From Great Commission Publications . . . The Bible personalizes God. He is our God, the God of my salvation, the of his people. Philosophy defines him into abstraction; the world keeps him at arm’s length (except in an emergency). “Religion” makes him vague enough to be safe. The Bible presents an invitation to know ...
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Concerning King Edward VI, as an example of godly civil magistracy, Edward Leigh, wrote, Epistle Dedicatory, A Systeme or Body of Divinity: When he was Crowned, they put into his hands three Swords: he Answered, there was one yet wanting, the Word of God, the Sword of the Spirit, which was farre to be preferred ...
J. Gresham Machen on the educational changes brought about by John Dewey’s writings, changes that plague us today . . . The child-centered notion of education seems to involve emancipation from a vast amount of drudgery. It used to be thought necessary to do some hard work at school. When a textbook was given to ...
Cornelius Van Dam, The Elder: Today’s Ministry Rooted in All of Scripture, pp. 190-191: Examples from church history illustrate the great care that is needed to determine what merits excommunication. For example, in answer to the question whether or not it would be useful to have a list of sins worthy of excommunication, the Dutch ...
I have the joy of leading the singing at Next this coming weekend in Baltimore, MD. I’ll be leading with three bands – The Na Band, Zelos, and Generation Letter. The first two bands have appeared at Next before, but this will be the first time for Generation Letter. All the members of Generation Letter ...
John Calvin, Commentary on Gal. 5.2: And what else do our modern Papists but thrust upon us, in place of circumcision, trifles of their own invention? The tendency of their whole doctrine is to blend the grace of Christ with the merit of works, which is impossible. Whoever wishes to have the half of Christ, ...
Christianity is often charged with barbarism due to dark deeds done in her name, specifically the Spanish Inquisition and European and American witch trials. New atheist Sam Harris puts the charge this way in his book, Letter to a Christian Nation: . . . You probably think the Inquisition was a perversion of the “true” ...
This year has already seen the republication by Reformed Academic Press of one of Herman Witsius’ classic orations, On the Character of a True Theologian. Now comes the good news that Reformation Heritage Press is republishing “The Major Works of Herman Witsius” in five volumes, that is, The Economy of the Covenants Between God and ...
Check out the new website for Red Bluff Baptist Church. Its still a work in progress! Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...