li> <li><i>Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief</i>, 2013 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59638-217-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-59638-217-1">1-59638-217-1</a></li> <li><i>A History of Western Philosophy and Theology</i>, 2015 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62995-084-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62995-084-6">978-1-62995-084-6</a></li> <li><i>Theology of My Life: A Theological and Apologetic Memoir</i>, 2017 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5326-1378-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5326-1378-4">978-1-5326-1378-4</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theology_of_Lordship_series">Theology of Lordship series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Theology of Lordship series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God</i>, 1987 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-262-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-262-9">0-87552-262-9</a></li> <li><i>The Doctrine of God</i>, 2002 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87552-263-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87552-263-7">0-87552-263-7</a></li> <li><i>The Doctrine of the Christian Life</i>, 2008 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87552-796-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87552-796-3">978-0-87552-796-3</a></li> <li><i>The Doctrine of the Word of God</i>, 2010 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87552-264-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87552-264-7">978-0-87552-264-7</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEngelsma1996" class="citation journal cs1">Engelsma, David (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://standardbearer.rfpa.org/node/50588">"John Frame on Cornelius Van Til: The "Limiting Concept" (A Review Article)"</a>. <i>The Standard Bearer</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Standard+Bearer&rft.atitle=John+Frame+on+Cornelius+Van+Til%3A+The+%22Limiting+Concept%22+%28A+Review+Article%29&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Engelsma&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fstandardbearer.rfpa.org%2Fnode%2F50588&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JohnFrame-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-JohnFrame_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame2017" class="citation book cs1">Frame, John (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ho0mDwAAQBAJ"><i>Theology of My Life: A Theological and Apologetic Memoir</i></a>. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781532613784" title="Special:BookSources/9781532613784"><bdi>9781532613784</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Theology+of+My+Life%3A+A+Theological+and+Apologetic+Memoir&rft.place=Eugene%2C+Oregon&rft.pub=Cascade+Books&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9781532613784&rft.aulast=Frame&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHo0mDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://frame-poythress.org/about/john-frame-full-bio/">"Backgrounds to My Thought"</a>. <i>Frame-Poythress.org</i>. 2012-02-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-07-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Frame-Poythress.org&rft.atitle=Backgrounds+to+My+Thought&rft.date=2012-02-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fframe-poythress.org%2Fabout%2Fjohn-frame-full-bio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame,_John_M.2012" class="citation web cs1">Frame, John M. (24 May 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org/remembering-donald-b-fullerton/">"Remembering Donald B. Fullerton"</a>. <i>Frame-Poythress.org [self-published site]</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Frame-Poythress.org+%5Bself-published+site%5D&rft.atitle=Remembering+Donald+B.+Fullerton&rft.date=2012-05-24&rft.au=Frame%2C+John+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frame-poythress.org%2Fremembering-donald-b-fullerton%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheWorksofJohnFrameVernPoythress_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://frame-poythress.org/about/john-frame-full-bio/">"Backgrounds to My Thought"</a>. <i>frame-poythress.org</i>. 7 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-12-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=frame-poythress.org&rft.atitle=Backgrounds+to+My+Thought&rft.date=2012-02-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fframe-poythress.org%2Fabout%2Fjohn-frame-full-bio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BelhavenPressRelease-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BelhavenPressRelease_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BelhavenPressRelease_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.belhaven.edu/news/200304/FrameDoctorate.pdf">"Doctorate announcement"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.belhaven.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-07-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.belhaven.edu&rft.atitle=Doctorate+announcement&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belhaven.edu%2Fnews%2F200304%2FFrameDoctorate.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rts.edu/people/dr-john-m-frame-emeritus/">"Dr. John M. Frame, Emeritus"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-12-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dr.+John+M.+Frame%2C+Emeritus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frts.edu%2Fpeople%2Fdr-john-m-frame-emeritus%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame,_John_M.2012" class="citation web cs1">Frame, John M. (6 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/2003Machen.htm">"Machen's Warrior Children"</a>. <i>Frame-Poythress.org [self-published site]</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 26,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Frame-Poythress.org+%5Bself-published+site%5D&rft.atitle=Machen%27s+Warrior+Children&rft.date=2012-06-06&rft.au=Frame%2C+John+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frame-poythress.org%2Fframe_articles%2F2003Machen.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame,_John_M.2012" class="citation web cs1">Frame, John M. (7 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/2009Horton.htm">"Review of Michael Horton, Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church"</a>. <i>Frame-Poythress.org [self-published site]</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 26,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Frame-Poythress.org+%5Bself-published+site%5D&rft.atitle=Review+of+Michael+Horton%2C+Christless+Christianity%3A+The+Alternative+Gospel+of+the+American+Church&rft.date=2012-06-07&rft.au=Frame%2C+John+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frame-poythress.org%2Fframe_articles%2F2009Horton.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame,_John_M.2012" class="citation web cs1">Frame, John M. (24 May 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org//frame_articles/1998HartDebate.htm">"The Regulative Principle"</a>. <i>Frame-Poythress.org [self-published site]</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 26,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Frame-Poythress.org+%5Bself-published+site%5D&rft.atitle=The+Regulative+Principle&rft.date=2012-05-24&rft.au=Frame%2C+John+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frame-poythress.org%2F%2Fframe_articles%2F1998HartDebate.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeredith_Kline1986" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Kline" title="Meredith Kline">Meredith Kline</a> (February 28, 1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meredithkline.com/klines-works/articles-and-essays/kline-on-multiperspectivalism/">"A Paper Pursuant to the Faculty Forum of February 28, 1986 at Westminster Theological Seminary in California"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Paper+Pursuant+to+the+Faculty+Forum+of+February+28%2C+1986+at+Westminster+Theological+Seminary+in+California&rft.date=1986-02-28&rft.au=Meredith+Kline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meredithkline.com%2Fklines-works%2Farticles-and-essays%2Fkline-on-multiperspectivalism%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Frame+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (July 2019)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frame, <i>Doctrine of Knowledge of God</i>, p. 45.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Frame_(theologian)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org"><i>Frame-Poythress.org</i></a>, a current web source of the writings of Frame and <a href="/wiki/Vern_Poythress" title="Vern Poythress">Vern Poythress</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frame-poythress.org/remembering-donald-b-fullerton/">Frame's article on "Remembering Donald B. 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