All that Grace Does!
This coming Monday evening, June 17, we begin our pre- PCA General Assembly conference, hosted at Second Presbyterian Church of Greenville by the Gospel Reformation Network. The conference is titled,…
Rick Phillips
The Excitement of a New Church in Charleston, SC
In 1731, Reformed believers who had been part of the Independent Church in Charleston, SC decided to establish First (Scots) Presbyterian Church on Meeting Street. This coming Sunday, June 9,…
Advice to Christians and Churches Involved in Boy Scouts
The recent decision by the Boy Scouts of America to change its moral stance towards homosexuality is a tragic failure that calls for a response from Christians who are involved…
Listening to the Remarkable Elizabeth Smart
After reading Carl Trueman’s post on “A New Christian Crime,” I saw some on-line videos of Elizabeth Smart’s response to the escape of the abducted women and was blown away…
Chapter 16.3
iii. Their ability to do good works is not at all of themselves, but wholly from the Spirit of Christ. And that they may be enabled thereunto, beside the graces…
Chapter 16.2
ii. These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith: and by them believers manifest their thankfulness, strengthen their…
Chapter 16.1
i. Good works are only such as God has commanded in His holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal,…
Follow-Up to O’Reilly, the Bible and Gay Marriage
Tim Challies was very kind to post a link to my previous post on Bill O’Reilly, the Bible, and Gay Marriage. One of his commenters brought up an objection that…
Bill O’Reilly, Gay Marriage, and the Bible
I happened to see a video this morning in which Bill O’Reilly was arguing with Laura Ingraham over O’Reilly’s complaint that conservatives need to do more than “thump the Bible”…
Chapter 11.3
iii. Christ, by his obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all those that are thus justified, and did make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to his…