The Power of the Cross
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He Bore our Curse
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Reflections on Sacred Rhetoric
‘The ratio of grind to glamour is three to one’. This was an off-the-cuff remark made recently on a UK television documentary on the topic of oratory. Taking January’s Presidential inauguration in Washington as its cue, the programme traced the…
Flavel’s Prayer on the Great Exchange
John Flavel: Lord, the condemnation was yours,that the justification might be mine. The agony was yours,that the victory might be mine. The pain was yours,and the ease mine. The stripes were yours,and the healing balm issuing from them mine. The…
Blog 69: 2.8.53 – 2.8.59
Calvin’s approach to the moral law is not moralistic but evangelical. Keeping the commands is to spring from the fear of God which the Gospel engenders. For the Law and the Prophets give first place to faith. (Here Calvin is…
Working Over or Sitting Under the Word
Derek, I too am preaching through 1 Samuel. In fact, I was up late last night reading probably the very same commentaries you are reading. I also find that if you want doctrinal insights and applications, you need to look…
Your Gospel is Too Broad
Over at Church Matters Greg Gilbert posts an important critique of the “gospel” proposed by N.T. Wright and endorsed by Scot McKnight. Greg writes: Like many others, Scot has been advocating recently for a “broader” gospel than what I have…
The Leading Edge of Civil Rights
I believe that reform of the public school system, particularly urban public schools is the leading edge of advancing civil rights in our country. African American young people face distinct disadvantages because of fatherlessness and the popularizing of thug-culture. However,…
Blog 68: 2.8.47 – 2.8.52
Calvin’s distinctive way of setting forth of the true purpose of the law is now apparent. And so bearing false witness stands for having a general regard for truth, for God is truth, and we should tell the truth, and…