“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that all outside the strait gate are in great danger. They are in danger of being lost for ever. There is but a step between […]
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“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that laziness in religion is a great sin. It is not merely a misfortune, as some fancy,—a thing for which people are to be pitied, and a […]
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that it is worth while for a man to seek salvation. That may well be said. If there be anything that deserves a struggle in this world, it […]
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that a man must expect many adversaries and a hard battle, if he would have his soul saved. And this, as a matter of experience, is strictly true. […]
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that man is a free agent, and will be dealt with by God as a responsible being. The Lord Jesus does not bid us to wait, and […]
A Discussion With an Arminian
Published June 24th, 2007 in Means of Grace, Covenant and Baptism. 1 CommentI just read a good post over at Water From A Rock. The author, Trey, talks about how Neo-Calvinism (what I call psuedo-reformed) is essentially hyper-Calvinism because it seeks to see everything from a decretive standpoint. He has some great insight about the relation between hyper-Calvinism and the rejection of FV. His post reminded me about a discussion […]
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that a man must use means diligently, if he would have his soul saved. There are means which God has appointed, to help man in his endeavours to […]
The True Lovers of Ritual
Published June 21st, 2007 in Satire, Means of Grace and Covenant. 2 CommentsPerson 1: Do you believe that the sacraments convey grace?
Person 2: By no means, they are merely acts of remembrance.
Person 1: Oh, then you won’t mind if my three-year-old remembers Christ’s death?
Person 2: Noooo! You can’t let a child partake of communion.
Stripping Grace From the Sacraments
Published June 4th, 2007 in Means of Grace and Baptism. 0 CommentsMatt, over at The Bound Dragon, has just posted on baptism. In it, he has pointed out where a fellow blogger argues that baptism establishes us as a new creation through Christ’s death and resurrection rather than bringing us under the covenant obligations required of the new creation [original post]. Matt says that he immediately […]
My girlfriend and I were discussing the topic of my last post and she brought up a good point. The guy I quoted in the last post denies that God deals covenantally with people as far as individual salvation goes. He thinks that if an infant dies, that infant is declared righteous by God, whether […]
The gospel of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus is a gospel of objective facts. Paul’s preaching perfectly portrays it as such when he preaches to the people of Athens:
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will […]
In an article by Jeffrey J. Meyers advocating paedocommunion (allowing covenant children to come to the Lord’s table), Meyers says the following:
Now, I have heard a Presbyterian minister say that he has “never encountered a three-year old who is able to examine himself.” But I say that one-, two-, and three-year olds evidence their ability to […]
Biblical Absolutism
Published March 21st, 2007 in Means of Grace, Federal Vision and Scripture. 0 CommentsThe following is an excerpt from Biblical Horizons’ mission statement. The entire mission statement is absolutely wonderful, but this particular paragraph stood out to me because I’m so used to the shallow compartmentalized view of Scripture supported by systematic theology.
Biblical Absolutism, which means that the Bible is absolutely authoritative wherever it speaks and is the […]
Idolizing the Bible’s Authority
Published January 1st, 2007 in Means of Grace and Scripture. 0 CommentsBible is the means by which God expresses his authority within this world and within his kingdom to his covenant people. He sovereignly reigns over all of creation by his providence and works all things towards the consummation of his kingdom by his Spirit working through his holy Word. We citizens of God’s kingdom must […]
Our Practical God: The Word
Published November 15th, 2006 in Our Practical God, Means of Grace and Scripture. 0 CommentsThis post is part of a series of posts expressing my concern for our obsession with the supernatural. We must realize that our God has created a physical world and normally deals with his creatures by physical means in time and space.
It is interesting to think about the practical way that God has chosen to […]
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