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The Canons Of Dork #22 For November 4, 2023
Hepimiz Gerçekten İbrahim’in Çocukları mıyız?
Geçenlerde duyduğum bir şey, üç büyük Batı dini hakkında sıkça dile getirilen bir iddiayı düşünmeme neden oldu: Yahudilik, Hristiyanlık ve İslam. Hepimizin sık sık “kitap ehli” ve aynı sıklıkta da “İbrahim’in çocukları” olduğumuz söylenir. Bazen bu iki ortak noktaya dayanarak, birbirimizi ortak . . . Continue reading →
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Perkins: The Use Of Sola Fide
This doctrine is of great use. First, we learn hence that a man is justified by the mere mercy of God, and that there is excluded from justification all merit of congruity,* all meritorious works of preparation wrought by us, all cooperation . . . Continue reading →
Hyper-Calvinism, Rationalism, and Anti-Predestinarians
By definition, hyper-Calvinism is that doctrine which goes beyond (hyper) Calvin. Often, however, it is used incorrectly by critics of predestination to describe anyone who believes in reprobation. If teaching reprobation makes one hyper-Calvinist, then Calvin would be one himself, and that . . . Continue reading →
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Dan Borvan On Explaining The Gospel (Part 1)
Chris Gordon sits down with Dan Borvan to discuss what the objective gospel is and how it applies to everyone in the world. Continue reading →
Book Review
Review: The Labors of a Godly and Learned Divine, William Perkins: Including Previously Unpublished Sermons By Matthew N. Payne and J. Stephen Yuille
The English Reformed theologian William Perkins (1558–1602), is perhaps the most prominent and influential of all English-speaking divines. As preacher and lecturer at Great St. Andrews and Christ’s College, Cambridge, he “influenced a generation of young students including Richard Sibbes, John Cotton, . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (78)
This is part 77 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
The Antidote to Biblicism
The error of biblicism is expressed by those who say, “Well, you have your verses and I have mine!” – as if all verses carry equal weight.
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Johnson: Premils And Postmils Both Anticipate An Earthly Golden Age
Thus, while amillennialism agrees with postmillennialism that Christ’s second coming will occur after the thousand years, it demurs from postmillennialism’s and premillenialism’s shared belief that Christians can expect a semi-curse-free, semi-suffering-free era within the context of the ‘first heaven and earth,’ prior . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (77)
This is part 77 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Book Review
The Gospel According To John (MacArthur)—Part 16
In MacArthur’s account of the parables of the kingdom of God, the nature of saving faith, and in his use of sources, we face three interesting sets of questions and some recurring problems in chapter 13 of The Gospel According to Jesus. . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (76)
This is part 76 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
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Perkins: Christ Is Given To Us In Word And Sacrament
The third question is, how the obedience of Christ should be made ours? Answer. By the free donation of God. For Christ is really given unto us in the word and sacraments; and consequently the obedience of Christ is made ours, even . . . Continue reading →
God’s Image And The Suicide Of Humanity
Whether there is a causal connection or not, shortly after humanity entered the nuclear era, two different kinds of literature (and movies) appeared that were fearful: nuclear destruction and humane destruction, the latter of which was ordinarily called “dystopian.” In much of . . . Continue reading →
Reformation Day 2023: Now More Than Ever
As I write there is a major land war ongoing between Russia and Ukraine, Israel has suffered a horrific terrorist attack by Hamas and is facing a two-front war with Hamas to the South and Hezbollah to the North as she seeks . . . Continue reading →
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Luther: The First Commandment Requires Perfect Obedience
The first commandment teaches us that God wants us to sincerely trust Him. Yet we must fear Him about everything else. … So the good works required by the first commandment are holy and must be obeyed. But who can live up . . . Continue reading →
Podcast
With The Renewalcast On The Perseverance Of The Saints
Dr Clark joins the Renewalcast podcast to discuss the confession of the Reformed Churches, in the fifth head of doctrine of the Canons of Dort, on the perseverance of the saints. Continue reading →
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Top Five Posts For the Week of October 23–29, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning October 23–29, 2023. Continue reading →
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Heidelcast For Oct 29, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (40)
We have reached the end of the second part of Romans as Dr Clark works through Romans 11:25–36 and the thorny questions surrounding Paul’s language about Jews and Gentiles in the history of redemption between the ascension of Christ and his return. . . . Continue reading →
The Voice Of The Lord: Our Mighty Savior—Psalm 29 (Part 2)
In Part 1 we saw that Yahweh is the only true God, the one worthy of worship. He is the true storm god, and Baal is nowhere to be found. The LORD is the great King over all things, and his voice . . . Continue reading →