From an article by Wesley J. Smith in the December 2009 issue of First Things: Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics was once life-affirming, today’s treatments and medical procedures…
The following article by Stephen Rees (originally published in Banner of Truth) can be found in the articles section under the Recommended Resources page at the Church of the Saviour website. Why should Christians be familiar with the great doctrines…
As a confirmed INTJ (that’s Myers-Briggs personality speak for introvert, intuitive, thinking, judgment), I’ve struggled at time with my personality. For example, my wife loves to entertain large groups of people at our home; I prefer to have one other…
One of the other debated issues in the Lord’s Supper, in addition to the question of presence, is that of fencing the table. Who may participate? What does it mean to eat and drink unworthily? Who is worthy? Who is unworthy? Calvin takes…
“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed…
Calvin continues his discussion of the errant Roman Catholic view of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper by prattling on about one of his favorite subjects to rail upon: superstition and idolatry. The two, for Calvin, go together like ham…
Calvin continues extolling the virtues of the spiritual presence of Christ in the sacrament of communion over and against repudiating the errors of the physical presence of Christ within the sacraments (the view of transubstantiation). One of the dangers that…
I posted on “A Common Word” last year. “A Common Word” is a statement designed to bring about dialogue, trust, and peace between Muslims and Christians. All worthy goals for which we ought to strive. However, the devil, as they…
“I am not inclined to sign manifestos or petitions. While believing strongly and passionately about many causes, I am not usually impressed with the effectiveness of such statements and I am generally concerned about how such statements might be used…
