Monthly Archives: April 2012

I know the title is somewhat anachronistic but you get the the point (I hope):  The relation of the fear of God to the keeping the commandments of God is indicated by the ‘Preacher’ when he says, ‘Let us hear the … Continue reading →

Let me attempt to expound these words with fear and trembling. Who am I to speak on such words? As we approach them it is good for us to remember the words spoken to Moses at the burning bush: ‘Take … Continue reading →

Some words of Michael Servetus provoking John Calvin: “The title makes me marvel at the impudence of the man who boasts of being a Catholic, although he is a disciple of Simon the magician, as I have evidently shown in … Continue reading →

It seems a strange thing, these days, to propose that corporate, public worship is to be preferred before private worship. With the rise of individual rights and relativism that has long infected the Church of Christ it seems a very strange … Continue reading →

Please do not let this title fool you. I am not literally asserting that the discipline of epistemology is literally everything. Relax, my friends, it’s just a title. Or is it? (Pun intended). I was engaging in a miniature exchange … Continue reading →

There is a very large part of Christendom which teaches that the moral Law of God, as given in the Decalogue, has been replaced by the “Law of Christ” and is not to be found in any “codified” (arrange according … Continue reading →

Over against Rome’s polemic that the righteousness of justification is to be construed in terms of “sanctification and renewal of the inward man,” that is, in terms of the Christian’s “being inwardly made increasingly righteous” through the impartation or infusion … Continue reading →

There are a few ways in which I build up my library. One is through the author himself. The other is through footnotes and bibliographies of other good books. Still one more is from the recommendation of other godly people. Perhaps one … Continue reading →

But the view of the Church which we put forward in the last lecture demands that there should be discipline. Furthermore, as we have just seen, the practice of discipline is something to which we are exhorted repeatedly and strongly … Continue reading →

If there is one are that I am guilty of downplaying or at times misrepresenting it would be the role of “feelings” in the Christians life. Praise the Lord that He has provided godly men to help out in this much needed … Continue reading →