The standard of God’s law provides a grim diagnosis: no one is good. No one is perfect. No one will inherit eternal life.
All in Theology
Rest Well, Christian
Rest well, Christian, knowing that Jesus loves you and always will.
Rejoice when Reviled
Individuals preaching a pure gospel with false reasons, whether for selfish ambition or as part of an attack upon us, should be be disassociated with unto their shame. Not because they are enemies, but precisely because they are our brethren. We are to leave them to God in their lack of maturity as they serve Christ for it brings disunity to the church to highlight their immaturity beyond an initial rebuke.
Book Review: Middle Knowledge
What John Laing has provided is a porous evangelical, Baptist-traditionalist/Arminian-leaning systematic theology with middle knowledge at the center of every doctrine. However, Middle Knowledge: Human Freedom in Divine Sovereignty is neither ordered for a systematic theology nor in possession of the clarity of conclusion for a primer on its variant of Molinism.
Sola Scriptura and Paedobaptism
To be in the new covenant is to have Christ's life and death applied to you. His righteousness imputed to you and Holy Spirit indwelling in you.
Calvin on Divine Promises and Curses
The application for the Christian to the believer is simple. Live in light of God's cross-generational covenantal blessings and curses. But also, rest assured that the faithful freedom of God is not tied in any way to us.
“Once Saved, Always Saved?”
God indeed has shown us the way to salvation, through His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ.
Provision for the Barren Foreigner
What an encouragement Ruth is for us to faithfully do the work set before us while we wait for God's provision
When a Good Woman is Found
Pay attention to and support those women who seek the good of those around them, even as they do it from a position of authority and influence.
Christmas Communion
The deconstruction of Christmas into an individualistic event is not something I am familiar with. Communion with Christ comes with communion with the church.
A Rose of Redemption
We wait. God is at work.
Waiting in Bleakness
Let us sit here in the bleak midwinter and remember—this is where Christ comes to meet and redeem us.
Returning to Dust
There is something more devastating when the God of all creation hides His face from His creature.
The Angelic Announcement is Ours
When Advent is celebrated correctly, the whole heart is meditating on the magnificent glory of God. "In spirit and in truth" (Jn. 4:24), we "bend before Him" and "His greatness celebrate" by His grace. After four weeks of anticipation, the Angelic announcement is once again ours.
Fulfilling the Royal Law
However, I would like to point out a few problems with the idea that God requires sinless perfection.
Original Sin was Infidelity
Faith is the primary condition worked out in elementary obedience.
Baptismal Hypocrisy
"I’m not welcomed at this Church!"
Calvin on Knowledge of God
"We should speculate soberly and with great moderation, cautiously guarding against allowing either our mind or our tongue to go a step beyond the confines of God’s word." - John Calvin
Conviction of Sin
It is to Him and His Son that we must continue to look to receive knowledge of our sinfulness and the subsequent forgiveness of those sins.
Theological Landmarks
Do not many of these Fathers point us to Scripture and Christ instead of their own words which merely evince Scripture?