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All this means that human reason would like sin to have no greater force and power than it itself dreams of. Although hypocrites, who do not know Christ, may feel sorry for sin, they still suppose that they can get rid of . . . Continue reading →
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On July 25, twenty-one-year-old Abdul Ballout drove a van into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival before stabbing attendees with a machete. One woman was killed and twenty-nine people were injured. German authorities described the incident as a suspected Islamist terrorist attack; . . . Continue reading →
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Pub culture has died, just as the England I remember and loved has died. On a small but notable point, the British government now limits the type of foreigner with whom I can share the buying of rounds. There is no chance . . . Continue reading →
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Despite the lessons that history might teach about the creation of an evangelical elite now, a fundamental hiccup in the ideal, whether mainline Protestant, evangelical, or Christian nationalist, is the distinction between the sacred and the secular that pietists (high and low . . . Continue reading →
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According to a variety of translations, in verse 3 of his prologue, Luke claims to have “carefully investigated” everything he presents to Theophilus. However, in recent years, this translation has been challenged by a number of scholars. David Moessner has argued that . . . Continue reading →
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Though he’s one of the world’s foremost Reformed theologians, Ferguson has written this book as a simple guide to Christian truth for young people. You’ll search in vain for big words like sanctification, justification, or propitiation. Everything important in Christian doctrine is . . . Continue reading →
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When a preacher uses the Law to “temper” the Gospel – so no one gets carried away and abuses their freedom – he is a legal preacher. Yes, we affirm and preach the third use of the Law. The Law guides the . . . Continue reading →
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Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Luke 6:36. How is God our heavenly Father merciful? In this that he gives us all things, natural and spiritual, temporal and eternal, gratuitously and out of pure goodness. For should he . . . Continue reading →
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Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 7:21. If we are to do God’s will, we must first know . . . Continue reading →
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Chiliasm is the ancient name for what today is known as premillennialism, the belief that when Jesus Christ returns he will not execute the last judgment at once, but will first set up on earth a temporary kingdom, where resurrected saints will . . . Continue reading →
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Congregationalists and Presbyterians were hardly strangers in colonial America. Though from different lineages -– the former from English stock and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent -– there was a growing kinship between them. The 1648 Massachusetts Cambridge Platform affirmed the “substance” of . . . Continue reading →
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If we are justified by the works of the law that are done by the power of grace, the distinction between the covenant of works or the law, the covenant of grace or the gospel, is meaningless. Samuel Rutherford, The Works of . . . Continue reading →
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Christ, by dying, satisfied God on behalf and in place of sinners, just as if they had themselves died in their own person. Christ, by dying and obeying the Father, acquired righteousness, not merely a personal righteousness but that of a surety. . . . Continue reading →
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I cannot fail to recall the optimistic mood which I and many others felt when we considered the condition of the Reformed churches in 1591. In France there ruled the valiant King Henri IV, in England the mighty Queen Elizabeth, in Scotland . . . Continue reading →
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Nevertheless, many African Americans embraced and appropriated Presbyterian teaching and applied it to their lives and circumstances. Reformed theology’s enthusiastic articulation of divine sovereignty provided hope and assurance. Human suffering existed under divine authority and was not outside God’s control. God promised . . . Continue reading →
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The difference between Christianity and liberalism may be described as the difference between supernaturalism and naturalism. Now Christian supernaturalism when applied to the subject of salvation yields the doctrine of salvation by grace. And it is the distinction, nay the glory, of . . . Continue reading →
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England exemplifies the political shape a country takes when expressive individualism grips the imagination of its ruling class. It is impossible for any culture to allow everyone to be who they want to be, from transgender activists to traditional Christians. Somebody therefore . . . Continue reading →
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But Wolfe ties himself in knots when he tries to find ways for the Christian Prince to order civil affairs so that his subjects will – trigger warning – gain eternal life. For instance, he writes, “Christ’s mediatorial reign does extend to . . . Continue reading →
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In my ministry, I’ve encountered several beloved brothers and sisters who’ve dealt with trauma. I think of those who experienced trauma from combat, from childhood sexual abuse, from rape, from domestic violence, and from medical procedures. All of these (and more) can . . . Continue reading →
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What is especially odd about Renn’s reflections on Protestant churches and American society is that the institution-building conservative Protestants performed after liberalism and the Social Gospel captured the mainline denominations – creating seminaries, denominations, colleges, magazines, publishing companies – don’t register on . . . Continue reading →
