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Here are some suggestions for reading in the days leading up to Lent: The Cross He Bore by Frederick Leahy Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross Nancy Guthrie (ed.) Outrageous Mercy by William Farley 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to…
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Blog 39: 1.18.3 – 1.18.4
Calvin takes up two further objections to the biblical doctrine of providence. First, “if nothing happens apart from God’s will,” does it not follow that “there are in him two contrary wills because by his secret plan he decrees what…
Is God an Egomaniac?
Al Mohler has an outstanding post on whether or not God is self-centered and megalomaniacal. He writes Is the God of the Bible the supreme egotist? That question arises when human beings contemplate the meaning of the truth that God…
Blog 38: 1.17.12 – 1.18.2
In this section, Calvin responds to an objection to and clears a misconception about the biblical doctrine of providence. Calvin responds to those who say “that the plan of God does not stand firm and sure, but is subject to…
Al Gore’s Misleading Movie
You know the evidence for man-made global warming is bad when even the former vice president turned scientific snake oil salesman changes his alarmist propaganda tool. Check out the story from The New York Times HERE.
Calvin for the young, and the young at heart
The 500th anniversary of Calvin’s birth has already produced some excellent material on Calvin (about which I’ve been blogging over at Creideamh). However, perhaps one of the most useful has been published by Christian Focus in the Trailblazers series, in…
Was Jesus a Racist?
Miguel De La Torre of Illif School of Theology, in an article written for Associated Baptist Press offers some interesting exegesis on Matthew 15:21-28.He writes: In the fullness of Jesus’ divinity, he had to learn how to be fully human.…
Really, Really Born Again
I just received my copy of John Piper’s new book Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again? One of Piper’s reasons for making the biblical case for born-again Christianity is to guard the term against its misuse in…
Blog 37: 1.17.8 – 1.17.11
For Calvin, the biblical doctrine of providence is not a matter for idle speculation. On the contrary, “ignorance of providence is the ultimate of all miseries; the highest blessedness lies in the knowledge of it” (1.17.11). In this section, Calvin…
God in Flesh
INCARNATION GOD SENT HIS SON, TO SAVE US by J.I. Packer The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of…