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Dever on the Atonement

In the May 2006 issue of Christianity Today Mark Dever wrote this excellent article (Nothing But the Blood Christianity Today A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction) on the substitutionary atonement of Christ’s work on the cross. Dever is the pastor of…

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I Still Must Protest (1)

I am a Protestant. There is no getting around it. And since “evangelical” has lost all meaning in the church today I find myself turning once again to that word birthed in the religious and political turmoil of the 16th…

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Augustine on the New Life in Christ

N.R. Needham, a wonderful church historian has written a very fine book called The Triumph of Grace: Augustine’s Writings on Salvation. Follow this link (Link: Augustine on the New Life in Christ) to a chapter from that book that deals…

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Journey Through Job

Mining For Wisdom is a great devotional book that takes the reader through the book of Job. The author, Derek Thomas is a world-class authority on Job. I highly recommend it. You can order the book through my recommended reading…

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Job’s Unsettling Question

“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” This stunning question was offered up by Job in the aftermath of that dark day when his children, his wealth, and his good name were taken from him.…

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Meet the Puritans

Here is a great resource for information on and writings by some of the great Puritans (Monergism :: Puritans ). Enjoy!

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Horton on Grace (2)

More good stuff from Michael Horton’s article in the most recent issue of Modern Reformation Magazine: “We work very hard today to make grace normal rather than utterly disorienting. We bend over backward backwards to show how Christianity is ‘practical,’…

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Being Gospel-Centered

The Strategic Ministry Planning Team at Metro East has spent time during our work talking about what it means to be a Gospel-Centered or Gospel-Driven church. I found this article ( GospelDrivenLife: The Gospel must be everything ) today on…