Calvin on the Efficacy of the Lord's Supper
To summarize: our souls are fed by the flesh and blood of Christ in the same way that bread and wine keep and sustain physical life….Even...
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God's Anger
“We must not imagine divine anger is identical to ours, because human emotions are contaminated by sin. On the other hand we must avoid...
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Consequences of Forgetting Natural Law
There have been voices within the Reformed community arguing that there is a rightful place for natural law within a Reformed...
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How Nice Becomes Insidious
Although Creasy Dean is sympathetic to the motivation to be nice, particularly in a pluralistic context, she rightly concludes it is...
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The Problem in Ministering to Youth
I’ve only read the first chapter of Almost Christian so far, but oh what a first chapter it is. I have quibbles/questions with a few...
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God's Incomprehensibility and Public Worship
In this chapter, Sproul comments that there is nothing particularly distinctive about the Reformed view of God in comparison to other...
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Church Analogies That Fall Short
Dr. VanDrunen identifies a couple of popular analogies used to convey the importance of the church. One analogy is that going to church...
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The Efficacy of the Sacraments
“The efficacy and use of the sacraments will be properly understood by him who shall connect the sign and the thing signified, in such a...
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Attitudes Toward Church: Some Pitfalls
Shane Lems has a recent post that I found quite useful in thinking about the church, and I hope you will too. Those of you who know me,...
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The Bad News of Goodness
“…We must resist the human reflex to say that our goodness qualifies us for Heaven. Such a gospel-plus message may provide temporary...
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Will Brick and Mortar Bookstores Survive?
Albert Mohler argues in this post that brick and mortar bookstores matter. With the recent financial difficulties faced by Borders, some...
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Leadership as Obligated Reponsibility for Others
“Through the instructions he gives to the new minister at Crete, as well as to those Titus will appoint as church leaders, Paul cautions...
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Perverting the Grace of God
Satan endeavours, by whatever means he can, to pervert the grace of God in the elect; and since he cannot effect that, he either covers...
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The Politics of Abortion?
Dr. Brian Lee has written about the church’s involvement in the political debate concerning abortion (HT: the Heidelblog). I said a...
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On Spots, Stains, and Warfare
“Until the day that we leave this world, there will always be spots and stains within us, and we will always be bent down with the burden...
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The Christian Life
“If we, then, are not our own [cf. 1 Cor. 6:19] but the Lord’s, it is clear what error we must flee, and wither we must direct all the...
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Quotable Calvin
There is good reason that so many have been unable to forget this man Calvin. Murray plucks just a few quotes to whet our appetite for...
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Chesterton on Being Born Upside Down
Chesterton was hard on Calvinists. But even for a Calvinist, there is much to like about Chesterton. I can’t give a complete review of...
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On Ipads, Kindles, and the Theater of Memory
“In Defense of the Memory Theater,” (HT Jason Borah) Nathan Schneider writes that he is concerned about the bookshelves, and not so much...
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Christ's Joy in Exaltation
“Christ is exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God, in that as God-man he is advanced to the highest favor with God the Father,...
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