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Sunday’s Sermon
Today’s message was part 12 in our series through Hebrews – “Consider the Power of God’s Word” (Heb. 4:12-13). You can listen to or download it HERE.
John Frame’s favorite books on Scripture
“Four Favorites on the Doctrine of Scripture” by John Frame 1. B. B. Warfield, The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (new edition: Kessinger Publishing, 2008). Virtually the same as Revelation and Inspiration (Baker, 2000).These essays are the most influential…
The New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament
I have been preaching through Hebrews which makes frequent use of the Old Testament. Some critical scholars both past and present quite confidently declare that the writer of Hebrews, along with other New Testament writers, simply misuses and misinterprets the…
Q & A with R.C. Sproul
From Ligonier Ministries: Is God concerned with the material well-being of Christians? When did God decide to give us eternal life? How are we to keep the Sabbath in today’s society? Does the Bible tell us what heaven will be…
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album
Bob Dylan likes to surprise. Now he is doing so by recording his first Christmas album. Here’s the story: Prominent media expert and best-selling author Michael Levine said the move by Dylan was “completely consistent with his longstanding tradition of…
“When Helping Hurts” (1)
As I mentioned in a previous post the good folks at Westminster Bookstore were kind enough to give me a copy of When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. I have read it and can say with confidence…
Blog 154: 3.21.6 – 3.22.3
God’s sovereign election of Israel as a means of blessing to the world also included a delimiting decree, by which individual Israelites were chosen to be heirs of salvation. The conditionality of the covenant was a means by which individual…
Blog 153: 3.21.2 – 3.21.5
From prayer Calvin has turned his attention to predestination, a subject which many naively assume to be the cornerstone of Calvin’s theology, if not the sum of it. It is interesting that he should raise the subject at this point;…
Health Care Reform and Abortion
One of the concerns that have been expressed by those of us opposed to abortion is whether or not abortions would be funded under government provided health care coverage. This of course would mean that tax payers would be forced…