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The Bogomil Debacle: How Canon Protects Sound Doctrine - 5 Min Read
Thinking back to the topic of the 66 books of Canon, I wonder what could have guarded the Bogomils against the belief and fallout of dualism?
Blogcast: Evangelism Day 2: When You Evangelize, Share the Whole Gospel
In this episode, we examine the contents of the gospel message in evangelism from the perspective of J.I. Packer in his book: Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God.
The Historical Books and the Need for a Savior
The comparison of Rahab and Achan reveals that Yahweh is still true to his Sinaitic promise, for the “thematic link between faith and success”[4] within the book of Joshua stems from God’s promises in Exodus 19:5-6
Becoming Like Children
So when we look at children, what are we supposed to see? Children are helplessly dependent and this in turn forces their humility.
Blogcast: Accepted In Christ
In this episode, we encourage those saints struggling with sin by examining Paul's message to the Corinthian church and WCF 17, Of the Perseverance of the Saints.
Helping Your Hermeneutic: Intended Audience (6 Min Read)
The intended or original audience is the individual or group of individuals the author means to address with their communicative act.
Hope And Suffering (5 Min Read)
I don’t think it is possible to have a genuine relationship with someone without eventually conversing about suffering and sharing the ways that you have suffered in this life. We all suffer.
Blogcast: Evangelism Day 1 - Do Not Attempt to Reconcile Friends
The believer who emphasizes human responsibility tends to view evangelism as persuasively producing converts, instead of simply sharing Christ biblically and trusting God with the results.
Accepted in Christ - (3 Min Read)
Paul knew full well the issues in the Corinthian church at that present moment. He did not set into writing this letter without full knowledge of the status of this congregation.
Helping Your Hermeneutic: Authorial Intention (3 Min Read)
My mind comprehends the concept of authorial intention and its importance by thinking through how I would want a reader to interpret my writing.
Blogcast: Of Good Works - WCF 16.1
In this episode, we examine Chapter 16 of the Westminster Confession of Faith: Of Good Works.
Jeremiah Burroughs and the Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - (10 Min Read)
The development of Jeremiah Burroughs’ doctrine of Christian contentment did not occur in a vacuum. His life circumstances forced him to face the issue of being content in this world.
In Defense of the Covenant of Works - (10 Min Read)
Where Adam’s disobedience imputes a sin nature to his posterity, Christ’s perfect obedience imputes righteousness to those the Father has given him
Blogcast: Water From The Rock
In this episode, we compare Moses' striking of the rock in the wilderness for the provision of water with the chastisement of Jesus for the provision of living water (Exodus 17:1-7; 1 Corinthians 10:1-5; Isaiah 53:4-5, 10-11).
Suicide Prevention: Made in His Image
Picture Ahithophel’s king, David, sleeping on his comfortable couch. He raises out of his slumber, stretches his arms, yawns, and shuffles his feet beneath himself, hoping to touch his elusive sandal with his ever-searching hallux.
Thank you and Happy New Year! (1 Min Read)
We want to take this opportunity to say thank you for supporting us this past year. It is a blessing to extol the supremacy of Christ to the nations.
Of Good Works: WCF 16.1
Certainly, much of what Christ did was miraculous, but it is the underlying compassion, mercy, beneficence, and obedience to the Father that accompany them for which we are called to have as the underlying motivation in our own good works.
Blogcast: The Fulfillment Of The Law
In this episode, we examine Chapter 8 of the Second London Baptist Confession: Of Christ the Mediator.
Slavery To Sin (10 Min Read)
Slavery to sin is a slavery unlike any other. It is a bondage that is rivaled by no other form in any other time. It is a taskmaster that is more heinous, ruthless, relentless, conniving, deceiving, and destructive than any other that has ever or will ever exist. Sin demands more, and takes more than any slave on Earth has ever given.
To The End - Psalm 119:33
if you have been redeemed by the blood of Christ, you have been given this will and this heart and this faith and you must avail yourself to them, lest you shrink back and your heart wander away