April 2008

The Courage to be Protestant

April 27, 2008 · Posted in Theology, Wells

We have enough Bibles for every household in America a couple of times over. We have churches galore; religious organizations; educational institutions; religious presses that never stop pouring forth books, Sunday school materials, and religious curricula; and unparalleled financial resources. What don’t we have? All too often we don’t have what the Old Testament people [...]

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Justification

April 27, 2008 · Posted in Piper, Theology

Via: Don’t Waste Your Life Podcast

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Unspeakably Glorious

April 23, 2008 · Posted in Piper, Theology

Saving faith looks at the horror of sin, and then looks at the holiness of god, and apprehends spiritually that God’s forgiveness is unspeakably glorious. —John PiperFuture Grace Via: Desiring God

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The Heavens Declare God’s Infinity

April 22, 2008 · Posted in Piper, Theology

Sometimes I’m asked how I explain the disproportion between the size of the universe and the smallness of man created as the crown of God’s creation. The tension is felt in Psalm 8:3-5. “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, [...]

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Christ the Only Way

April 22, 2008 · Posted in Sproul, Theology

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This message by Dr. R.C. Sproul was included on a CD I received from Ligonier Ministries last week at T4G ’08. Dr. Sproul is one of my heros in the faith and I have learned more about the holiness, sovereignty, and love of God for his creation from [...]

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All Sin Will Be Avenged

April 20, 2008 · Posted in Piper, Theology

The sins of the unrepentant will be avenged in hell; the sins of repentant were avenged on the cross. —John PiperFuture Grace Via: Desiring God

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Justification by Faith does not mean salvation by believing things instead of by doing right. It means pleading the merits of Christ before the throne of grace instead of our own merits.” —Benjamin Breckenridge WarfieldJustification by Faith, The Christian Irishman, May 1911 Via: Of First Importance

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Christian Theology and the Cross

April 13, 2008 · Posted in Theology

No theology is genuinely Christian which does not arise from and focus on the cross. —John StottThe Cross of Christ Via: Of First Importance

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Life 102

April 9, 2008 · Posted in Life

The trouble is that, as modern people, we have too much to live with and too little to live for. Some feel they have time but not enough money; others feel they have money but not enough time. But for most of us, in the midst of material plenty, we have spiritual poverty. —Os GuinnessThe [...]

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Life 101

April 9, 2008 · Posted in Life

You can get all A’s and still flunk life. —Walker PercyAs quoted by Os Guinness in The Call

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