John Frame - Definition and Overview

Dr. John M. Frame (1939-) is an American philosopher and a Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til.

Frame received degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), Westminster Theological Seminary (B.D.), Yale University (A.M. and M.Phil., though he was working on a doctorate and admits his own failure to complete his dissertation), and Bellhaven College (honorary D.D.). He has served on the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary and was a founding faculty member of their California campus, and he now teaches at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida.

Frame is well known in Reformed circles for his many books, chapters, and articles. He is also a classically trained musician and a critic of film, music, and other media.

Selected Books

• The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (Theology of Lordship Series, 1987) ISBN 0875522629
• The Doctrine of God (Theology of Lordship Series, 2002) ISBN 0875522637
• The Doctrine of the Christian Life (Theology of Lordship Series, forthcoming; available online (http://reformedperspectives.org/hof.asp/category/hof) for free)
• Apologetics to the Glory of God (1994) ISBN 0875522432
• Van Til: The Theologian (1976; available online (http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/frame_vtt.html) for free) ISBN 091603402X
• Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of his Thought (1995) ISBN 0875522459
• No Other God: A Response to Open Theism (2001) ISBN 0875521851
• Perspectives on the Word of God: An Introduction to Christian Ethics (1990) ISBN 0801035570
• Medical Ethics (1988) ISBN 0875522610
• Evangelical Reunion (1991; available online (http://www.thirdmill.org/magpt_main.asp?section=mag&subnav=pt#frame) for free) ISBN 0801035600
• Worship in Spirit and Truth (1996) ISBN 0875522424
• Contemporary Music: a Biblical Defense (1997) ISBN 0875522122

External Links

Third Millennium Ministries (http://www.thirdmill.org) which offers audio, books, articles, essays, and lecture outlines by Frame, his like-minded colleagues, and his students.