go out of their way to represent their opponents fairly. Both men reflect the basic Reformed position on assurance. Let me move to some material that I have not yet evaluated in print. In 1992 Robert A. Peterson wrote an article entitled, “Christian Assurance: Its Possibility and Foundations.”9 Peterson was at the time Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary. Surprisingly, he rejects Roman Catholic opposition to “absolute” assurance. In typical Reformed fashion