a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ...
One of the sweetest statements from the lips of Jesus is this: ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’ (Matthew 25:34b). There is a plan of God designed for your salvation. It is not an afterthought or an attempt to correct a mistake. Rather, [...]
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A Substitute has appeared in space and time, appointed by God Himself, to bear the weight and burden of our transgressions, to make expiation for our guilt, and to propitiate the wrath of God on our behalf. This is the gospel. —R. C. SproulThe Truth of the Cross Via: Of First Importance
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In the quest for purpose, we must distinguish between proximate and remote purposes. The proximate refers to that which is close at hand. The remote refers to the distant, far-off, ultimate purpose. The football player’s proximate goal is to make a first down. The more remote goal is a touchdown. The even more remote goal [...]
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The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals recently posted a video on their Facebook page of Dr. R.C. Sproul responding to a question about justification by faith or by perfect obedience. Here is the audio version of his response which is just terrific. It is vintage Sproul… [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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I really enjoyed the Together for the Gospel conference this week and was greatly encouraged by all the speakers. Today I’ve been thinking about my role and purpose in Christ’s kingdom and how to take what I learned at this conference and put it into action. The theme of this year’s conference was “The (Unadjusted) [...]
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One last video post for the day. These are two highlight videos from Together for the Gospel 2008. The first is from Dr. Sproul’s presentation titled “The Curse Motif of the Atonement” and the second is from Dr. Duncan’s presentation titled “Sound Doctrine: Essential to Faithful Pastoral Ministry.”
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As far as I know that audio version of Dr. Sproul’s presentation at Together for the Gospel 2010 is not yet available for download. However, I took a few moments this morning to extract the audio layer from the video presentation and want to make it available. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Here [...]
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This is the video from Dr. R.C. Sproul’s presentation at Together for the Gospel 2010 titled “The Defense and Confirmation of the Gospel — What I Have Learned in 50 years.” It’s about an hour long but is definitely worth the investment of time. Update: The servers must be getting hit really hard right now [...]
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We have not been justified by our holiness or through our holiness but unto it so that we might grow in conformity to the image of Christ, —Dr. R.C. SproulRomans: The Righteous Shall Live by Faith Via: Twitter
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