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Trinity and Salvation

In my sermon on John 14:16-17 last week, I introduced the important topic of the Holy Spirit as the “other Paraklete”.  I talked at some length about how the Spirit carries forward Christ’s work as the Spirit Anointed Messiah in…

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Blog 188: 4.8.1-7

Calvin insists on two presuppositions for thinking about the power of the Church: (1) it must be aimed toward edification for God’s people, and (2) such edification must be done by maintaining Christ’s authority. In the Bible when someone is…

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Blog 187: 4.7.23-30

In the concluding paragraphs of Book 4, Chapter 7, Calvin goes for the jugular in his battle against papal supremacy.  Throughout this chapter, he has steadfastly refuted Rome’s chief arguments, denying that: Christ appointed Peter head of the whole church;…

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