After I wrote an article challenging the notion that God tells people things in an audible voice, my wife said she disagreed. Almost daily she … read the rest
Oct 312011
Today is an important holiday. Well, not a holiday really, a commemoration. 494 years ago, a 33-year old Catholic monk and professor of theology, posted … read the rest
For Jesus Died For Me
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Oct 152011
Doing sermon prep a couple of weeks ago I came across this prayer from Martin Luther. I wanted to share it with you: I do … read the rest
As an Assembly of God pastor, it was not unusual for me to hear someone say “God told me” such and such. Though I was … read the rest
Our Dying Devotion
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Sep 072011
In Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy, Paul Gutjahr describes Charles Hodge’s last days with his dying wife Sarah. I was touched by the devotion … read the rest
John Stott (1921-2011)
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Jul 282011
Evangelicalism lost a wonderful teacher, pastor, theologian and author when John R.W. Stott passed away in Lingfield, Surrey in the south of England yesterday at … read the rest
Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) may have been in favor of religious establishments. (Bravo!) But he was hardly for a sycophant ministry beholden to the state, much … read the rest
Jul 032011
The Free Willies Refuted: The God of Providence vs. the god of wishes* Having previously dealt with God’s predestinating omnipotence, and omniscience, John Owen, … read the rest
The Doctrine of Free-Will Exposed, Part Three: What Does God Know, and When Did He Know It?
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Jun 092011
That God is omniscient (All-Knowing) has been the position of the church since the beginning. Open Theism is a “new doctrine” that asserts that God … read the rest
Visibility & the Visible Church
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Jun 022011
The following quote from the First Book of Discipline (1560) illustrates how perceptive the Reformers were in the machinations of Satan – and human vulnerability. … read the rest
