Previously we saw that baptism (1) identifies Christians; (2) signifies and seals the benefits of the covenant of grace; and (3) offers and applies the grace of God. Those are things that baptism does. Our task now is to explain how baptism does those things. To explain how baptism works, we must first recall what …
Have you ever been challenged or asked to explain how we came up with our modern Bible? Do we have enough evidence to prove that the 66-book Protestant Bible has all the right books? Who made that decision to establish the Bible? We answer these questions and much more! You will not want to miss …
VIDEO: The Canon & Sola Scriptura w/ Austin Reifel (Sippin’ On Theology) Read More »
It seems like anytime a young man or woman is theologically aware, sound, & interested, those in the church push them to go to seminary. Which is a good option. But what if we encouraged them to also go to law school so they can enter the pulpits of the local, state, & national land. …
What if young, theologically-aware men and women were encouraged to… Read More »
Perhaps the title of the chapter is not sufficiently explicit to indicate its theme. This is partly because so few are accustomed to meditate upon the personal perfections of God. Comparatively few who occasionally read the Bible are aware of the awe-inspiring and worship-provoking grandeur of the divine character. That God is great in wisdom, …
Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’ – Luke 9:62 I defy the Pope and all his laws. . . . If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall …
How often do we hear Christian men and women who love to study theology talk about the doctrine of faith? In my experience, not very much. Why is that? Would it be too surprising to find out that one of the most neglected doctrines in Christendom is the doctrine of faith? We can hardly define …
It is said that the ancient Greek maxim “know thyself” (Gk. γνῶθι σεαυτόν, Lt. temet nosce) was once inscribed in what is now the ruins of the forecourt of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. From Aeschylus, to Socrates, to Plato, and even to the Wachowski brothers’ The Matrix, this ancient aphorism at the very …
Temet Nosce: Calvin and the True Knowledge of Self Read More »
In the zeal to promote the value of all human life, especially the unborn, there is a bad pro-life argument that goes something like this: “Abortion is wrong because you never know if that baby killed in an abortion could have grown to be a great thinker or a virtuoso. That abortion could have taken …
On The Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value of Human Life Read More »
If there was a disingenuous category of arguments against the Reformed, this one belongs in it. Perhaps that sounds too dismissive, but I find it very difficult to believe that a fellow Reformed person, in all sincerity, can charge another Reformed person of violating the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) on the basis of not …
Infant Baptism Does Not Violate The Regulative Principle Of Worship Read More »
Matthew 12:32 – Unpardonable Sin Against the Son or Holy Spirit? 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks …
The Son Is Not The Holy Spirit – Matthew 12:30-32 Read More »
