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“Why bother with church membership?” I’ve been asked that question on numerous occasions. Sometimes it’s said with genuine curiosity–“So explain to me what membership is all about.” Other times it’s said with a tinge of suspicion — “So tell me again, why do you think I should become a member?”–as if joining the church automatically [...]
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Given the trying times all of us are having to endure in one way or another, I found Susan Fiske’s excellent article in the Fall 2009 edition of byFaith (the official magazine of the PCA) entitled Be Anxious for Nothing–Now? especially relevant–and deeply helpful. In it she writes, “It is in prying open our hands [...]
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By grace, God offers the righteousness of Christ to all who put their trust in Him. For all who believe, all who have faith in Him, the merit of Christ is reckoned to their account. Does this exclude good works in the life of the believer? By no means. Our justification is always unto good [...]
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I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25) But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are [...]
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Something is terribly wrong when professing Christians do not identify with the church and love being a part of her. Something is wrong when professing Christians fail to be passionate about every aspect of the church and long to invest themselves in her, taking all that the church represents and does to heart. Listen, for [...]
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O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace. My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad, The honors of thy Name. Jesus, the Name that charms our fears, That bids our [...]
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Following on the theme of the last post, I wanted to point out a new book written by Reverend Jason J. Stellman titled Dual Citizens: Worship and Life Between the Already and the Not Yet. New covenant believers live between “the already” and “not yet,” a point in redemptive history between the partial and complete [...]
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The Christian believer is always living in an inescapable tension! Much as we would love to be free of this tension, until we leave this earthly scene and enter the nearer presence of our great and gracious God, we will be engaged every moment of every day in this tension. I surely hardly need to [...]
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Two things follow: First, in as far as we are able, we must learn to control our feelings. There are various kinds of depression, to be sure, and some are the result of complex physical and psychological disorders. But there are times when we are spiritually depressed for no good reason. There are times when [...]
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Coming Soon: Dr. Sproul on Romans
September 25, 2009 · Posted in Commentary, Romans, Sproul
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