Praying Through the Son
Before the throne of God aboveI have a strong and perfect plea;A Great High Priest whose name is Love,Who ever lives and pleads for me.– Charitie Lees de Chenez What does it mean when Christians end their prayer with, “in…
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Blog 5: Preface 7-8
“Catabaptists” is Calvin’s term for “Anabaptists” – the sixteenth century radicals who basically wanted nothing to do with the earthly state, and did not encourage concern for the office of a magistrate or (in this case) the monarch. Calvin is…
Praying to The Father
“Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name.’”– Matthew 6:9 “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs…
Classical Music
Last week, after ten or so years of wanting one, I finally bought a Bose Wave Music System. When I got it out of the box and tested it with various CDs, I have to admit that it just felt,…
Blog 4: Preface 5-6
How is the true church to be known? Calvin’s response in the preface to the Institutes is clear: it is known by “the pure preaching of God’s Word and the lawful administration of the sacraments.” Contrary to Roman insistence that…
Gene Veith on our cult of celebrity
Gene Edward Veith coins a new word: CELEBRITOCRACY Reports are that Barack Obama is appointing as Surgeon General that doctor guy on CNN, Sanjay Gupta. By that logic, Michelle Malkin suggests Judge Judy for the next Supreme Court opening. Comedian…
Our Father in Heaven
Next week Church of the Saviour launches Prayer Week 2009. With that in mind I will be posting some essays dealing with prayer, particularly The Lord’s Prayer.Michael Horton, always worth reading, wrote a series of articles on the Lord’s Prayer…
Blog 3: Preface 3-4
Rome’s antagonism towards the Reformers, and Calvin in particular, was that what they taught was “new” and “of recent birth.” To this charge Calvin responds with evident feeling: “First, by calling it “new” they do great wrong to God, whose…
Scott McKnight gets a little snotty
N.T. Wright needs to be a little more discerning about who endorses his books.The following is Scott McKnight’s endorsement of Wright’s latest offering which is a response to John Piper’s book on the doctrine of justification. “Tom Wright has out-Reformed…
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